Why recycle used milk containers?

Why recycle used milk containers?

1. To reduce household waste.
Recycling these bulky containers reduces the burden on household garbage containers and collection bills.

2. To reduce the costs of collecting and handling milk container waste.
Milk container recycling programs help address the chronic problems of high collection costs and fluctuating market prices by providing financial support to stabilize returns and encourage the expansion of recycling.

3. To recover high value materials.
Milk container recycling programs optimize the recovery of HDPE, one of the highest-value recyclable materials. In fact, plastic milk jugs are the corner-stone of many recycling programs, providing the high revenues needed to support the collection of less valuable materials.

4. To support markets for recyclable materials.
The reality is that recycling is an economic equation. By maximizing the recovery of used HDPE and polycoat material, milk container recycling programs provide recyclers with the feedstock they need to keep their operations viable.

5. To extend the life of landfills.
Every tonne of used milk containers represents approximately 15,400 four litre milk jugs and 15,900 two litre cartons. Recycling these containers saves precious space in our landfills and the costs of getting the material there.

6. To conserves natural resources.
For health reasons, used milk containers are not recycled into new food containers. But they are used to make a variety of new plastic and paper-based products. This reduces the consumption of hydrocarbon resources (petro-chemicals and wood fibre) required to make new materials. And using recycled materials requires only 25% of the energy that is consumed in making new materials.

7. To preserve our pristine natural environment.
Recycling used milk containers reduces litter, garbage and the extraction of raw materials from our fields and forests. It’s one of the many small things that add up to a big contribution to our quality of life.

8. It’s the right thing to do.

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1.	To reduce household waste. Recycling these bulky containers reduces the burden on household garbage containers and collection bills.

2.	To reduce the costs of collecting and handling milk container waste. Milk container recycling programs help address the chronic problems of high collection costs and fluctuating market prices by providing financial support to stabilize returns and encourage the expansion of recycling.

3.	To recover high value materials. Milk container recycling programs optimize the recovery of HDPE, one of the highest-value recyclable materials. In fact, plastic milk jugs are the corner-stone of many recycling programs, providing the high revenues needed to support the collection of less valuable materials.

4.	To support markets for recyclable materials. The reality is that recycling is an economic equation. By maximizing the recovery of used HDPE and polycoat material, milk container recycling programs provide recyclers with the feedstock they need to keep their operations viable.

5.	To extend the life of landfills. Every tonne of used milk containers represents approximately 15,400 four litre milk jugs and 15,900 two litre cartons. Recycling these containers saves precious space in our landfills and the costs of getting the material there.

6.	To conserves natural resources. For health reasons, used milk containers are not recycled into new food containers. But they are used to make a variety of new plastic and paper-based products. This reduces the consumption of hydrocarbon resources (petro-chemicals and wood fibre) required to make new materials. And using recycled materials requires only 25% of the energy that is consumed in making new materials.

7.	To preserve our pristine natural environment. Recycling used milk containers reduces litter, garbage and the extraction of raw materials from our fields and forests. It’s one of the many small things that add up to a big contribution to our quality of life.

8.	It’s the right thing to do.