Beverage Containers
Beverage Containers
Why Recycle Beverage Containers
New Brunswick has had a provincial recycling program for beverage containers since 1992. As of April 1, 2024, the program will transition to Extended Producer Responsibility, where producers will assume responsibility for the collection, storage, transportation and recycling of their products. Once the transition occurs, the program will change from a half-back to a full-back system, which means consumers will receive a 100% refund on deposit-bearing beverage containers.
Recycling your deposit-bearing beverage containers will divert them from our provincial landfills, roadways and waterways and ultimately achieve better environmental outcomes.
For more information, please contact us at:
Email: info@recyclenb.com
Telephone: 506-454-8473
Toll Free: 1-888-322-8473
Key Program Info
- Aluminum cans (soft drinks, alcohol, etc.)
- PET 1 plastic, including lids/caps
- PET 2 plastic, including lids/caps
- Non-refillable glass (green, clear and brown)
- Refillable beer bottles and its secondary packaging
- Cartons (juice boxes)
- Steel (juice cans)
- Other plastics (drinkable yogurt, iced coffee)
- Milk, including cow and goat’s milk and flavoured milk.
- Plant-based milk product alternatives that are fortified and a source of protein.
- Unprocessed apple cider.
- Concentrated beverages, including cocktail mixes, frozen juices, syrups, condensed milk, coffee cream, cereal cream, flavour enhancers, etc.
- Infant formula.
- Meal replacements.
- Formulated liquid diets.
- Beverages in containers larger than 5L.
- Beverages purchased outside of NB.
About the Program
The Government of New Brunswick has amended the Designated Materials Regulation under the Clean Environment Act to establish an Extended Producer Responsibility program for beverage containers in New Brunswick. The Regulation, dated March 29, 2023, sets out the requirements for the program.
As the agency responsible for designated materials in New Brunswick, Recycle NB will oversee the beverage container program. Industry brand owners chose Encorp Atlantic to manage the program in New Brunswick.
Encorp Atlantic will be responsible for managing the recycling of all deposit-bearing beverage containers sold in New Brunswick. It will work with producers, retailers and redemption centres to promote and educate consumers about the program, with a goal of increasing recovery rates for used beverage containers.
On April 1, 2024, as per the Designated Materials Regulation, the Beverage Container Program transitioned from a half-back deposit system to a full-back, which means that consumers receive a 100% refund on deposit-bearing beverage containers. For more information, please contact Encorp Atlantic at:
Email: info@encorpatl.ca
Telephone: 506-389-7320
Toll-free: 1-877-389-7320
Stewardship Plan
A stewardship plan shall apply to the manufacture, storage, collection, transportation, processing or other handling of beverage containers that are sold, offered for sale or distributed within the Province. For more details, please see the approved stewardship plan, which expires on December 31, 2027.
