Why document?

Refundable cans and bottles returned to Consignaction drop-off centers are 100% recycled. So you never have to worry about the fate of your container: it's sure to be recycled.

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Here are some of the advantages of deposit-refund :

An ecological system

  • The deposit-refund website helps reduce beverage-related waste. Eventually, 5 billion beverage containers will be returnable each year.
  • deposit-refund is the most ecological way to recycle your containers. It helps reduce our environmental footprint. With deposit-refund, nothing is lost, everything is transformed.
  • Recycling aluminum, glass and plastic saves the energy that would otherwise have been consumed in extracting, transporting and transforming the raw materials needed to manufacture new containers.
  • deposit-refund is based on the principles of extended producer responsibility, meaning that producers are responsible for the recovery of the containers they market.

Recovered material is of better quality

  • With deposit-refund, the material recovered is of better quality, as it is sorted at source.
  • There is less breakage and the material is not mixed or contaminated by others, resulting in cleaner, more efficient recycling and a better resale price for the material.

A plus for the economy and society

  • deposit-refund is free of charge to consumers, who are reimbursed when they return their containers.
  • It contributes to the creation and maintenance of many high-quality jobs.
  • It encourages the development of new materials recycling channels and innovation.
  • The deposit-refund website provides financial support for social organizations. It has led to the development of a parallel economy that helps improve the lot of vulnerable people.
  • refundable/returnable containers is also a fast, easy and lucrative way to fund community activities.

 

Here are a few examples:

  • Making a recycled aluminum can requires 95% less energy than making a new one, and up to 40% less water.
  • The energy saved by recycling a single plastic bottle can power a computer for 25 minutes.
  • A aluminum can can be recycled ad infinitum without ever losing its properties.
  • Every tonne of recycled plastic bottles saves 3.8 barrels of oil.