Paper

& Packaging

Raven continues to support communities in their recycling efforts. If you are a business or household in a Yukon community, you can continue to drop off all eligible paper and packaging to your community depots.

What do we Accept

Raven continues its community recycling program for all materials

CHANGES TO RECYCLING in Whitehorse

The City of Whitehorse has taken over responsibility for paper and packaging recycling for all Whitehorse residents. Click below for a list of what they accept and where to go.

https://www.whitehorse.ca/recycling/

Please note that Raven still accepts refundables, glass, scrap metal, batteries, e-waste and textiles. Please visit those pages in our Recycle tab for more information.

Community Depots

Please take all your recycling including paper and packaging to your community depot. This material gets picked up by the Yukon Government and processed by Raven and P&M recycling.

What Do We accept?

Please see our service announcements for any changes to our regular hours and services.

We Accept:

Paper
- Mixed paper (i.e. coloured paper, newsprint, envelopes, magazines, boxboard, Kraft paper, etc.)
- White office paper (i.e.white letter, computer or copy paper and envelopes)
- Corrugated cardboard
Tin cans
Hard plastics - Hard plastics with a #1-7 label
Refundable donations (i.e. cans, bottles, milk containers and other ready-to-drink beverage containers)

Raven recycling also accepts electronic waste, refundables, glass, batteries, and scrap metal.

We DON’T Accept:

Film (aka soft or flexible) plastics such as bags, bubble wrap, over wrap, chip bags & food pouches.
Polystyrene foam (Styrofoam)
Non-refundable glass jars and containers (i.e. pickle or sauce jars, olive oil bottles, etc.)
Light bulbs
Hazardous Waste of any kind, including automotive fluid jugs (See Yukon Government’s list of hazardous waste materials here)

Most materials brought to Raven are hand-sorted by our team. Our facility is small and our infrastructure is very basic, so information about recycling in other areas of Canada do not necessarily apply to what we accept! Please use the tips below to ensure we can recycle as much as possible. Contamination with other materials causes problems.

Sorting Guide

Find our hours and where in our facility we accept different materials by visiting our Facility and Hours page.

Facility and Hours

Please make sure items are:

Rinsed

Rinse dirty containers – they don’t need to sparkle.
Dry

Keep paper clean and dry.
Sorted

Separate different materials – remove plastic packaging from cardboard boxes.

This goes a long way in helping Raven continue to recycle as much as possible. Recycling is a global industry with volatile markets. To ensure our materials are worth something, we have to sort items properly and keep contamination low.