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Seeking change in provincial recycling

WATCH ABOVE: Quebec is one of two provinces not offering refunds on water bottles and Coop Les Valoristes hopes to change that. Billy Shields reports.

MONTREAL – From all over the city, the bottles came streaming in — in shopping carts, in garbage bags, by bicycle.

Billed as Quebec’s first bottle depot, the Coop les Valoristes was giving out 5-cent refunds to “binners” who brought in water bottles on Saturday.

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Quebec offers refunds on some cans and bottles, but it has never offered refunds on plastic water bottles.

The Coop hopes that by offering up refunds once a year, they can raise enough awareness to get the province to change the rules.

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