We’re learning Ontario residents will soon be subject to a pop tax.

A Toronto Star report says an organization backed by some of the largest food and beverage companies in Canada is set to impose a new recycling fee on Ontario consumers.

It is said to have been made possible by a new recycling system introduced by the Doug Ford PCs at Queen’s Park.

The report says starting April 1st, shoppers in Ontario can expected to pay a new levy of between one cent and three cents per container every time they buy a non-alcoholic drink.

The “pop can tax,” as one industry insider has dubbed it, will likely be applied by retailers at checkout and appear on receipts as a separate charge, like the HST.

The planned changes are detailed as part of a sweeping transformation of Ontario’s recycling system.

The “pop can tax” is one way non-alcoholic beverage producers plan to fund their share of the new system. The idea builds off a regime already in place in Manitoba. But critics argue it undermines the central premise of the new recycling plan.