Thursday, October 31, 2019 ~ BC
~ West Shore Voice News
Starting November 1, the deposit on non-alcoholic beverage containers up to the 1-litre size will double from 5¢ to 10¢at grocery and retail stores in BC.
This is presumably good news for the environment (less plastic in landfills and bodies of water) as well as for sports and community groups and for companies that collect bottles for fundraising and profit.
The refund applies to aluminum cans, plastic and glass bottles, drink boxes and cartons. The refund for containers over one litre in size will still be 20¢.
Encorp Pacific (aka Return-It) — the industry-owned, not-for-profit organization that recycles single-use plastic and glass bottles and containers — announced the doubling of its deposit value for bottles up to one litre in size bought at BC grocery stores on October 24.
The increase applies BC-wide effective November 1, 2019. Containers can be returned at grocery stores, through fundraising efforts by groups in the community, and to recycling centres.
Returns on liquor and non-liquor bottles are now the same in BC.
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The original version of this article was first published on page 4 in the October 25, 2019 print/PDF edition of West Shore Voice News.