IMPORTANT - PLEASE READ
*Empties for Paws HQ does not collect money or empties. We promote the bottle drives that are helping animals in need. It is up to those donating to research the organization(s) they are donating to. Before dropping off your empties, please check to see that the bottle drive listed is still valid. We are often not advised of changes. We apologize for any inconvenience.
IMPORTANT - PLEASE READ
*Empties for Paws HQ does not collect money or empties. We promote the bottle drives that are helping animals in need. It is up to those donating to research the organization(s) they are donating to. Before dropping off your empties, please check to see that the bottle drive listed is still valid. We are often not advised of changes. We apologize for any inconvenience.
IMPORTANT - PLEASE READ
*Empties for Paws HQ does not collect money or empties. We promote the bottle drives that are helping animals in need. It is up to those donating to research the organization(s) they are donating to. Before dropping off your empties, please check to see that the bottle drive listed is still valid. We are often not advised of changes. We apologize for any inconvenience.
What is Empties for Paws?
The Empties for Paws movement challenges Canadian residents and businesses to donate their empty alcohol containers to raise money to help local animal charities. We help by providing listings of as many bottle drive as possible that are collecting empties with profits going to these rescues. Some bottle drives are the rescues themselves, and some are individual collectors that accept drop offs at their homes. The goal is the same though: to help fill bellies and pay vet bills.
To find a bottle drive near you please download the applicable file below by clicking on the relevant PDF icon.
In Ontario, empty beer bottles and cans can be returned via the Deposit Return Program for 10 cents each, making your empty two-four worth $2.40, which is also the average cost of a tin of wet cat food. Now just imagine how many tins of food a rescue can buy if a bottle drive collected this many empties:
Photo credit: Natalie M.
Photo credit: Shannon Murphy, collecting for
Ottawa Kitten Rescue