The Return of Used Lubricating Oil Regulation (http://www.qp.gov.bc.ca/stat_reg/regs/elp/r64_92.htm) does not require the oil industry to report program costs to the government. Under the current stewardship program, all program costs are borne by the oil industry.

The British Columbia (B.C.) paint stewardship program is funded by "eco-fees." The fees, assessed at the point of sale, are effectively product price increases; however, they are shown as a separate line item on consumers' receipts. The "eco-fees" for paint products are as follows:

< 250 ml	Can$0.10
251 ml to 1 liter	Can$0.25
1.01 liters to 5 liters	Can$0.50
5.01 liters to 23 liters	Can$1.00
Aerosol paint (all sizes)	Can$0.10

From 1994 through 1998, Paint and Product Care Association (PPC) reported revenues of Can$13.5 million generated from eco-fees. During this period, revenues covered the full program costs of Can$8.5 million for operations, Can$3.6 million for administration, and Can$633,000 in capital expenditures.

The Tree-Marking Paint Stewardship Association (TSA) reported 1998 revenues of Can$47,907 and expenditures of Can$53,884 (Can$5,385 in operating expenses and Can$48,499 in administration costs).

The Post Consumer Residual Stewardship Program Regulation (http://www.env.gov.bc.ca/epd/cpr/regs/pcrspr.html) does not allow brand-owners to charge consumers at the time of return of regulated solvent, flammable liquid, pesticide, and gasoline materials. The gasoline industry internalizes its share of the costs for the stewardship program. As in the paint stewardship program, brand-owners of other household hazardous waste covered by the program have instituted a system of "eco-fees" to pay for product recovery. The "eco-fees" are as follows:

Aerosol solvents	Can$0.10 per container
Other solvents and flammable liquids	Can$0.40 per liter
Up to 1 liter or kilogram of domestic pesticides	Can$0.60
1 - 1.99 liters or kilograms of domestic pesticides	Can$1.20
2 or more liters or kilograms of domestic pesticides	Can$2.40

Industry reported 1998 program costs to be Can$1.48 million of which 29% was dedicated to administration, 47% to operations, and 24% to communications. About Can$150,000 of this expenditure was for the gasoline return program. Eco-fee revenues of Can$1.33 million offset the remaining program costs.

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