Statistical Data for Alberta Dairy Containers

HDPE, or high density Polyethylene, is used in juice, milk, laundry and automotive product bottles. Recycled HDPE can, in turn, become bottles for laundry and automotive products, recycling bins, agricultural pipe, fencing, bags, composters and shipping crates.

Gable top milk cartons are made from polycoat, a high–value material that can be converted into new materials like corrugated medium (the inner layer of corrugated cardboard), linerboard, household tissue products and even fine writing papers. Plastic represents roughly 20% by volume of total landfill wastes.

Statistical Data for Dairy Products — Volume / Metric Tonnage
YEAR MILK JUGS #2 MILK JUGS Waxboard TOTAL
1995      
1996      
1997      
1998 3.287   3.287
1999 3.444   3.444
2000      
2001 1.829   1.829
2002      
2003      
2004      
2005      
2006 2.280 .518 2.798
2007 3.315 1.519 4.831
Commodity Totals 14.155 2.034 16.189
Statistical data for dairy products

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