Personal: Recycling at Bottle Depots
Recycling is not just good for the environment, but your local bottle depot can help you make some extra money.
The government requires that many consumer containers be recyclable. Manufacturers and retailers charge a deposit on such containers when you buy the products inside. These deposits are returned when customers return the containers.
Containers that are recyclable are:
- Aluminium beverage cans (beer & pop)
- Glass bottles (refillable or not)
- Plastic bottles (except milk jugs)
- Foil-sealed plastic cups for various juices
- Baby juice bottles (from Gerber, Heinz, etc)
- Bag in a box containers (for wine, juice, and water-keep the bag IN the box)
- Tetrapaks (the paper containers with foil inside lining will be recyclable beginning this fall)
Bottle depots do not accept any milk containers (yet), beverage boxes, or products bought outside the province for deposit returns.
Beer bottles can be accepted by different bottle depots depending on their brand and origin. Imported beers (from outside the province) are accepted by all bottle depots. Not all bottle depots accept all micro-brewery bottles (like Big Rock and Drummond).
Here is what bottle depots pay for various containers:
| Container | Refund
1 litre & under | Refund
over 1 litre |
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Aluminium or Bi-metal Cans
juice, begetable, fruit drinks, non-alcoholic beers, soft drinks, teas | 5 cents | 20 cents |
Glass bottles
bottled waters, juices, liquor, non-alcoholic wines | 5 cents | 20 cents |
Plastic Bottles
soft drinks, bottled water, juices, and liquor miniatures | 5 cents | 20 cents |
Beer Containers
Glass, Aluminum or Bi-metalic | 10 cents | 10 cents |
Alberta has over 200 bottle depots, that make it convenient to return empty containers for a deposit refund.
Over 500 million containers are returned each year, which is about 80 - 90 per cent of all those containers manufactured and sold. Of course, many of the balance are accounted for by the "blue box" program and are recycled, so our land fills are not burdened with unnecessary waste materials.
A P Liquor Store & Bottle Depot | 5115 Crowchild Trail Rise 2, Calgary, AB T3E1T9 | (403) 242-6621 | (403) 242-6822 (fax)
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Alberta Bottle Depot Association | 4620 Manilla Road Southeast, Calgary, AB T2G4B7 | (403) 287-6574 | (403) 243-4108 (fax)
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Beddington Heights Bottle Depot | 20 Country Hills Landing NW #111, Calgary, AB T3K 5P4 | (403) 274-2122 | (403) 274-2122 (fax)
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Bowness Bottle Depot | 4708 16th Avenue Northwest, Calgary, AB T3B0N1 | (403) 288-5729 |
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Brewers Distributor Limited | 2930 Centre Avenue Northeast, Calgary, AB T2A4Y2 | (403) 531-1090 |
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Brewers Distributor Limited | 2930 Centre Avenue Northeast, Calgary, AB T2A4Y2 | (403) 531-1050 |
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Calgary Bottle Exchange | 9218 Horton Road Southwest, Calgary, AB T2V2X4 | (403) 255-6944 |
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Chinook Bottle Depot | 6225 Centre Street Southwest 15, Calgary, AB T2H0C7 | (403) 252-3066 | (403) 253-3006 (fax)
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Crowfoot Bottle Depot Limited | 141 Crowfoot Way Northwest 30, Calgary, AB T3G4B7 | (403) 547-0224 |
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Deerfoot Bottle Depot Limited | 11440 29th Street Southeast, Calgary, AB T2Z3V5 | (403) 203-0666 | (403) 203-0666 (fax)
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Downtown Bottle Depot | 1018 9th Avenue Southeast, Calgary, AB T2G0S7 | (403) 269-1515 |
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Fish Creek Bottle Depot Limited | 15216 Shaw Road Southeast, Calgary, AB T2X2A1 | (403) 256-0845 | (403) 256-1008 (fax)
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Forest Lawn Bottle Depot | 2228 52nd Street Southeast, Calgary, AB T2B2E7 | (403) 273-2630 | (403) 273-3768 (fax)
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Happy Can Bottle Depot | 700 33rd Street Northeast 12, Calgary, AB T2A5N9 | (403) 272-6567 |
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Marklan Bottle Depot | 2842 Glenmore Trail Street, Calgary, AB T2C2E6 | (403) 236-8131
| (403) 508-7825 (fax)
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Moneyback Container Shack | 2835 37th Street Southwest 12, Calgary, AB T3E3B3
| (403) 242-0555 |
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North Hill Bottle Depot | 3915 3A Street Northeast, Calgary, AB T2E6S7
| (403) 277-1655 | (403) 230-3688 (fax)
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Northeast Bottle Depot Limited | 5497 Falsbridge Drive Northeast, Calgary, AB T3J3E8
| (403) 280-1200 | |
Sunridge Bottle Depot | 3261 34th Avenue Northeast, Calgary, AB T1Y6X2
| (403) 291-1088 | (403) 735-5088 (fax)
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Trail Bottle Exchange | 8499 Horton Road Southwest, Calgary, AB T2V5J3
| (403) 253-2155 |
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Uptown Bottle Depot | 629 10th Avenue Southwest, Calgary, AB T2R0B2
| (403) 237-6070 | (403) 265-2627 (fax)
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V R R I Bottle Depot | 3304 33rd Street Northwest, Calgary, AB T2L2A6 | (403) 289-5651 |
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