Environmental Leadership

We don’t just talk about the importance of being environmentally responsible at The Beer Store, we actually do something about it – we’ve even made Environmental Leadership one of our core values.

We understand that it can be a bit daunting to return all the variety of empties. And we know that many of you want to do the right thing and want to be a good recycler and protector of the environment. To help us help you, we’ve put together a step-by-step instruction booklet and guide to ensure you are providing ‘Better Returns’ at The Beer Store! Please refer to this guide as a handy reminder before your next visit to our stores. We encourage you to share this information with friends and family so we all become great ambassadors on recycling, reusing and returning.

Here are some of the ways we “walk the talk”:

• We take back all alcohol primary and secondary packaging sold across the province of Ontario. This includes bottles, cans, kegs, cardboard packaging of various pack sizes, bottle caps and plastic rings. In fact, we’re a global leader in this practice. All collected materials are either reused or recycled.

• We have an impressive recovery rate of 98% on the industry standard bottle. Ours is undoubtedly the most successful waste diversion program in Ontario, if not all of North America.

• Recycling industry standard bottles and inert glass containers helps reduce pressure on landfill space and significantly reduces pollution and green house gas (GHG) emissions.

• The Beer Store was Canada’s first business recipient of the Environmental Choice Leadership Award.