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Drink containers

How to recycle drink containers

Milk and juice cartons

Milk and juice jugs

Pop bottles

Juice boxes

Pop cans

Coffee cream containers

Wine bottles

Glass beverage bottles

Drink pouches

Water bottles

Examples of drink containers

  • Beverage cartons (screw top lids and open flap styles)
  • Plastic beverage jugs 
  • Plastic pop bottles and water bottles
  • Pop cans and beer cans
  • Juice pouches
  • Wine bottles and other glass beverage bottles
  • Tetra-pak beverage containers like juice boxes
  • Coffee cream containers
  • Other ready-to-serve drink containers with a bottle deposit

How to dispose

There are two ways to dispose of drink containers.

Return for a refund

  • Take to a special drop-off location

Take containers to a bottle depot location to get a refund on any applicable deposit paid at the time of purchase.  

Note: Beverage lids and caps can stay on containers if taken directly back to the bottle depot for recycling.

Recycle at home

  • Put into your blue cart or take to a community recycling depot

Put empty and clean drink containers:

  • Into your blue cart for recycling
  • Take to a community recycling depot

Note: Beverage lids and caps need to be removed if recycling at home.

 

Map of community recycling depots

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