Milk Container Recycling

SARCAN is contracted through the Unified Dairy Recycling System to provide a voluntary collection and recycling system for plastic milk jugs and paper milk cartons.  

Accepted Containers:

Remember:

• Remove the cap
• Rinse the container
• Reduce its size

SARCAN cannot accept:

• Cream cartons, Half and Half cartons

Why Recycle Milk Containers?

There are many good reasons to recycle milk containers:

	You can conserve resources: By recycling paper and plastics, you are conserving trees (a renewable resource) and oil or natural gas (non-renewable resources).  Using recycled materials requires only 25% of the energy that is consumed in making new materials.
	You can reduce waste: Recycling bulky milk containers reduces the cost to collect waste, to transport it, and to landfill it (reducing taxes).
	It's easy: Preparing milk containers only takes a few seconds and collection points are conveniently located near you!
	It’s the right thing to do.

For more information on recycling milk containers, and to learn about programs in other provinces, click here.