Glass (Bottles and Jars Only)  

• Nexcycle Glass - both clear and coloured to Guelph
  Glass is easily recycled: it is crushed and mixed with sand, limestone and soda ash (same things that new glass is made from). It is then heated to 2800^o F and new bottles and jars are molded.
  Other uses are fiberglass, glass beads, reflective paint, aggregate in asphalt and sewer pipe.

 Aluminum Cans & Foil

• North Carolina, Quebec or Oswego, New York
  Cans are shredded, paint is removed, and they are melted down into ingots. The ingot is rolled into sheets from which new cans are formed.

Tin Cans 

• Various smelting operations in Hamilton or USA
  Cans are de-tinned chemically which allows both the tin and the steel to be reused.

Plastics 

    PET- Polyethylene terephthalate (Code 1) - Pop bottles - Quebec, Brampton, USA
    HDPE- High Density Polyethylene (Code 2) - Bleach Jug - Samia, Scarborough, USA
    PVC- Polyvinyl chloride (Code 3) - No Current Markets
    LDPE - Low Density Polyethylene (Code 4) - Margarine tub lids - Lindsay, Kentucky, Quebec
    PP - Polypropylene (Code 5) - Margarine tubs - Lindsay, Quebec, Kentucky USA
    PS - Polystyrene (Code 6) - coffee cups, packaging - PS Assoc. Mississauga
    Film - Polyethylene (Code 2 & 4) - Milk & Bread Bags - Lindsay, USA, Hong Kong or China

    Plastics are ground and pelletized or extruded. Material is then used to make new products.

• Pop bottles become fibre fill for winter coats and sleeping bags, clothing (polyester), life jackets, car bumpers and auto body parts for Corvettes, Vipers and Saturns!
• Bleach Jugs become Blue Boxes, toys and drain pipe!
• Mouthwash bottles become plastic drain pipe!
• Margarine tubs and lids become pallets and plastic lumber, twine and rope!
• Coffee cups and packaging become trays, video and audio cassettes and rigid foam insulation!

Paper Materials

    News & Magazines - Various paper brokers in Ontario and Quebec.
    White Ledger - Quebec
    Boxboard, Mixed Household Paper, Junk Mail - Ontario Boxboard Mills
    Milk Cartons - No Canadian or US market.
   Corrugated Cardboard - Various Ontario paper brokers

• Paper is de-inked and processed to make new paper products (newspaper, tissue, paper towels, napkins). Some white ledger paper is added in the process to keep the quality up, as paper becomes weak and transparent when recycled.
  
• The Boxboard and mixed paper is repulped and new Boxboard is made (Tide and Sunlight soap boxes, Beer cases)
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• Corrugated Cardboard is usually used to make new corrugated cardboard.