Personal: Recycling at Bottle Depots
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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