Alcohol Container Information
The following alcohol containers are included in the Return-It system and generate a full deposit refund:
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Wine, Spirits, and Liqueurs
- All brands, sizes and container types of products sold in B.C.
Non-Refillable Beer, Cider, Cooler Glass Bottles
- All products in bottle sizes greater than 355ml
- All imported products (e.g. Corona, Heineken, etc.)
Domestic Beer Products
- Moosehead - 341ml
- Unibroue - 341ml
Domestic Cider and Cooler Products
- Smirnoff Ice - 355ml - All SKUs
- Seagrams - 341ml - All SKUs
- Captain Morgan - 341ml - All SKUs
- Bacardi - 341ml - All SKUs
- Rev - 330ml - All SKUs
- Mex - 330ml - All SKUs
- Red Sky - 330ml
- Chrome - 355ml
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Although accepted at Return-It Centres, refillable domestic beer and cider bottles, plus any beer in aluminum cans, are not part of Encorps Return-It system and may not generate a full refund.
The photos below identify the types of refillable bottles that are excluded from the Return-It system:
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Domestic Beer Products
- Standard Brown 341ml Beer Bottle used by Molson, Labatt and other domestic breweries
- Big Rock - 341ml Brown Bottle - All SKUs
- Sleeman - 341ml Clear Bottle - All SKUs
- Granville Island Cream Lager - 330ml Clear Bottle
Domestic Cider and Cooler Products Some examples:
- Growers Cider - 341ml - All SKUs
- Okanagan Cider - 330 ml, 341ml - All SKUs
- Hawkins Amber Cider - 341ml
- Vibe Hard Cider - 341ml - All SKUs
- Mike's Hard, Mike's Not So Hard - 330ml - All SKUs
- Sting - 330ml - All SKUs
- California Cooler - 330ml - All SKUs
- Canada Cooler - 341ml - All SKUs
- Vex - 341ml - All SKUs
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Important - Home brew beer and wine bottles are not acceptable as they are not a part of the deposit system.
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