Bottle Bills in the News Canada
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
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