Ten years ago, CM Consulting published the first version of Who Pays What, which documented the collective efforts in beverage container recycling and reuse in Canada for the first time. Since then, much has changed. Over the last decade,Canada has become a global leader in beverage container collection and recycling. Together, Canadian provinces collect […]
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Quebec announces deposit increase for beverage containers
Quebec’s Minister of Sustainable Development, Environment and Parks, Pierre Arcand, announced on Sunday (June 10) his intention to “modernize” the current deposit return program which currently covers beer and soft drinks. By the end of 2012, the deposit will increase from 5 cents to 10 cents for cans of beer and soft drinks, including carbonated […]
EPA revises methodology…..again?
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has flip-flopped on a desicion to more accurately portray the national PET recycling rate. When the EPA orginially released the 2010 facts and figures the PET rate was reported at 21%, down from the 2009 figure of 28%. Now they have revised the methodology again and the rate is 29% […]
Full jobs report available from Container Recycling Institute
Returning to Work: Understanding the Domestic Jobs Impacts from Different Methods of Recycling Beverage Containers, a report by Clarissa Morawski and Jeffrey Morris for the Container Recycling Institute, is now available for download From The CRI Website. http://www.container-recycling.org/assets/pdfs/reports/2011-ReturningToWork.pdf
Waste and Recycling News reports on Jobs report
Waste and Recycling News discussed the newly released jobs report from CRI. Link to the story here. http://www.wasterecyclingnews.com/headlines2.html?cat=1&id=1328108222 Read the full report here http://www.container-recycling.org/assets/pdfs/reports/2011-ReturningToWork.pdf
Evaluating End-of-Life Beverage Container Management Systems for California
CM Consulting and R3 Consulting published a study analyzing different beverage container management systems. Case studies of the beverage container deposit systems in California, Germany, British Columbia and Ontario, Canada, as well as packaging systems in Ontario and Germany. Read the report here http://www.container-recycling.org/assets/pdfs/reports/2009-BeverageSystemsCalifornia.pdf
Returning to Work: Container deposit legislation could ease Americas unemployment
Workers are needed in landfilling, curbside recycling and container deposit return, but which sector brings the most much-needed jobs to the struggling U.S. economy? Our authors provide a detailed analysis of the positive impact beverage container deposit programs can have on job creation. Returning to Work Click on the link below to see the full […]
New Study on Reuse and Recycling Systems for Selected Beverage Packaging from a Sustainability Perpsective
A study just released by PricewaterhouseCoopers AG WPG in Germany assesses the existing systems for collecting and recycling beverage containers in Germany from a social, economic, and ecological viewpoint. It shows that for beverage containers, deposit-return systems are preferable to green-dot systems (industry-financed curbside collection) in that deposit-return systems acheive higher collection rates, create more jobs, […]
An Overview of Plastic Bottle Recycling in Canada
Recovery and recycling of plastic bottles in Canada varies dramatically based on the province and the bottle type. In 2002, of the 235,086 tonnes generated, approximately 84,709 tonnes or 36% of plastic bottle material was recovered and recycled, based on available data. To date, deposit return systems for beverage containers are 2.3 times more effective […]
Who Pays What 2010
An Analysis of Beverage Container Recycling in Canada 2010
