Turtle Island Recycling began as a local paper recycling company. In keeping with this direction, we have developed and fostered strategic alliances with many of the largest paper mills in North America. We sort and process all grades of paper fiber including:

• Old Corrugated Cardboard (OCC)
• Boxboard
• Old Newsprint (ONP)
• Printers mix
• Aseptic packaging
• Mixed Office Paper
• Ledger Paper
• Computer Paper

Our collection from small offices, office towers and information centres helps us to close the recycling loop.

To illustrate our commitment to providing user friendly recycling programs, Turtle Island has the most effective and unique mixed beverage program in the area. Our program focuses on recovering the most material with minimal effort or confusion to the user.

All glass-plastic and metal containers (au & steel) can be commingled into a single container. This is very easy for an employee participate in as there are no choices regarding multiple containers on site. All the sorting is done at our state of the art facility which takes the burden of choice away from our customers and places the responsibility where it should be..with the service provider !!

Laminated signs indicate the materials to be collected, and these are provided complementary to our customers for a zero mistake program , no contamination and no worries !!

Turtle Island has the capability of handling the following:

• Aluminum beverage containers
• Glass containers
• PET (clear and coloured)
• HDPE
• LDPE
• Steel containers

Our collection from small offices, office towers and information centers helps us to close the recycling loop.

To further show our commitment to the expansion of our recycling abilities and technologies, Turtle Island is pleased to recover the following - Industrial Metals. These types of materials come in many different forms, from primary to finished. Acceptable products include the following:

• Non-ferrous: Aluminum, Copper, Platinum, Palladium, Gold, Nickel and Silver.
• Ferrous: Iron, Steel, White Metal
• Composites: Desks, motors, Household electronics, Computer Electronics, Circuit Boards, Circuit Board Trims and Laminates, Cable and Wiring, Slags, etc.

Our collection from small offices, office towers and information centers helps us to close the recycling loop.

Plastics recycling has become a main part of our business, we are currently sourcing material from post industrial applications such as auto manufactures, pharmaceutical companies and injection moulders to name a few. Currently we are making markets in the following grades:

ABS	LLDPE	HDPE
Polystyrene	LDPE	PET
Nylon	Polycarbonate	Polypropylene

Primary and finished form packaging wastes are materials that have historically posed a waste disposal nightmare for many companies. Turtle Island, in partnership with its customers, has researched ways to reduce, reuse and recycle the amount of materials destined for landfill. Included in this category are the following:

• Paper/Foil
• Paper/Poly/Foil
• Poly/Foil
• Polypropylene
• Extruder Purgings
• Set-Up Rolls
• Core Plugs
• Slitter Trimmings
• Laminated Stock Waste
• Printed and Non-Printed Films
• Off-spec Finished Materials
• Bindery Waste

Effective recycling does not stop with the recovery of paper, bottles, cans and cardboard. Many businesses such as restaurants, hotels and convention centres often overlook an easy to recover item - food waste. Turtle Island processes and handles over 100,000 lbs. of organic waste per day. This waste can be rendered into usable food and/or/fertilizer with minimal effort. Close relations with local end markets (local farmers and feed processors) make it possible to further reduce the amount of waste organic materials previously destined for landfill. Any remaining plastic/paper packaging is balled/ground and recycled as per the normal channels.