Our Recycling Research Sources

This page outlines the direct sources used based on our extensive research to establish the 'recovery rates' of each province or region of Canada and the 3-month 'cycle length'.

TLDR: Recovery rates range from 25-46% between provinces. Cycle lengths are about 60 days for cans, so we have extrapolated 90 days for plastic considering the system are similar and no exact metric is express from any source.

Recovery Rate Sources:

Cycle Length - 90 days.

From these sources we can reasonably extrapolated that the plastic recycling process takes about 90 days, although no source explicitly states the fact. 

• The Bottle Depot (British Columbia): "The Return Process – How is it recycled?" This source mentions the "60 days from when you return it until it's back on the store shelf" for aluminum, but also discusses plastic bottle recycling within the same efficient system so we have extrapolated 90 days from this timeline. https://bottledepot.ca/how-is-it-recycled/
  

• Association of Plastic Recyclers: This organization is the largest international non-profit focus on recycling plastics and is based in North America. This link illustrates the process of recycling step by step. https://plasticsrecycling.org/how-recycling-works/the-plastic-recycling-process/
• Waste Connections of Canada: Here a similar plastic recycling process is outlined. https://www.wasteconnectionscanada.com/disposalrecycle-guide/
• RecycleBC: Here a similar plastic recycling process s outlined. https://recyclebc.ca/learn/the-recycling-process/