Any beverage container that is charged a deposit at the time of purchase can be brought back to SARCAN for recycling and deposit refund collection. This includes all ready-to-serve beverage containers such as juice, milk, pop, alcohol, beer, etc. For a full list of refundable containers, please visit http://www.sarcan.ca/pages/deposit-beverage-containers.

SARCAN collects beverage containers at 73 collection depots and consolidates all those collected containers at its two processing plants in Regina and Saskatoon. They work exclusively with recycling markets in North America to transform these materials into everyday, usable products, with none of the materials SARCAN collects ending up in landfills. You can take a tour of SARCAN’s entire collection, consolidation, and recycling process by watching their virtual tour.

There is also an option for Drop & Go, where consumers can leave their containers at the depot and receive deposit refunds electronically.

There is a $75 limit for deposit refunds per person per week which is intended to stop the flow of containers from out-of-province. In order to return containers to SARCAN, individuals must be a resident of Saskatchewan and the containers must be purchased in Saskatchewan.

SARCAN’s $75 per person/per week limit only applies to individual customer orders. Exemptions to this limit are available to bottle drives or any organization returning beverage containers from things like a school, library, sports complex, or special events like weddings, concerts, festivals, etc.

Restaurants, bars, hotels, offices or any other business returning beverage containers are exempt for the $75 per person/per week limit.

For bulk returns and bottle drives, a drop-off time can be booked with a depot a couple of days in advance. Once the order is dropped off, SARCAN staff will count it and then a cheque can be picked up once it is ready. Visit www.sarcan.ca/locations to find depot contact information.

Bottle drives and fundraisers also have the option of putting on a Virtual Bottle Drive through SARCAN’'s Drop & Go service. Organizations are able to register for Drop & Go as a Group and receive a Group Phrase which they can give out to hopeful donors. Donors are then able to use that phrase to simply log in to the Drop & Go kiosk at any SARCAN location across the province, drop off their containers, and all refunds will go to the group. You can learn more about Drop & Go and Virtual Bottle Drives and download helpful resources on their website at https://www.sarcan.ca/dropandgo.html

All materials collected at SARCAN are recycled into everyday, useable products. No materials are ever put in landfills. Please watch the Incredible Journey of a Beverage Container to find out what happens to the materials recycled at SARCAN.

The majority of the beverage containers sold in Saskatchewan are legislated by the Government of Saskatchewan, which means that they are subject to a deposit that is paid by the customer upon purchase. When the container is returned to SARCAN, that deposit is refunded to the customer.

In addition to the deposit fee, there is an environmental handling fee (EHF) that is a non-refundable fee paid at the time of purchase. The environmental handling fees are collected by the Government of Saskatchewan, and these fees are used to help fund SARCAN Recycling.

A detailed list of the refundable deposits and EHFs is available on SARCAN’s website at https://www.sarcan.ca/pages/beverage_containers.html.

For more information, please visit www.sarcan.ca or call 306-933-0616