WHEREAS low deposit fees act as a disincentive to return used containers to depots and Encorp Pacific Canada receives deposit and recycling fees for beverage containers regardless of the number of containers returned to depots; AND WHEREAS there is a reluctance andor inability for Encorp Pacific Canada to terminate depot contracts with operators that are not providing an adequate level of service to the public: THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the UBCM petition the provincial government to conduct a full review of the beverage container return system to correct those components of the system that are not working and ensure adequate service levels.
Ministry of Environment The Recycling Regulation provides for convenient beverage container return options by enabling container returns of up to 24 containers per person per day at any retailer where beverages are sold in addition to returns to authorised container redemption facilities depots without limit. This ensures that access to return facilities is as convenient as purchasing full beverages in areas that are not well served by depots. The Recycling Regulation is results based and requires that producers meet collection targets without prescribing how those targets are to be achieved. In the case of Encorp, their most recent annual report indicates that they achieved an overall 77.1 recovery rate for beverage containers within their stewardship program in 2008.