The water will now have a price for users Industrial
Minister of Environment of Quebec, Pierre Arcand, said Tuesday at a news conference in Montreal that the objective of the new regulations was to focus on water savings based on the user-pays.
The charge, which equates to $ 0.07 per cubic meter, apply the following industries: bottled water, juice and the manufacture of beverages, nonmetallic mineral products, the pesticides and fertilizers, chemicals and the extraction of oil and gas.
A bottler would however be inappropriate to invoke much the charge to increase its prices: for example, a bottle of 500 milliliters of water, sold at $ 1.50, will have the subject to a royalty of 3.5 thousandths of a penny. In fact, only after having used 14,400 gallons of water bottler that has paid his first dollar fee.
"Sure (...) for each bottle, it's not a big price. But for all producers, is an additional cost. (...) The producers, I think, will accept the new royalty, but they might have liked better not have, "said the minister.
are summarized?
The government imposes a tax on water to encourage water conservation.
But it is expected that this tax is not reflected on consumer prices and hopes that the companies agree that tax instead of moving.
What can then use this tax? They expect that the bottlers are able to put the same amount water in a beverage by using less water?
Another way for government to do a little more money while playing the card of good citizenship and responsible green ... by asking, as is the fashion world green, a symbolic gesture.
Francis.
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