More money when you recycle your bottles at Return It
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BRITISH COLUMBIA–If the welfare of the planet wasn’t enough to get you wanting to recycle…maybe a few extra cents will?
As of November 1st there will be a ten-cent deposit–up from five cents for soft drink, juice, water, energy and sport drink containers, up to and including 1 litre in size. Consumers will be able to redeem their now, 10 cent deposit refund at Return-It depots across BC.
“Raising the deposit value will provide additional incentive for consumers to return their beverage containers,” said Allen Langdon, President & CEO of Return-It.
In September, the BC Ministry of Environment and Climate Change Strategy launched a consultation on developing its Clean BC Plastics Action Plan. As part of this consultation process, the government is considering a unified deposit rate of 10-cents on all beverage containers in order to increase recovery and reduce consumer and retailer confusion.
