“It’s a complete and utter ridiculous move. And frankly, some even question whether or not it should be allowed,” said Clarissa Morawski, a Canadian environmental consultant now working in Europe. “It’s a non-refundable fee. You can almost call it a tax.”
“Container recycling fees are a commonly used way to successfully fund the recycling of beverage containers no matter where they’re consumed,” Moerkerk said. “They are already being used in eight Canadian provinces and two territories where they have contributed to increased beverage container recovery rates.”
What a pop-can tax is not, though, is what many environmentalists and industry experts believe is the gold standard for recycling: a deposit return system where consumers can get their deposit back when they recycle containers. “In the absence of that, we’re basically just shuffling money around or shuffling the deck chairs on the Titanic,” said Karen Wirsig, the senior plastics program manager at Environmental Defence.
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