SARCAN is reminding its customers that as of April 1 it will be officially necessary to remove all bottle caps from plastic and glass bottles prior to receiving deposit refunds.
Bottle caps do not get recycled with bottles because they are made of different materials than the containers themselves and when SARCAN employees do not have to remove caps at the depot service is faster and accuracy is improved. Furthermore, not having to remove bottle caps drastically reduces the chance of wrist injuries to employees from repetitive strain.
Saskatchewan's beverage container return rate is 84.6 percent, making SARCAN the most successful beverage container recycling system in Canada. Over $35 million dollars in deposit refunds are returned to the people of Saskatchewan annually.
