The Return Process – How is it recycled?
When you arrive at the Bottle Depot please:
- Obtain a cart.
- Sort your containers on the cart in the following way:
Detailed Recycling Information:
Recycling Aluminum Cans
Separate pop from beer and place them onto flats (flats are supplied by the depot).
Aluminum cans are crushed into biscuits and baled into a large block.Then they’re transported in bales weighing over 20 tons, containing over 1.2 million containers. These bales are sold as a commodity and then melted down and reformed into new aluminum cans. Turn-around for this process is only 60 days from when you return it until it’s back on the store shelf.
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Recycling Plastic Bottles
Separate alcoholic from non-alcoholic and 1 liter and under from greater than 1 liter.
Clear plastic beverage containers are baled, shredded and sold as a commodity. Some plastic is then put through a process turning it into a fibre that is used to make fleece jackets like the one pictured here. Most plastic collected is used to make new bottles for things like motor oil.
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Recycling Glass Bottles
Glass containers are collected, crushed into pieces and ground back into sand, which is what glass is made of. The sand is then sold for use as mix in sandblasting material or made into fiberglass used to insulate homes.
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Recycling Drink Boxes
Separate alcoholic from non-alcoholic and 1 liter and under from greater than 1 liter.
Clear plastic beverage containers are baled, shredded and sold as a commodity. Some plastic is then put through a process turning it into a fibre that is used to make fleece jackets like the one pictured here. Most plastic collected is used to make new bottles for things like motor oil.
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Recycling Bag in a Box
Glass containers are collected, crushed into pieces and ground back into sand, which is what glass is made of. The sand is then sold for use as mix in sandblasting material or made into fiberglass used to insulate homes.
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Recycling Gable Top
Separate 500 ml and under, 501 ml to 1 liter and over 1 liter.
Drink boxes and gable top containers go through a hydro-pulping process to separate the materials they’re made of. This material, along with the pulp from the box of a bag in a box are used to make cardboard boxes and industrial paper products.
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For everyone’s comfort and safety, we ask that you keep your pets safe and cozy in your vehicle.
