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.
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.