Bottle Washing in Ontario

[crackher]

Hey people!

This year I managed to get a great deal on 1800 glass bottles for the syrup production. Since we are moving to more sustainable practices We are putting a core charge on the bottles, since they are glass.

I am looking for a place to have large amounts of glass bottle washed? any ideas from the Ontario folks?

[nas]

I don't think it is legal to re-use bottles. Bottles for retail sale must be new.

Nick

[ennismaple]

Nas is correct. Check out Section II, Article 10 at the following link:
http://laws.justice.gc.ca/eng/C.R.C.-c.289/page-4.html#anchorbo-ga:l_II

For family and friends who don't pay for their syrup (they volunteer) we'll give them a cleaned, barely used container but we won't sell any that are not new - it's not worth the risk and if somethign goes wrong (say someone gets sick from a contaminated, used bottle) I don't know if your insurance would cover you.