How to Do a Bottle Drive

Find out how much bottles/cans/other recyclables are worth in your area.

If you have the funds: Hand out flyers a week or two before the drive to all your neighbours, friends, coworkers, and family. Find/rent an area for the drive e.g., (school gym, driveway, parking lot, etc.).

If you don't have a large budget: Pick up the bottles/cans door-to-door, without delivering flyers first.

Hand out flyers and give your neighbors a date you will return to get the saved bottles and cans. You and your parents can then go around and pick them up.

Make sure to sort and separate the bottles/cans and other refundable items.

Enlist someone to drive you to the depot, or rent a dump truck in return.

Have a general idea of how many bottles/cans you have, so you can estimate how much money you'll receive.