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flag Ontario scrapped its 2024 deposit-return plan for drink containers, leaving it with no such program and a 50% recycling rate.

flag Ontario’s proposed deposit-return system for non-alcoholic beverage containers was abandoned in 2024 after a government working group was abruptly disbanded, leaving the province one of only two in Canada without such a program. flag Intense opposition from grocery retailers and the Retail Council of Canada, who resisted mandatory return requirements, led to a reversal, with alcohol container returns shifted back to remaining Beer Store depots—despite over 60 closures in 2025. flag The move, amid no public explanation, has left Ontario’s beverage container recycling rate at 50%, with no current plans to revive a comprehensive system.

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