Offering people the chance to win a prize instead of only receiving their deposit back could incentivize more people to recycle more often.

Return your bottles and save each time The returnable bottle system is built on a pricing model that emphasises ... excluding ...

When offered a 1-in-10,000 chance of winning $1,000 instead of a guaranteed 10 cent refund, people recycled 47% more bottles.

Hungarians have readily embraced a deposit-return system (DRS) launched a year ago, the head of Mohu MOL, which has a ...

The AQRCB said “some of the issues” outlined in the report were already corrected before the investigation started ...

As single-use plastic piles up in landfills and pollutes oceans, event spaces are turning to food packaging that can be ...

People are more likely to return cans if they can be entered in a lottery, a new study found. And in Norway, where they've had this system for years, the results are astounding.

With this year’s General Assembly session entering its final days and with debate still raging about the merits of a so-called bottle bill, House and Senate leaders announced on Monday an amendment ...

With a deposit of 15 cent on containers from 150ml to 500ml and 25 cent for containers over 500ml and under 3l, the value of the refund vouchers generated in the first year of the scheme amounted ...

Quebec's new bottle deposit and return system was slated to come into effect in 2022, but was delayed until 2023, and again until March 1. The phases of the plan are being rolled out gradually.

As of March 1, you'll be charged 10 cents on all your plastic bottles ranging from 100 millilitres to two litres. But you'll get your money back if you return them to one of Quebec's 3,500 ...