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Dairy Beverages

This information helps stewards report using the correct material categories. 

COMMON PRODUCTS

COMPONENTS

TYPICAL WERECYCLE MATERIAL SUBCATEGORIES

REPORTING TIPS

 

 

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 

Label

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

Carton

  • 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

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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