Bottle Deposit

• Scrap Vancouver’s cup fee and replace it with province-wide deposit, group urges

  The Binners' Project says a deposit would let low-income people to recoup the fee, provide revenue to waste collectors, and help keep millions of cups out of landfills.

  Environment

  Mar 13, 2022
  
• B.C. implementing 10 cent deposit on milk and milk-alternative containers Feb. 1

  Under the program, consumers will pay an extra 10 cents upfront for certain milk products, and can reclaim the deposit by returning the empty containers.

  Environment

  Jan 22, 2022
  
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• B.C. approves cities’ single-use plastic bans, extends bottle deposits to milk containers

  The move came after the B.C. Court of Appeal struck down the City of Victoria's plastic bag ban in 2019, saying the municipality needed the province's go-ahead to enact it.

  Sep 12, 2020