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Deposit Return in BC: 30 years of Success, Technology for the Future and Lessons Learned 

Speakers:

Cindy Coutts

President & CEO

Encorp Pacific (Canada) - Return-It

Cindy Coutts

President & CEO

Cindy Coutts holds a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Guelph and an MBA from York University in Toronto.

Over the past 25 years she has worked in the Mining, Waste and Recycling industries in progressively more senior roles. She has spent her career to date developing sustainable recycling practices in the private sector while assisting in the development of a regulatory and policy framework that supports the circular economy.

Cindy has been involved in waste/recycling issues from an environmental, economical, and social business perspective. She has experience working with governments at both the international level (UN and OECD) and the domestic level.

She was President of Sims Recycling Solutions, the world leader in electronics recycling for 15 years.

Cindy joined Encorp Pacific Canada, BC’s award winning beverage container stewardship program, on August 15, 2022 as President & CEO.

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Main Session Hall

Encorp Pacific, better known as Return-It is the not-for-profit stewardship agency responsible for the collection and recycling of most used beverage containers in British Columbia. Over the past 30 years, Encorp has been a leader in extended producer responsibility (EPR), diverting over 25 billion beverage containers for recycling. The BC deposit return system is often studied by other jurisdictions around the world as a model example. Through a variety of collection methods including, traditional depots, Express bag drop and voluntary return-to-retail, Encorp is focused on maximize recovery in the most effective and efficient way possible, both environmentally and financially. 

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