British Columbia Bottle Depot Association

The British Columbia Bottle and Recycling Depot Association (“BCBRDA”) awarded the Terry Biggar Award to members of the RethinkItBC Coalition in recognition of sustainable practices and environmental contributions, and for standing up for small business owners across the province. Members of the Coalition were presented at BCBRDA’s Annual General Meeting.

The membership of the BC Bottle Depot Association, one of BC’s longest operating and internationally recognized recycling associations has voted unanimously to expand the name of the BC Bottle Depot Association to the new name of The BC Bottle and Recycling Depot Association (BCBRDA).

At the Annual General Meeting (AGM) of October 1st 2012 the BCBDA welcomed 36 new members including our first international Associate Member Urban Ore of Berkeley California. Over the past year provincial depots have come to realize that there is strength of voice in numbers to push our interests forward in the recycling industry.

Fleetwood MLA Mr. Jagrup Brar who is recognized for his exercise in January of 2012 to survive on social assistance and had to resort to binning (collecting abandoned deposit bearing containers) to be able to feed himself is now assisting the BCBDA in our effort to have all Milk Containers included into the deposit system. Both the BCBDA and Mr.

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