Environmental Leadership and The Beer Store
by The Beer Store
AN ENVIRONMENTAL LEADER
Environmental Leadership & The Beer Store. Not only does The Beer Store take back all beer packaging that it sells to consumers, but also from 16,700 bars and restaurants.
All collected materials are either reused or recycled. With an impressive recovery rate of 95 per cent on the industry standard bottle (the most prolific container in the market), TBS is undoubtedly the most successful waste diversion program in Ontario if not all of North America.
The Beer Store is a global leader in the practice of extended producer responsibility and unique among Ontario retailers in that it takes back all of the packaging materials that it sells :bottles, cans, cartons, caps, kegs, plastic bags and can rings.
The costs associated with the system are recovered from fees applied to brewers. About 76 per cent of The Beer Store sales by volume are in refillable containers - the top of the "3-R hierarchy" of reuse, reduce and recycle. The industry standard bottle can be used 12 to 15 times and inert glass containers are endlessly recyclable.
Environmental Leadership & The Beer StoreThis emphasis on reuse of containers and recycling of containers and packaging contributes enormous benefits to Ontario including reduced pressure on landfill space and significant reductions in pollution and green house gas (GHG) emissions.
The Beer Store is proud to be Canada's first business recipient of THE ENVIRONMENTAL CHOICE LEADERSHIP AWARD
ONTARIO DEPOSIT RETURN PROGRAM
2007 marked a landmark year for The Beer Store's product stewardship program as TBS entered into a five-year contract with the Ontario government to take back and refund deposits on all wine, spirit and cooler containers sold in Ontario.
BULK RETURNS
If you are planning to bring back 120 or more containers to The Beer Store at one time to collect your deposit refund, please consider visiting one of our bulk return locations
If you are planning to have a bottle drive