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LETTER: Why blame Ford? It's up to individuals to recycle

Pop retailers have already signed agreement to take over product recycling in 2026, says letter writer in response to letter about deposit returns
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BarrieToday welcomes letters to the editor at [email protected] or via the website. Please include your full name, daytime phone number and address (for verification of authorship, not publication). The following is in response to 'LETTER: Why has Ontario's premier canned deposit returns?' published Sept. 25. 

The pop retailers have already signed an agreement to take over product recycling in 2026. A Toronto solid waste supervisor confirmed this to me.

Pop cans can be recycled through scrap yards.

Currently, Triple M is paying 90 cents per pound in Toronto. But this entails individual initiative, not relying on the government.

Unemployment is up across Canada, so why blame Premier Doug Ford, when economists point to federal policies as contributing factors?

The Beer Store also is one of the best at recycling glass; use their system to divert what generally goes to the landfill.

David Welch
Scarborough