Depot Operators
Depots are regulated and permitted by BCMB. Depots are accountable to remain in compliance with the Beverage Container Recycling Regulation (BCRR), BCMB By-laws, policies and agreements.
Tools and resources are available to assist depots to understand and comply with BCMB requirements.
Important: BCMB is currently not accepting Requests for Applications (RFAs) for new depots. The moratorium on new depot RFAs remains in place pending completion of the BCMB Board Committee’s work and consideration of its recommendations by the Board of Directors.
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Depot Notices
Date / Latest- New Crystal Container Approved and the Crystal Sorting Guide April 7, 2026
- Reminder: Additions and Grey Area Containers in Interpretation of Beverage Container Policy August 8, 2025
- Additions and Grey Area Containers in Interpretation of Beverage Container Policy July 3, 2025
- New Crystal Container Approved and the Crystal Sorting Guide June 25, 2025
- New Crystal Container Approved and the Crystal Sorting Guide February 28, 2025
- Clarification on Single Use (Non-refillable) Water Jugs February 13, 2025
- BC Wine Direct-to-Consumer (DTC) Sales January 9, 2025
- Reminder: Approved Small Sleeve-in-a-Box Material May 3, 2024
- Danone Seasonal Containers March 19, 2024
- Cannabis Container UPCs March 4, 2024
- Arctic Chiller Containers February 29, 2024
- Update: Transition of Alcohol Container Registrations November 6, 2023
- New Material Sort September 27, 2023
- Sunterra Foods August 10, 2023
- New Refillable Crystal Container July 25, 2023
- New Crystal Container June 22, 2023
- Specialty Containers and Sorting Guide June 6, 2023
- Transition of Coors-Original to Industry Standard Bottle May 10, 2023
- Oral Rehydration Containers-Update April 11, 2023
- Alcohol Container Registrations March 31, 2023
- New Refillable Crystal Containers March 13, 2023
- New Refillable Crystal Containers March 8, 2023
- New Crystal Containers & Sorting Guide December 8, 2022
- Registration of Oral Re-hydration Solution Containers July 19, 2022
- New Crystal Containers Approved and the Crystal Sorting Guide June 17, 2022
- Loon Kombucha Non-Refillable May 5, 2022
- Updated Deposit for New Crystal Container May 2, 2022
- New Crystal Container Approved April 26, 2022
- New Stainless Steel Container December 10, 2021
- New Crystal Containers June 24, 2021
- Bag-in-a-Box Sorting May 20, 2021
- Stiegl & Castle Lager Sorting Update April 1, 2021
- Frozen Drink Pouches Update March 24, 2021
- Starbucks Concentrate Containers March 19, 2021
- Starbucks Lemonade 2X: Not Registered March 10, 2021
- Arizona Beverage Containers February 24, 2021
- Rviita Containers-Registered December 30, 2020
- Cannabis Beverage Containers October 29, 2020
- B.C. Deposit Values Decreased September 1, 2020
- Earth Water Biodegradable-UPDATE March 12, 2020
- Rviita Container-Registered January 30, 2020
- Earth Water Biodegradable-NOT ACCEPTABLE January 22, 2020
- H2-Cora Natural Spring Water 500ml No UPC Container December 6, 2019
- Beverage Container Registration Database Updates: New Tabs September 19, 2019
- CLARIFICATION to Unlabeled Beverage Containers & Unregistered Flavors August 22, 2019
- Unlabeled Beverage Containers & Unregistered Flavors August 14, 2019