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Recycling is not just good for the environment, but your local bottle depot can help you make some extra money.

The government requires that many consumer containers be recyclable. Manufacturers and retailers charge a deposit on such containers when you buy the products inside. These deposits are returned when customers return the containers.

Containers that are recyclable are:

Aluminium beverage cans (beer & pop)
Glass bottles (refillable or not)
Plastic bottles (except milk jugs)
Foil-sealed plastic cups for various juices
Baby juice bottles (from Gerber, Heinz, etc)
Bag in a box containers (for wine, juice, and water-keep the bag IN the box)
Tetrapaks (the paper containers with foil inside lining will be recyclable beginning this fall)

Bottle depots do not accept any milk containers (yet), beverage boxes, or products bought outside the province for deposit returns.

Beer bottles can be accepted by different bottle depots depending on their brand and origin. Imported beers (from outside the province) are accepted by all bottle depots. Not all bottle depots accept all micro-brewery bottles (like Big Rock and Drummond).

Here is what bottle depots pay for various containers:

Container	Refund 1 litre & under	Refund over 1 litre
Aluminium or Bi-metal Cans juice, begetable, fruit drinks, non-alcoholic beers, soft drinks, teas	5 cents	20 cents
Glass bottles bottled waters, juices, liquor, non-alcoholic wines	5 cents	20 cents
Plastic Bottles soft drinks, bottled water, juices, and liquor miniatures	5 cents	20 cents
Beer Containers Glass, Aluminum or Bi-metalic	10 cents	10 cents

Over 500 million containers are returned each year, which is about 80 - 90 per cent of all those containers manufactured and sold. Of course, many of the balance are accounted for by the "blue box" program and are recycled, so our land fills are not burdened with unnecessary waste materials.

The Vancouver Area has the following bottle depots:

Name	Address	City	Phone
Biggar Enterprises	2577 Kingsway	Port Coquitlam	(604) 945-3313
Blundell Return-It Centre	130 8180 No 2 Rd	Richmond	(604) 274-1999
Booze Bros Bottle Depot	8962 120th A St	Delta	(604) 599-0497
Burnaby Bottle Depot	7415 Buller	Burnaby	(604) 435-3432
Collingwood Bottle Exchange	3535 Foster	Vancouver	(604) 437-1926
Fleetwood Bottle Depot	102 8468 162 St	Surrey	604-585-3544
Haney Beverages Depot	2 22935 Lougheed Hwy	Maple Ridge	(604) 463-6233
International Paper Industries Ltd Vancouver Plant	955 W Kent Ave N	Vancouver	(604) 327-7647
J R Bottle Depot	4 20097 92a Ave	Langley	(604) 513-0420
Jenill Recycling Ltd	10 8285 132 St	Surrey	(604) 596-1751
Joe's Bottle Depot	29 15515 24 Ave	Surrey	(604) 531-7669
Ladner Bottle Depot	4930 Elliott	Ladner	(604) 946-0309
Langley Bottle Depot	20137 Industrial	Langley	(604) 530-0131
Maple Ridge Bottle Depot	7 20475 Lougheed Hwy	Maple Ridge	(604) 465-8900
Port Moody One-Stop Market & Bottle Depot	2409 Clarke St	Port Moody	(604) 937-0746
Regional Recycling	12240 Vulcan Way	Richmond	(604) 276-8270
Steveston Bottle Depot	130 12251 No 2 Rd	Richmond	(604) 241-9177
Sunshine Garden Centre	23166 Fraser Hwy	Langley	(604) 534-2228
Surrey Bottle Depot & Pop Shoppe	10716 135a St	Surrey	(604) 588-1915
United We Can	52 E Cordova	Vancouver	(604) 681-0001
Vanguard Bottle Depots Ltd	88 Fawcett	Coquitlam	(604) 520-0333
Willowbrook Recycling	105 6001 196a St	Langley	(604) 532-0225

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