Personal: Recycling at Bottle Depots
Recycling is not just good for the environment, but your local bottle depot can help you make some extra money.
The government requires that many consumer containers be recyclable. Manufacturers and retailers charge a deposit on such containers when you buy the products inside. These deposits are returned when customers return the containers.
Containers that are recyclable are:
- Aluminium beverage cans (beer & pop)
- Glass bottles (refillable or not)
- Plastic bottles (except milk jugs)
- Foil-sealed plastic cups for various juices
- Baby juice bottles (from Gerber, Heinz, etc)
- Bag in a box containers (for wine, juice, and water-keep the bag IN the box)
- Tetrapaks (the paper containers with foil inside lining will be recyclable beginning this fall)
Bottle depots do not accept any milk containers (yet), beverage boxes, or products bought outside the province for deposit returns.
Beer bottles can be accepted by different bottle depots depending on their brand and origin. Imported beers (from outside the province) are accepted by all bottle depots. Not all bottle depots accept all micro-brewery bottles (like Big Rock and Drummond).
Here is what bottle depots pay for various containers:
| Container | Refund
1 litre & under | Refund
over 1 litre |
|---|
Aluminium or Bi-metal Cans
juice, begetable, fruit drinks, non-alcoholic beers, soft drinks, teas | 5 cents | 20 cents |
Glass bottles
bottled waters, juices, liquor, non-alcoholic wines | 5 cents | 20 cents |
Plastic Bottles
soft drinks, bottled water, juices, and liquor miniatures | 5 cents | 20 cents |
Beer Containers
Glass, Aluminum or Bi-metalic | 10 cents | 10 cents |
Over 500 million containers are returned each year, which is about 80 - 90 per cent of all those containers manufactured and sold. Of course, many of the balance are accounted for by the "blue box" program and are recycled, so our land fills are not burdened with unnecessary waste materials.
The Okanagan Area has the following bottle depots:
Depot | Address | Town | Telephone |
Armstrong Spallumcheen Bottle Depot
| 2880 Patterson Ave.
| Armstrong, BC.
| (250) 546-2466
|
Bottle Bin The
| 1840 Vernon St.
| Lumby, BC.
| (250) 547-8787
|
Bottle Depot Summerland
| 15803 Logie.
| Summerland, BC.
| (250) 494-8595
|
Chasers Bottle Depot
| 4612 27th St.
| Vernon, BC.
| (250) 503-1311
|
Enderby Bottle & Recycling Depot
| 600 Granville.
| Enderby, BC.
| (250) 838-9556
|
S S R Bottle Depot
| 1207 Trans-Canada Hwy.
| Sorrento, BC.
| (250) 675-3777
|
Interior Freight & Bottle Depot Co Ltd
| 3610 26th Ave.
| Vernon, BC.
| (250) 545-5706
|
J & C Bottle Depot
| 1850 Government.
| Penticton, BC.
| (250) 492-5144
|
Osoyoos Bottle Depot
| 8305 72nd Ave.
| Osoyoos, BC.
| (250) 495-2399
|
Penticton Recycle & Bottle Depot
| 180 1652 Fairview Rd.
| Penticton, BC.
| (250) 770-1143
|
Shuswap Salvage & Recycling
|
| Tappen, BC.
| (250) 835-8212
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