Why Bring Your Bottles Back

All across Canada, we have container deposit systems to encourage bottle recycling and reuse. When you return your empty glass bottles, not only do you benefit financially with a 5¢ – 25¢ refund per bottle, but you have a reason to feel good knowing that you've taken it upon yourself to initiate an environmentally-friendly action.


Paid for your Efforts

Bottle return centres give you cash for each bottle you bring back.

  • Refunds range from 5¢ – 25¢ per bottle
  • One full Bottle Bin™ can put $4.80 back in your wallet

Dragons' Den Pitch

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Bottle Bin™ is in


Bottle Bin

Large, versatile storage capacity.

Bottle Bin

A portable solution to organize your bottle returns.

Bottle Bin

Easy transport.


Bottle Bin

Strong, durable and lightweight.

Bottle Bin

Reduce, reuse, recycle and return.

Bottle Bin

Watch How Glass Is Recycled


The Life of a Bottle

After empty glass bottles are returned to your local beverage container redemption centre, they are shipped to a glass reprocessing plant. Once the bottles arrive, they are sorted by colour and crushed into small pieces referred to as cullet. The cullet is melted in a hot furnace and then molded or pressed into brand new bottles and jars. In just 30 days, a glass bottle can be consumed, returned, and back on the store shelf in its new form.

Glass is 100% recyclable and can be endlessly reprocessed with no loss of quality, purity or strength. Watch the video on the left to learn more about the glass recycling process.