WATROUS — SARCAN employees celebrated the grand opening of their new depot in Watrous Tuesday.
In conjunction with the grand opening, the ministry and SARC announced the signing of a new four-year agreement, celebrating a 36-year-long partnership. The agreement includes program funding of more than $36 million in 2024-25.
The new Watrous SARCAN depot has increased size, improved lighting and enhanced efficiency, with a larger space to receive customers and expanded space for Drop and Go, SARCAN's popular line-skipping service. It also features enhanced container compaction equipment to help lower the environmental footprint of the facility.
The Watrous SARCAN depot is operated in partnership with Interlake Human Resources, a SARC Member Agency that supports people experiencing disability.
In 2023, SARCAN recycled 501,913,551 beverage containers - the highest number of beverage containers collected in SARCAN's history. SARCAN collected 84 per cent of the beverage containers sold in Saskatchewan last year. This places Saskatchewan's beverage container recycling system as one of the most effective recycling systems in North America.
The Ministry of Environment and SARCAN invite residents to participate in the SK Recycling Hero social media challenge. You have until May 10 to follow @SKEnviro and @SARCANrecycling and tag us in a post about their recycling efforts. Don't forget to include the hashtag #SKRecyclingHero for a chance to win $500 courtesy of SARCAN!
