Today CM Consulting has released the Who Pays What report for 2020. This comprehensive overview of beverage container collection in Canada is an invaluable resource for understanding how the systems in Canada work, how policy drives them, and how their performance stacks up. Click here to view the full report
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Who Pays What 2018 Now Available
5 October 2018 – CM Consulting is pleased to announce the release of the 2018 Who Pays What report. Now in its 9th edition, this report has proven to be an invaluable tool for government officials and those in the beverage industry and recycling sectors seeking to understand how beverage container collection programs work, how their performance […]
Dispatches from Europe: Are we ready for reusable packaging?
20 June 2017 – Single-use packaging is easy to spot. A short walk along a beach, anywhere in the world, will reveal the consequences of our throwaway culture as each tide brings in a fresh layer of debris, most of it single-use plastics. In some countries, the growing pressure to do something about single-use packaging has […]
Deposit Return: How it Works
If we look internationally—Europe, US, Canada, Middle East, China, and Australia—massive efforts are underway to introduce or expand existing programs, as governments recognize deposit-return as a modern solution to litter caused by single-use bottles and cans as well as far superior recycling rates. New laws have received much public support, and most respondents to public […]
CM Consulting annonce son Qui Paie Quoi 2016
Peterborough, Canada, le 9 Décembre, 2016 – CM Consulting est heureuse d’annoncer la publication de l’édition 2016 du rapport Who Pays What (Qui paie quoi). Cette septième édition du rapport continue de présenter les données les plus récentes sur la récupération des contenants de boissons au Canada, y compris les mesures de performance et les […]
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CM Consulting Releases Who Pays What 2016
1 December 2016 – CM Consulting is pleased to announce the release of the 2016 Who Pays What report. This 7th edition of the report continues to feature the latest data on beverage container recovery in Canada, including province-specific performance rates and collection costs, as well as an analysis of environmental and economic benefits. To view […]
Return to Spender
Since being introduced to the market, there has been much debate — both in the beverage industry, and among politicians and the public — over the best way to collect non-refillable (single-use) beverage containers for recycling. With several European countries moving forward with deposit-return schemes to complement their existing collection models, CM Consulting’s Clarissa Morawski looks […]
Policy Instruments to Promote Refillable Beverage Containers
19 July 2016 – Refillable beverage containers have an important role to play in the circular economy. Aside from the environmental benefits, refillable systems offer tremendous economic benefits in terms of material cost savings and job creation, which are multiplied with each refill. Despite these benefits, the market share of beverages in refillable packaging has […]
Studies confirm that Container Deposit Systems show big net savings to municipal budgets
7 June 2016 – As more countries consider deposit-return (DRS) as a means to reduce litter and encourage recycling of beverage containers, many are questioning the impacts that such a system would have on municipalities, particularly those that have an existing source separation program in place. The main argument put forward by opponents is that […]
