An Analysis of Beverage Container Recycling in Canada 2010
Articles and Publications
Recovery Questions (2011)
As the debate around strategies to recover beverage containers heats up again, so too does the interest in quality information. For readers interested in said illumination, Who Pays What 2010 (the fourth edition) fills the bill, as it houses everything one needs to know about beverage container recovery in Canada. While some might choose to […]
Beverage Container Recycling in Canada (2010)
Every two years, CM Consulting publishes Who Pays What — An Analysis of Beverage Container Recovery and Costs in Canada — a comprehensive report on the status of performance and costs of beverage container recycling programs in each Canadian province. Beverage containers are ubiquitous. In Canada, collectively, this worked out to about 1.5 million tonnes of […]
Single Stream Uncovered (2010)
Over the past decade, hundreds of communities throughout North America have shifted their municipal recycling collection program from a dualor multi-stream approach to one that commingles recyclables into one container, due mainly to the convenience factor for residents and costs savings for the local government. However, though municipalities may be switching collection schemes in droves, […]
Packaging Stewardship — A Package of Responsibility (2010)
With Maine’s recent passing of the nation’s first stewardship framework legislation,all eyes may turn to Central Canada, specifically Ontario, to see how exactly such a lawcould play out, in terms of industry funding, costs and how it could improvethe recycling of packaging and printed paper for municipalities. At the close of this past March, Maine […]
RVM: Reverse Vending Machines — Beverage Container Recycling (2009)
Reverse vending machines arrive… at last! “The age of automation is going to be the age of ‘do it yourself,” wrote Marshall McLuhan. Today we don’t think twice about using a bank machine, automated parking attendant, airport check-in, and self check-out at retail stores. So, it shouldn’t surprise anyone that machines designed for empty bottle […]
Rising Spirits — The Beer Store (2009)
The Beer Store container reuse and recycling climbs higher than ever This fall The Beer Store (TBS) released its annual Packaging Stewardship Report, Responsible Stewardship 2008-2009, with statistics on reuse and recycling of alcohol beverage packaging in Ontario. Since 1927 the privately operated retail and distribution company has been operating a deposit-refund-based packaging management system. […]
LES FAITS: Comprendre les enjeux associés à la récupération des contenants de boissons (2008)
Ce document est présenté à la Commission des transports et de l’environnement en réponse à son appel d’observations. Ce document a pour but de fournir des solutions fondées sur des renseignements réels en réponse à plusieurs des questions soulevées par la Commission concernant l’amélioration de la récupération des contenants de boissons. This paper has been […]
The New Eco-Currency (2008)
As a waste management consultant, rarely do I come across another consultant’s report that not only delights and excites, but compels me to promote, disseminate, and speak-out about its findings. Such was the case several months ago when Dr. Jeffery Morris of Sound Resource Management, based in the State of Washington, responded to my request […]
The Update: Beverage Container Collection in Canada (2008)
As the price of oil approaches $150 a barrel and energy is at a premium, high quality empty beverage containers made from aluminum, plastic, and glass are in great demand. Canadian provincial governments and beverage producers (on their own) have taken steps to increase collection for recycling. New programs Following years of pressure from municipalities, […]
