Encorp Pacific (Canada)

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Encorp Pacific (Canada)
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How We Got Started

• 1970 Litter Act
• 1994 Encorp Pacific Inc. established
• 1998 Beverage Container Stewardship Program
  Regulation
• 2004 Recycling Regulation

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Roles Responsibilities
The Public
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How the System is Funded

• Unredeemed Deposits
• Commodity Values
• Container Recycling Fees
• calculated for each container type
• no cross-subsidy between container types

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How Encorps system works
ENCORP gets paid the deposits Container
Recycling Fee

• Brandowner packages beverages in their choice of
  container
• Sells the beverages to the retailer
• Charges the retailer deposits and container
  recycling fees (CRF)
• Pays Encorp the deposits and CRF

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How Encorps system works
ENCORP creates consumer awareness programs

• Pays deposits and CRF to brandowner when
  beverages purchased
• Sells beverages and charges purchaser deposits
  and CRF

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How Encorps system works
ENCORP creates consumer awareness programs

• Pays deposits and CRF
• Takes empty containers to depot
• Receives refund of deposit

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How Encorps system works
ENCORP reimburses depots for deposits and pays
handling fees

• Depot pays deposit refund to consumer
• Depot places containers in bags
• Depot stores bags for pickup

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How Encorps system works
ENCORP pays fee to transporters

• Driver collects full bags and loads truck
• Driver enters number and type of bags into
  handheld computer
• Transports containers to nearest processor

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How Encorps system works
ENCORP pays fee to processors

• Processor bales containers to make them easier
  to ship
• Glass containers are crushed

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How Encorps system works
ENCORP receives payment from sale of materials

• Recycler converts containers into raw material
  or new products
• Glass containers are crushed

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Sales Growth
Actual Sales - Units (000's)
1,200,000
1,000,000
800,000
600,000
400,000
200,000
-
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Recovery Rate
80.00
78.00
76.00
74.00
72.00
70.00
68.00
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Challenges

• Growth of bottled water sales in single serve
  plastic
• new types of retail outlets distribution
• new types of consumers
• Increased high-density urban development
• storage
• redemption convenience
• Industrial, Commercial Institutional (ICI)
  sector
• return-it_at_work
• Recycling Fatigue
• lower priority for local governments

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