Bottle Bills in the News
Canada

2008

• Recycling could bottle 100k for SAITSA (Alberta)
  The Weal. November 26, 2008.
• Leading the way (Alberta)
  Vulcan Advocate. November 6, 2008
• Proposal for the new Ontario EPR policy (Ontario)
  HazMat Management. October 29, 2008
• Recycling rules milk families
  Plan to increase deposits on dairy containers stinks (Alberta)
  Calgary Herald. October 28, 2008
• Alberta makes big changes to bottle recycling program (Alberta)
  CTV.ca. October 23, 2008
• Alberta to hike bottle deposits: Changes may also include milk containers (Alberta)
  Calgary Herald. October 22, 2008
• Alberta launches deposit system for milk containers (Alberta)
  Calgary Herald. October 22, 2008
• As cans, bottles mount in landfills, firms get free ride (Ontario)
  Toronto Star. October 13, 2008
• 2 Billion Votes for Ontario's Environment: Ontario beer consumers return more packaging for reuse and recycling than ever. (Ontario)
  (Press Release) The Beer Store. October 8, 2008
• City eyes coffee cup ban:Levies, deposit-return also being looked at as study targets worst trash offenders (Ontario)
  Toronto Star. September 14, 2008
• Soft drink higher refunds end Aug. 30 (Prince Edward Island)
  The Guardian. August 26, 2008.
• Ontario should consider deposit bylaw (Ontario)
  (Letter to the Editor) The Chatham Daily News. August 22, 2008
• British Columbia depots stand as model of success (British Columbia)
  The Register-Guard. (Oregon) July 28, 2008
• New PEI beverage container deposit system (Prince Edward Island)
  Solid Waste & Recycling. May 22, 2008
• We have to do more about our trash (Newfoundland)
  (Editorial) The Western Star. April 24, 2008
• Recycling depots await details on can deposit (Prince Edward Island)
  Nova Scotian. April 20, 2008
• Can ban legislation still raising questions (Prince Edward Island)
  The Guardian. April 19, 2008
• Can bill finally tabled (Prince Edward Island)
  The Guardian. April 16, 2008
• Winsloe firm wins can return contract (Prince Edward Island)
  The Guardian. April 9, 2008.
• P.E.I. Environment Department fines company for violating province's pop can ban (Prince Edward Island)
  The Canadian Press. March 6, 2008
• One man’s garbage ...times 500,000 (Newfoundland)
  The Western Star. March 3, 2008
• Firm sought to run return system: P.E.I. government issues request for expressions of interest (Prince Edward Island)
  The Guardian. February 1, 2008
• Ontario government bottle-return plan a partial success: McGuinty (Ontario)
  The Canadian Press. February 1, 2008

2007 and earlier

• Top court won't hear appeal of case which could bankrupt consumer group (Ontario)
  The Canadian Press. December 20, 2007
• Recycle or refund (Alberta)
  The Camrose Canadian. December 16, 2007
• Refunds may soon be allowed on milk jugs (Alberta)
  Edmonton Journal. November 15, 2007
• Bottle battle leaves consumer group broke (Ontario)
  CanWest News Service. October 18, 2007
• More bottle bucks on agenda (Alberta)
  The Calgary Sun. September 12, 2007
• Potential Deposits on Milk Containers Concern to MLA (Alberta)
  AM 770. August 3, 2007
• Money in bottles (Nova Scotia)
  The Toronto Star. April 28, 2007
• Tomorrow is Earth Day (Ontario)
  (Letter to the Editor) - The Daily Observer. April 21, 2007
• Alberta recycling needs a boost (Alberta)
  (Editorial) - Edmonton Journal. April 19, 2007
• A taste for conservation: LCBO deposit-return program starts (Ontario)
  Toronto Sun. February 6, 2007
• Ontario launches wine and liquor bottle return system: Diverting 80 million alcohol containers a year from landfills (Ontario)
  National Union of Public and General Employees. February 6, 2007
• Needy cash in on bottles: Program a hit with scavengers but will tipplers bite? (Ontario)
  Toronto Star. February 6, 2007
• LCBO bottle recycling starts (Ontario)
  Thunder Bay's Source. February 5, 2007
• No wine deposit, no return (Quebec)
  The Gazette (Montreal). January 2, 2007
• Ontario to start deposit-return system for all liquor, wine containers next Feb.  (Ontario)
  Canadian Press. September 10, 2006
• Groups frothing over unclaimed bottle deposits (British Columbia)
  Globe and Mail.  January 13, 2006