Dairy Beverages

Dairy beverages

Examples include: milk, cream, meal replacements, shakes, coffee creamer, infant formula, soy milk, etc.

Bottle

• Gable Top Containers – Beverage - Milk and Milk Substitutes
• HDPE Bottles, Jars and Jugs < 5 Litres – Beverage - Milk and Milk Substitutes
• PET Bottles and Jars < 5 Litres – Beverage - Milk and Milk Substitutes
• Clear Glass – Beverage - Milk and Milk Substitutes
• Aseptic Containers– Beverage - Milk and Milk Substitutes
• Coloured Glass – Beverage – Milk and Milk Substitutes

Where these containers are not on deposit, report bottle caps, rings and labels under the appropriate non-beverage material categories (unless using the Component Threshold Rule).

Please refer to the Reminders for guidance on reporting milk and milk substitutes in BC and SK.

Bottle cap and ring

• Other Plastic Packaging (not listed above) < 5 Litres – Non-Beverage
• Non-Expanded Polystyrene – Other
• Other Aluminum Packaging
• Other Steel Containers and Packaging – Non-Beverage 

• Plastic Laminates – Non-Beverage
• Paper Laminates
• Boxboard and Other Paper Packaging
• PLA, PHA, PHB – Plastic Film
• LDPE or HDPE Film

• Gable Top Containers – Beverage – Milk and Milk Substitutes
• Aseptic Containers – Beverage – Milk and Milk Substitutes

Straw

• Boxboard and Other Paper Packaging
• Other Plastic Packaging (not listed above) < 5 Litres – Non-Beverage

Recycle BC: both the straw and the wrapper are designated Single-Use Products. Learn more.  

MMSW, MMSM and Stewardship Ontario: do not report the straw itself. 

Straw wrapper

• LDPE or HDPE Film
• PLA, PHA, PHB – Plastic Film
• Plastic Laminates – Non-Beverage

Single-use coffee creamers

Cup

• Non-Expanded Polystyrene – Other
• Other Plastic Packaging (not listed above) <5 Litres – Non-Beverage
• PLA, PHA, PHB – Non-Beverage

Lid

• Paper Laminates
• Plastic Laminates – Non-Beverage
• Other Aluminum Packaging