Arctic Beverages participates in Northern Manitoba School Recycling Project

March 27, 2019 in Giving Back News
Explorer: Spring 2019

Last fall, Arctic Beverages received recognition from the Canadian Beverage Container Recycling Association (CBCRA), The Province of Manitoba, and the communities of Cross Lake and Norway House for their participation in the Recycle Everywhere Northern Schools program.

“Together, we have diverted thousands of containers from landfill and recycled them back into beverage containers or other consumer goods,” says Sean Post, CEO of Arctic Beverages. We look to more than double the number of participating schools in the North next year. A great job by Kevin Gasper and Greg Robins and the Transportation team in helping keep us clean across the North!”

Since 2017, Arctic Beverages worked with the students of Cross Lake and Norway House to collect recyclable beverage containers and deliver them to a material recovery facility as a backhaul.

“Following the success of the pilot project, the Canadian Beverage Container Recycling Association (CBCRA) and Recycle Everywhere are pleased to officially launch Recycle Everywhere’s Northern Backhaul Schools Project and to have the support of the Government of Manitoba as we prepare to expand into more northern Manitoba schools,” said Ken Friesen, Executive Director of CBCRA in a recent news release. “We’re thrilled with the enthusiasm from students and teachers, and the progress they achieved in just one year. None of this would be possible without our generous partner Arctic Beverages, who will continue to donate backhauling services as we expand the project.”