{"id":42289,"date":"2025-09-20T18:44:58","date_gmt":"2025-09-20T22:44:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ckms.ca\/?p=42289"},"modified":"2025-09-20T18:44:58","modified_gmt":"2025-09-20T22:44:58","slug":"heres-what-to-do-with-your-empties-in-ontario-as-beer-stores-close-down","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/?p=42289","title":{"rendered":"Here&#8217;s what to do with your empties in Ontario as Beer Stores close down"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright hoverZoomLink\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/20250416-ontario-empties.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"276\" height=\"145\" \/><span style=\"font-size: inherit;\">As Beer Store locations across Ontario gradually shut down, residents are wondering where the heck they&#8217;re supposed to return their empty alcohol can\u2026<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Source: <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.blogto.com\/eat_drink\/2025\/06\/what-do-empties-ontario-beer-stores-close\/\">Here&#8217;s what to do with your empties in Ontario as Beer Stores close down<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>here&#8217;s the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ontario.ca\/page\/where-buy-alcoholic-beverages\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">interactive map on locations in ontario<\/a>; 4 in Peterborough:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/alcohol-returns-recycling-peterborough-2025-09-20_18-40-04.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/alcohol-returns-recycling-peterborough-2025-09-20_18-40-04-1024x770.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-42292\" width=\"414\" height=\"311\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/alcohol-returns-recycling-peterborough-2025-09-20_18-40-04-1024x770.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/alcohol-returns-recycling-peterborough-2025-09-20_18-40-04-300x226.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/alcohol-returns-recycling-peterborough-2025-09-20_18-40-04-768x577.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/alcohol-returns-recycling-peterborough-2025-09-20_18-40-04-1226x922.jpg 1226w, https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/alcohol-returns-recycling-peterborough-2025-09-20_18-40-04-675x507.jpg 675w, https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/alcohol-returns-recycling-peterborough-2025-09-20_18-40-04-480x360.jpg 480w, https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/alcohol-returns-recycling-peterborough-2025-09-20_18-40-04.jpg 1519w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 414px) 100vw, 414px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>fta:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>Under<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ontario.ca\/files\/2024-05\/mof-early-implementation-agreement-2024-05-23.pdf\">\u00a0a\u00a0new agreement<\/a>, starting\u00a0January 1, 2026, <strong><em>all grocery stores over 4,000 sq. ft. will be required to accept\u00a0empty containers<\/em><\/strong> from consumers, and refund the\u00a0deposits that are rolled into the price of canned and bottled drinks as a condition of their liquor licence.\u00a0<br>&#8230;<br>As outlined by the Province, The Beer Store is still &#8220;responsible for handling the reverse logistics and the collection of all empty liquor containers, including empty Beer containers,&#8221; but\u00a0must also now &#8220;manage and bear the costs of the\u00a0TBS\u00a0Beer Container Recovery System, including extending the\u00a0TBS\u00a0Beer Container Recovery System to all retailers.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As Beer Store locations across Ontario gradually shut down, residents are wondering&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[282],"tags":[50,51,147,162],"class_list":["post-42289","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-article","tag-alcohol","tag-beer","tag-ontario","tag-recycling","wpcat-282-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42289","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=42289"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42289\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":42293,"href":"https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42289\/revisions\/42293"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=42289"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=42289"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=42289"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}