Can Recycling Centre In Calgary
At accept various drink containers made of many
materials at our north east bottle depot. One of the most common items we see
returned is aluminum cans. They are used for everything from pop, juice, soda
water, beer and other alcoholic beverages and are typically sold in twelve or
twenty four packs so it makes perfect sense that cans are one of the most
common items seen at the bottle depot recycling centre.
All “ready-to-serve” beverage containers sold in
Alberta are accepted for a refund of the full deposit amount paid for them at
Happy Can Bottle Depot. “Ready-to-serve” means any container with a beverage
that can be consumed immediately after opening. This includes over 130,000
varieties of plastic drink bottles and jugs, Tetra containers, aluminum cans,
glass bottles and metal cans. As mentioned, one of the highest volume items we
see at our bottle depot recycling centre is metal and aluminum cans.
Concentrate or powdered beverage containers are
not considered “ready-to-serve” as they must be mixed prior to consumption, and
are not eligible for a deposit refund. Even if these are in cans, they cannot
be returned to our north east bottle depot. You also did not pay a deposit when
you purchased them so there is no refund eligible.
Only beverage containers and cans that have been
purchased in Alberta are refundable in Alberta. If a container is registered
for sale in Alberta it will have both English and French on the container and
the size will be indicated in millilitres (mL), not ounces (oz).
The Three Major Benefits to Recycling
If all you know about recycling is that you can
earn money from your empty beverage containers, that’s great! But, you may not
realize that recycling your items has positive long-term benefits for yourself
and the world.
Recycling (or reusing) containers helps keep
plastics and other materials from landfills that can contaminate groundwater
and environments.
Once we have rounded up the day’s worth of
beverage containers, including aluminum cans, they are sent out to the recycling
centre to be reused or repurposed into new containers or materials. Numerous
aftermarket products can be created with recycled plastics, glass and aluminum
including: carpet, clothing and numerous other products.
Not surprisingly, recycled aluminum cans are made
into more aluminum cans for beverage companies to buy from the recycling centre
and use again. Aluminum can actually be recycled repeatedly without any loss of
its original properties which means that aluminum cans are able to be recycled
indefinitely. It is also used to make anything that can be fabricated from new
aluminum without compromising structure or function. So the aluminum soda can
you drop into the recycling bin today may become an electrical cable, a fitting
for a door or window or even a bicycle tomorrow.
By ensuring that your cans make their way back to
the bottle depot, you are helping to ensure that the raw materials extracted
from the earth are utilized as much as possible before considering them waste.
This is a significant benefit to the planet and to industries and consumers.
