Do soda pop cans go straight to the recycling bin? You can't exchange them in grocery stores for 5 cents/can? I recently moved here and all I know is that you can get your deposits back.
I appreciate all inputs. Thank you.
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Do soda pop cans go straight to the recycling bin? You can't exchange them in grocery stores for 5 cents/can? I recently moved here and all I know is that you can get your deposits back.
I appreciate all inputs. Thank you.
They do go in the recycling. To my knowledge, you can't exchange them, but I may be wrong...used to be able to when I was a kid, but I'm probably dating myself. LOL
Recycling bin. Unless you want to save a large number of cans and take them to a scrap metal dealer for the price of the aluminum.
Unlike some provinces here it goes in the recycle bins
you can get .10 per beer can when returned to vendor.
I miss saskatoon for this reason. You could return anything for a refund there, pop cans, juice boxes, water bottles, glass bottles.. pretty much everything BUT milk containers would get you $$ back.
I once witnessed a guy cash in 3 garbage bags of juiceboxes (was a school teacher), for around $125!! :excited:
WHOA!! That would make it worth it... Maybe we should save them for Jez and next time she goes to Saskatoon we can send them all with her LOL
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Originally Posted by shmeelady
I find it annoying that we pay the enviro levy/ deposit and get nothing back for it.
I guess it is like another tax for us. Yay for tax! :)
Sam Katz was trying to set up a recycling centre here in Manitoba where we could get money back for our tin cans but nothing came out of it yet. I hope he does get it going as this would be an amazing thing for us here. Problem with Sask, is you have to prove residency there in order to get $ back; so my sister lives in SK and her parent's-in-law works out good for them. Her kids school supplies get paid from my recycling lol...
lol that was a totally unplanned road trip :)Quote:
Originally Posted by kerid
That brings to mind an episode of Seinfeld.....
Wow! I'm moving to Calgary next month and will need to figure out how it works there! 5 cents back for every drinking box could add up to quite a bit in my house!