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The Ontario Deposit Return Program (ODRP), also simply known as Bag it Back, is a regulation of the province of Ontario, Canada.Its purpose is to divert recyclable materials from landfill or low-quality recycling uses by charging a fee for each alcoholic beverage container sold in the province, and processing the material for re-use or other recycling activities once the containers are ...
The LCBO says the new limited options are expected to eliminate approximately 80 million plastic bags a year from landfill. In September 2006, the Government of Ontario announced the Ontario Deposit Return Program, a recycling program for LCBO and winery store beverage alcohol containers. The program, which commenced operations on 5 February ...
I would like to point out that more information could be added (and existing information corrected) regarding the LCBO's deposit and return program. The relevant information can be found at bagitback.ca []. The specifics for deposit/return are explained on the Eligibe Items and Return Rates page []. The program itself was announced in December ...
A Beer Store outlet in downtown Ottawa, NCR on Rideau Street (closed since October 2018) [18] A Beer Store outlet in Richmond Hill, Ontario in 2020. The Beer Store follows an open ownership model whereby any qualifying brewer is allowed the opportunity to become a Beer Store shareholder, but three multi-nationals own the vast majority of shares: Molson-Coors, Labatt (owned by Anheuser-Busch ...
Refillable bottles are sent back to the brewers for washing and refill. Containers returned through Ontario's deposit-return system showed a total recycling rate of 89% for 2014–2015, while refillable beer bottles were returned at a rate of 98%. [citation needed] A reverse vending machine in a Montreal grocery store.
In 1974, Lord's Supervalue Pharmacies 26 stores in Atlantic Canada joined the Shoppers Drug Mart family. In 1986 Shoppers Drug Mart bought Super X Drugstores, an Ontario-area chain of 72 stores. In 1986, Shoppers Drug Mart also purchased the J.W. Crooks Pharmacy stores in Thunder Bay Ontario (Mayor James White Crooks). In 1992, the company ...
The LLBO was replaced by the Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario in 1998 under the Alcohol and Gaming Regulation and Public Protection Act passed in 1996.. The LLBO name lives on in signage and advertising for many eateries and entertainment establishments, including some opened well after the board’s dissolution, which display the name to indicate the location is legally licensed to ...
The Temperance movement started long before Ontario enacted the Ontario Temperance Act of 1916, and for more reasons than social or wartime issues. Fighting for absolute temperance, Prohibition advocates lobbied for this in the 1850s at the Provincial level, and eventually got the right to vote for Prohibition at the municipal level, or otherwise known as "local option".