Discover the impact of recycling.
The Beverage Container Recycling Network of Canada (BCRNC/RCRCB) is comprised of representatives from beverage container recycling agencies across Canada’s provinces and territories, including Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Labrador, Northwest Territories, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, and Saskatchewan.
Since April 2024 MMSB has been collaborating with BCRNC on a national marketing campaign to promote the recycling of plastic beverage containers.
BCRNC member agencies manage over 7 billion containers annually across Canada. With support from each provincial organization, this joint social media campaign aims to educate Canadians on the benefits of recycling plastic beverage containers.
For more than two decades, we have worked together to improve container recovery and protect the environment. Today, over 78% of beverage containers in Canada are recycled through these provincial programs.
beverage containers
recycled in NL!
recovery rate for beverage containers returned for recycling in NL in 2024!
Recycling beverage containers keeps them out of landfills and the environment. It reduces waste, conserves resources, and new bottles and products are made —helping to create a sustainable, circular economy.
Plastic beverage containers are collected and sorted at Green Depots across NL and then sent to a processing facility.
Hebert’s Recycling purchases all PET and HDPE from MMSB to prepare at their processing facility for other markets.
At the processing facility, the plastic beverage containers are ground into flakes and chips before being sold to other manufacturers in North America.
After being sold to other markets, these flakes/chips are washed and sanitized by the next processing facility.
The clean plastic is melted down and formed into pellets.
Manufacturers use the pellets to make new products, including more plastic bottles.
