NON-ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES (CONTAINERS) NOTICE (containers)

NON-ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES (CONTAINERS)

SUBSIDIARY LEGISLATION 549.05

NON-ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES

(CONTAINERS) NOTICE

6th September, 1994

LEGAL NOTICE 103 of 1994, as amended by Legal Notice 138 of 1994.

The title of this notice is the Non-Alcoholic Beverages

(Containers) Notice.

(1) The Minister for the Environment hereby indicates that

the composition of containers for non-alcoholic beverages, which

are not refillable glass containers, is harmful to the environment.

(2)

For the purposes of this Notice -

"non-alcoholic beverage" means any liquid or beverage which,

e it h e r w i th ou t o r a f t e r d i lu ti o n, is i nt en de d for th e sal e of

refreshment drinks, and which does not contain more than two per

centum of alcohol; such liquid or beverage shall not include any

essence or syrup intended for the industrial production of soft

drinks in refillable glass containers by licensed soft-drink bottlers,

or any table water, spa water, electrolyte replacement drinks, milk,

tea, coffee, cocoa, fruit juices, nectars, squashes or other such

liquid or beverage as may be prescribed; and

"refillable glass container" means any container made of glass

which is intended to be recovered for refilling after use.