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Deposit return systems
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Tim Hortons piloting container deposit program
TORONTO – Tim Hortons is partnering with TerraCycle’s zero-waste platform, Loop, to pilot a program that will give customers the option of paying a deposit and receiving reusable and returnable cups or food containers with their order. Customers can return…
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Reverse vending for soda cartridges
SHELTON, Connecticut – SodaStream and Tomra are piloting a solution for in-store return of used CO2 cylinders. The goal is to make cylinder exchange more efficient for both retailers and SodaStream customers. Special SodaStream-branded reverse vending machines (RVMs) are now…
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Return-It upgrades B.C. container return system
BURNABY, B.C. – British Columbia’s industry-run deposit return organization Return-It is modernizing the province’s beverage container recycling system. As a result of the Covid-19 pandemic, Return-It has been adapting and evolving its system by reducing touch points while improving convenience.…
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Bottled up frustration for PET
Changes in tourism and travel due to the pandemic will affect pries and supply of PET resin feedstocks
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Netherlands introducing small-bottle DRS
In the Netherlands, a deposit return system for small plastic bottles will come into effect on the 1st of July 2021, the Dutch State Secretary for Infrastructure and Water Management, Stientje van Veldhoven, announced in a letter to the Parliament.…
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Ontario puts alcohol container returns on hold
TORONTO – Ontario’s Beer Store is pausing recycling until March 31. The Beer Store will not accept empty containers at any of its retail stores across the province, effective March 19, through to March 31. Deposits will be fully honoured…
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Outdoor reverse vending machine
Shelton, Conn. — Tomra of North America has extended its Standalone line of durable reverse vending machines (RVMs) with the introduction of the Tomra S1 concept. Designed for outdoor use in or under a sheltered area, the S1 concept can…
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Europe may miss plastics recycling target
The European recycling industry is going to miss a 2025 target for recycling PET bottles, says a new study by ICIS, a global petrochemical market information provider, unless there is a reversal of the slowing growth rate in recovery. In…
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Return-It bumps bottle deposit rates in B.C.
BURNABY, B.C. – Encorp Pacific, better known as Return-It, the industry owned, not-for-profit product stewardship organization responsible for beverage container recycling in B.C., will increase deposits for non-alcohol beverage containers up to and including one litre from five cents to…