As Europe elevates its recycling targets, a new report says a deposit-return system for non-alcoholic beverage bottles in Ontario would eliminate 118,000 tonnes of plastic, glass and cans from landfill, incinerators and litter. Morawski has worked on recycling issues in Ontario for years. None of these ideas will succeed, said Morawski, unless the Ontario government makes ambitious targets for recycling — and holds the producers of the containers responsible. In Canada, only Ontario and Manitoba do not operate bottle-return programs for non-alcoholic drinks and Quebec has deposit returns on soft drink bottles, she said. “The Ontario government would be foolish not to take advantage of the report and follow some of the guidance that the report offers,” Morawski said.

Source: thestar June 13, 2019 20:50 UTC