Canadian Recycling

Name

Canadian Recycling

Legal name

Canadian Recycling

Website

https://canadianrecyclingltd.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2000

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Waste Management Services

NAICS

Solid Waste Collection (562111)

SIC

Refuse Systems (4953)

akta.pro primary industry

Deposit Return System (DRS) / Bottle Bill Counting & Processing Centers (BPALADAK)

Keywords

• Beverage container recycling
• Deposit refund depot
• Scrap metal recycling
• Waste management services
• Community bottle drives

Headquarters

HQ city

Dartmouth

HQ country

Canada

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Supply Chain, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Container Deposit Refunds: The company purchases recyclable containers from the public, paying deposit refund amounts for various beverage containers including cans, bottles, and juice boxes. Revenue is generated by collecting these materials and redeeming them through the provincial deposit return system.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels1 record

Core offering

Canadian Recycling operates an Enviro-Depot in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia that purchases eligible beverage containers (pop/beer cans, glass juice bottles, plastic pop bottles, tetra juice boxes, liquor bottles, and imported/domestic beers) from the public at regulated deposit refund rates of $0.05 or $0.10 per container. The depot also accepts non-ferrous metals (copper, aluminium, brass) and eligible batteries for recycling, and provides commercial pickup/delivery for licensed bars and restaurants as well as Saturday pickup bottle drives for community sports teams.

Product overview

Canadian Recycling operates a single-location beverage container deposit refund depot (Canadian Recycling Depot / Enviro-Depot) in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia. The core service accepts beverage containers including pop/beer cans, glass bottles, plastic bottles, juice boxes, and liquor bottles for deposit refunds. Additional services include bar/restaurant liquor pickup and delivery within HRM, metal recycling (copper, aluminium, brass, non-ferrous metals), and fundraising bottle drives for local sports teams. The company also recently added battery recycling acceptance.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Canadian Recycling Depot (Enviro-Depot) Beverage Container Deposit Refund Service A beverage container deposit refund depot accepting pop and beer cans, glass juice bottles, plastic pop bottles, tetra juice boxes, small and large liquor bottles, imported beers, gable top juice, and domestic beer bottles. Pays $0.05 or $0.10 per eligible container to individuals and businesses in the Halifax Regional Municipality.
• Bar & Restaurant Liquor Pickup and Delivery Service Licensed Enviro-Depot service for bars and restaurants licensed with the Nova Scotia Liquor Commission. Delivers liquor orders anywhere in HRM with one day's notice and picks up empty bottles, returning the full deposit refund to the licensee.
• Fundraising Bottle Drive Pickup Service Community fundraising service that picks up recyclables from sports teams and local causes on Saturdays within Halifax and Dartmouth, donating $25 to the team for bottle drives over $500.
• Metal Recycling Service (Copper, Aluminium, Brass, Non-Ferrous Metals) Recycling service accepting copper, aluminium, brass, and other non-ferrous metals for cash payment. Orders over $100 require photo ID.
• Battery Recycling Acceptance Service Drop-off acceptance service for eligible batteries, with referrals to recycleyourbatteries.ca for processing of accepted battery types.

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

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App detail

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• GFL Environmental: GFL is one of Canada's largest diversified waste and recycling haulers, collecting recyclables, organics, and solid waste from commercial, industrial, and municipal customers nationwide. It is comparable as a broad incumbent in the Canadian waste/recycling services market, even though it does not specialize in DRS depots.
• Waste Management of Canada: Waste Management's Canadian operations provide recycling, organics, and solid waste collection across multiple provinces, including material recovery for blue-box-style programs. It represents the broad-incumbent waste hauler comparable to a small recycling depot in terms of category, if not in scale or DRS focus.
• Miller Waste Systems: Miller Waste Systems is a long-established Canadian waste collection and recycling services operator with depot and material recovery capabilities across Ontario and eastern Canada. It is comparable as an established regional recycling services player operating in the same Canadian geography.

Direct peers

• Return-It: Return-It operates British Columbia's beverage container stewardship and depot network, accepting similar deposit-bearing cans and bottles and remitting refunds to consumers and licensees. It is the closest analog to Canadian Recycling as a DRS-style depot operator, just at provincial scale.
• Recyc-Québec: Recyc-Québec oversees Québec's curbside and deposit-bearing container recovery, including the modernized CONSIGNATION deposit system that channels refunds through depots. It is a comparable provincial stewardship and DRS operator in an adjacent Canadian market.
• Multi-Material Stewardship Manitoba: MMSM operates the province-wide MMSM depot network for beverage container recycling in Manitoba, paying per-container refunds to consumers. It is directly comparable as another Canadian provincial DRS/depot system anchor with overlapping accepted materials.
• Stewardship Ontario: Stewardship Ontario funds and oversees Ontario's Blue Box and other stewardship programs, including depot-style collection points for beverage containers. It is comparable because it channels regulated per-container refunds back through a depot network serving consumer and commercial customers.

Others

• Cascades Recovery+: Cascades Recovery+ is the recycling and recovery arm of Cascades, operating material recovery facilities and collecting recyclable streams from commercial and institutional generators. It is comparable as a downstream counterparty in the beverage container recycling value chain that depots eventually sell into.
• Call2Recycle Canada: Call2Recycle operates Canada's national battery stewardship program referenced directly on Canadian Recycling's website (recycleyourbatteries.ca). It is comparable as a stewardship organization whose approved collection network includes the subject depot, with direct overlap on the battery recycling line.

Emerging players

• TOMRA Collection Solutions: TOMRA designs and operates reverse vending machines (RVMs) deployed at retailers as automated deposit-return points in markets including Canada. It is comparable as an emerging technology-enabled participant in the DRS channel that competes with walk-in depots for consumer container returns.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

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