Legal reference · September 17, 2026

Keeping Polystyrene Out of Ontario's Lakes and Rivers Act, 2021, S.O. 2021, c. 16

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Keeping Polystyrene Out of Ontario's Lakes and Rivers Act, 2021, S.O. 2021, c. 16"

Keeping Polystyrene Out of Ontario's Lakes and Rivers Act, 2021, S.O. 2021, c. 16, Keeping Polystyrene Out of Ontario's Lakes and Rivers Act, 2021

Keeping Polystyrene Out of Ontario's Lakes and Rivers Act, 2021

S.o. 2021, chapter 16

Consolidation Period:  From May 20, 2021 to the e-Laws currency date.

No amendments.

Sale of foam docks etc.

1 A person who sells or offers to sell a floating dock, floating platform or buoy shall ensure that any expanded or extruded polystyrene in the dock, platform or buoy is fully encapsulated.

Construction of foam docks etc.

2 A person who constructs or reconstructs a floating dock, floating platform or buoy shall ensure that any expanded or extruded polystyrene in the dock, platform or buoy is fully encapsulated.

3 Omitted (provides for coming into force of provisions of this Act).

4 Omitted (enacts short title of this Act).