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Why Don't We Get Money For Recycling?

20/1/2015

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Originally published July 9, 2014  The Reminder. Flin Flon, Mb. Sponsored by North of 53 Consumers Coop. 


The question in the title is one that Recycling Centre staff are asked frequently. It refers to other provinces like Saskatchewan where money is paid for beverage containers returned for recycling.

The answer is because the deposit wasn’t collected when the container was purchased.

Why isn’t a deposit collected?  Because it is more expensive.

For example, when I buy a bottle of pop in Saskatchewan I am charged a ten cent deposit and a 6 cent recycling levy. The deposit is higher for larger containers like two litre bottles.

If the can or bottle is returned to a SARCAN depot, the ten cent deposit is returned. The six cents is not returned as it is needed to run the deposit program.

In Manitoba, a two cent enviro levy is charged for non-alcoholic beverage containers to support beverage container recycling.

Compared to Manitoba the deposit system in Saskatchewan costs four cents more if the container is returned for deposit. If it is not returned, it costs 14 cents more.

All businesses selling non-alcoholic beverages in the Saskatchewan areas of our community participate in the Manitoba system.

It is illegal to take beverage containers sold in our community to Saskatchewan for recycling because the deposit was not paid when the beverage was purchased. It also reduces the subsidy paid to the local recycling program as it is paid by how much is recycled.

It is very interesting how many beer containers can be found on road sides, at the recycling Centre and at the landfill even though they can be returned for a deposit in our community.

Next week, where does the two cent enviro levy in Manitoba go?

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    Deb Odegaard has been with the Flin Flon Community Recycling program since it began  in 1992.  She  became the Administrator in 2013.
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