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    Beverage Container Recycling Guide: For Albertans

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    This document provides information about Alberta's beverage container recycling program. It outlines the deposit amounts for different container sizes and materials. All ready-to-serve beverage containers sold in Alberta can be recycled, including plastic bottles, aluminum cans, glass bottles, juice boxes and milk cartons. Recycling depots across the province will refund deposits and accept containers for recycling. Recycled materials are used to manufacture new products, reducing waste and supporting a circular economy.

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    This document provides information about Alberta's beverage container recycling program. It outlines the deposit amounts for different container sizes and materials. All ready-to-serve beverage containers sold in Alberta can be recycled, including plastic bottles, aluminum cans, glass bottles, juice boxes and milk cartons. Recycling depots across the province will refund deposits and accept containers for recycling. Recycled materials are used to manufacture new products, reducing waste and supporting a circular economy.

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    This document provides information about Alberta's beverage container recycling program. It outlines the deposit amounts for different container sizes and materials. All ready-to-serve beverage containers sold in Alberta can be recycled, including plastic bottles, aluminum cans, glass bottles, juice boxes and milk cartons. Recycling depots across the province will refund deposits and accept containers for recycling. Recycled materials are used to manufacture new products, reducing waste and supporting a circular economy.

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    Beverage Container Recycling Guide for Albertans

    Container deposit refund levels are set through government legislation.

    Current deposits are:


    1 Litre & Under =10

    Container Volume 1 Litre & Less Over 1 Litre

    Refund Level 10 25 10 25

    Over 1 Litre =

    25

    Beer Bottles and Cans 1 Litre & Less Beer Bottles and Cans Over 1 Litre

    Beyond your fully refundable deposit, a non-refundable container recycling fee or environmental levy may be applied at the point of purchase to cover the net costs in recycling beverage containers. Fees are based on a not-for-profit formula and presently range from no charge to up to 8 cents per container. The fee is a few pennies on your grocery bill but greatly helps to keep tonnes of waste from ending up in Alberta landfills.

    All "ready-to-serve" beverage containers


    sold in Alberta are part of the collection system. There are over 50,000 different beverage container products registered in Alberta. Shown below are just a few samples of common containers. Please check with your local bottle depot if you are not sure if a refund applies to a container,or contact us online at: www.bcmb.ab.ca

    Plastic Drink Bottles


    i.e. water bottles and soft drink bottles

    Plastic Jugs, Poly Cups* & Bottles


    i.e. clear, coloured and opaque plastic beverage containers

    Aluminum Cans
    i.e. pop, juice, 'energy' drinks & beer

    Polycoat Containers
    i.e.  drink boxes, juice, milk, cream, rice and soy drink cartons

    Bag-in-a-Box & Juice Pouches


    i.e. wine, juice

    Glass Bottles
    i.e.  coloured & clear wine, juice and beer containers

    Other Metal Cans

    i.e . metal containers other than aluminum ranging from small single serve tins to large tomato and apple juice cans.

    *P  EASE NOTE: Food containers and plastic & paper cups that are not sealed by a manufacturer
    are NOT part of the Alberta collection system regulations and are NOT eligible for refund. Any containers from outside Alberta are NOT eligible for refund.

    ALL milk and liquid cream


    containers sold in Alberta now require a deposit of 10 (1 litre or less) or 25 (over 1 litre). Deposits will be refunded at any Alberta bottle depot, but only on marked containers purchased after June 1, 2009. Old, unmarked milk and cream containers purchased before June 1, 2009 can be recycled through your municipal recycling program.

    With over 200 bottle depots throughout the province, Alberta has Canadas largest network of beverage container recycling depots. To find a depot near you, please see "Bottle Depots" in the Yellow Pages or visit our website at www.bcmb.ab.ca

    to find a Bottle Depot...

    go to

    www.bcmb.ab.ca

    look for

    Find a Depot
    near you...
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    or call us toll-free

    1.888.424.7671 Beverage Container Management Board

    Caps & lids do not mix with container materials during the

    recycling process. Caps should be placed in your 'bluebox' program for recycling. For 'bag-in-the-box' containers, please leave the bag in the box.

    For public health and sanitation reasons, please give containers (especially milk containers) a rinse with cold water.

    Sort the containers by type (e.g. separate glass, metal, plastic and polycoats). Return refillable glass beer containers in a dry case with box flaps tucked in.

    Please leave all containers intact except for milk cartons and jugs which should be flattened on sides.

    EXCEP TION: Ple ase Flatt en Milk Co n tainers

    Please note that Saturdays are the busiest times at Bottle Depots.

    Recycling containers saves energy, reduces landfill space, helps combat global warming and more. Below are just some of the commercially useful products that come from Albertas recycled beverage containers

    Aluminum Cans

    Aluminum is made from bauxite, an ore mined from the earth. It doesnt decompose or break down! When recycled, aluminum is melted down and reshaped into new cans. In 2008, over 11,000 tonnes of material was diverted from Alberta landfills (9599% of weight shipped is recycled with the remaining being moisture and contaminants). Most plastic containers are made from polyethylene terephthalate (PET) and high density polyethylene (HDPE), both of which are petroleum based non-renewable resources. Shredded containers are sold to plastic recyclers who reuse the plastic to manufacture non-food containers. In some cases, the plastic is turned into a fibre used to make items like fleece jackets and vests. Over 80% of the materials in PET, HDPE and LDPE are recycled, resulting in diversion of over 11,000 tonnes in 2008. Clear glass containers are separated and crushed to form tiny spheres used in the production of road marking paint. Coloured glass is used to make fibreglass insulation for homes. 95% of non-refillable glass is recycled (over 58,000 tonnes in 2008).

    Plastic Containers

    Glass Containers

    Refillable Glass Beer Containers

    Refillable glass containers are returned to the manufacturer for refilling on average 14 times. Containers that are chipped, damaged or deemed no longer suitable for reuse, as well as bottle line contamination, are culled out, crushed and recycled. Recycling and reuse of glass beer containers resulted in almost 45,000 tonnes being diverted in 2008.

    Polycoat, Juice & Milk Cartons

    Drink boxes (known as aseptic containers) and gable top juice & milk cartons (referred together as polycoat) are made of up to three material types: paper, an aluminum lining, and a plastic coating. Containers go through a hydra-pulping process that separates the different material types. The resulting paper pulp is then used to make cardboard boxes of all shapes, sizes and colors. 80% of material by weight is recycled resulting in 2,300 tonnes being diverted in 2008. Waste cardboard boxes and bag-in-a-box containers are baled and sold to paper recyclers for the manufacturing of pulp suitable for tough objects like cardboard boxes and tubes. Beverage container metal tins and cans are baled and then melted down to be turned into scrap metal, which can then be used as construction re-bar. 95% of weight is recycled resulting in almost 320 tonnes being diverted in 2008.

    Bi-Metal Containers

    #1010, 10707 - 100 Avenue Edmonton, Alberta T5J 3M1 Toll-Free (888) 424-7671 Local (780) 424-3193 Fax (780) 428-4620

    www.bcmb.ab.ca

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