Regional Recycling
13300 Vulcan Way V6V 1K2 Richmond, BC, Canada

Exciting news! The BC Ministry of Environment has released a public consultation on reducing the impact of plastic waste, and get this: It includes the option t...o expand the current deposit-refund system to a 10cent deposit on ALL beverage containers, including dairy. The positive impacts of this would be enormous both environmentally and socially as it would DOUBLE the income binners earn from regular beverage containers like water bottles & pop cans. Read more here and please take advantage of this opportunity to influence policy change! https://cleanbc.gov.bc.ca/plastics

Did you know that in Germany, the deposit for beverage containers is 0.37 CAD? Recently, The Ocean Legacy Foundation released a report that indicates over a mi...llion beverage containers go missing in BC every DAY. The report goes on to show how other provinces and countries are increasing their return rates by with higher deposit amounts. Check out the full report here: http://bit.ly/30hKIej