徵費範圍從幾仙到幾元
New eco fees catching consumers by surprise
Levies ranges from a few cents to several dollars
Published On Wed Jul 7 2010
Jesse McLean
Staff Reporter
Checking her receipt as she left a downtown Canadian Tire, Chris Colorado noticed a new charge.
當她離開市中心的加拿大輪胎，克里斯科羅拉多檢查收據，發現一新的收費。
Her $1.99 bottle of dish soap was accompanied by a 13-cent “eco fee.”
她的1.99元一瓶的潔碟肥皂伴隨著一 13仙的“生態費。”
The levy for thousands of new products, from pharmaceuticals to fire extinguishers, quietly came into effect July 1, the same day as the harmonized sales tax.
數千新產品的徵費，從藥品到滅火器，靜靜地由7月1日生效，統一銷售稅的同一天。
But unlike that tax, provincial agencies have done little to publicize the new fees, catching consumers like Colorado by surprise.
但不似那務項，省級機構已做極少來宣傳新的收費，令消費者如科羅拉多等驚訝。
“I’ve never heard anything about this fee. No one’s talking about it,” she said. “The fact they just put it without us knowing, I don’t think it’s honest. I don’t like it.”
“我從來沒有聽過任何關於這的收費，沒有人在談論它，“她說。 “事實是他們只是把它放上而我們不知道，我不認為這是誠實的，我不喜歡它。“
Manufacturers must pay the province a levy for recycling their products. Some companies are passing these costs, ranging from a few cents to several dollars per product, onto consumers.
製造商必須給省當局一項徵費為回收它們的產品，一些公司轉駕這些成本，從幾仙到幾元一件產品，到消費者身上。
Stewardship Ontario, the agency overseeing the eco fees, began its $2.5 million public education campaign at the beginning of the month, which consists of posters and radio spots, as well as a group which tours public events and provides information about the program.
負責監督生態費的機構安大略省領導，在月初開始它的250萬元的公共教育運動，其中包括海報和廣播節目，以及一個小組負責公共活動，並提供關於項目的資料。
“We would rather spend the money to educate people than to spend the money months ahead to say, ‘Hey, there’s a new eco fee coming,’ ” said spokeswoman Amanda Harper Sevonty.
“我們寧願花錢去教育人民，而不是在今後幾個月花錢去說，'嗨，有新的生態費來啦，'”女發言人阿曼達哈珀Sevonty說。
“Our message to consumers isn’t about the eco fees. Our message to consumers is about here are the materials and what to do with them.”
http://www.thestar.com/business/article/833510--new-eco-fees-catching-consumers-by-surprise?bn=1
沒有留言:
發佈留言