SARCAN Recycling

Since June 1, 1988, SARCAN Recycling has operated Saskatchewan's beverage recycling system. Since then, they have diverted more than 150,000 tonnes of material from landfills. In August 2005, SARCAN recycled its three billionth container. (That's 3,000,000,000!)

SARCAN employs 350 adults full-time, plus an additional 150 seasonal casual employees, at its 71 depots across Saskatchewan The majority of employees are persons with disabilities or persons who previously received Social Assistance.

Over 85.9% of all deposit-paid, ready-to-serve beverage containers sold in Saskatchewan (230 million annually) are recycled at SARCAN Recycling depots province-wide. These are among the highest return rates anywhere in North America!

For more information, see SARCAN's FAQs page

Accepted Containers for Refund

SARCAN Recycling collects and recycles all non-refillable, ready-to-serve beverage containers, excluding milk containers, for deposit refund. These containers include metal, plastic, and glass packaging and juice boxes.

Refund Levels  

Metal cans and plastic bottles (non-dairy)
1 to 300 ml 10¢ 301 to 999 ml 10¢ 1 litre and over 20¢
Glass bottles (including liquor bottles, except beer)
1 to 300 ml 10¢ 301 to 999 ml 20¢ 1 litre and over 40¢
Other
juice boxes and cartons (non dairy) – all sizes 5¢ refillable beer bottles - all sizes 4¢
plastic milk jugs & paper milk cartons can be returned for recycling - no refunds paid

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