As of November 1, 2025, your recycling program is managed by Circular Materials.
For questions related to:
Please contact:
Village of Teslin
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Cardboard boxes
Pizza boxes, direct mail boxes, moving boxes, shoe boxes.
✅ Flatten.
Boxboard
Cereal boxes, tissue boxes, egg cartons, rolls from toilet paper and paper towel.
✅ Flatten.
✅ Empty.
Paper laminate packaging
Paper pet food bags, food service paper bags, and plates.
✅ Empty and free from food residue.
Paper laminate containers
Spiral cans, cookie dough package, ice cream containers, and hot and cold beverage cups.
✅ Empty and free from food residue.
✅ Remove lids.
Cartons
Soup, broth, egg and sauce cartons.
✅ Empty and free from food residue.
✅ Keep lids on.
Paper
Any colour, including flour bags, prescription bags, paper produce bags.
Notepads, white or coloured loose paper, file folders, other printed materials.
Community newspapers, flyers, brochures and magazines.
Greeting cards and envelopes, gift boxes.
✅ Empty.
✅ Separate from plastic bags used to cover items, remove elastic bands.
❌ Do not include soft or hard covered books/novels.
Hard plastic containers
Laundry detergent and household cleaner jugs, shampoo, body wash, salad dressing, condiment, dish soap, mouth wash bottles.
✅ Empty and free from food residue.
✅ Keep lids on.
PET plastic packaging and containers
Food trays, salad, yogurt, peanut butter, bakery and egg containers, plastic cups, plastic tubs and lids.
✅ Empty and free from food residue.
✅ Keep lids on.
Small item plastic packaging
Hand sanitizer bottles, medication bottles, blister packs, plant pots.
✅ Empty and free from food and residue.
✅ Keep lids on.
Metal containers
Food cans, formula tins, metal lids, cookie, coffee and tea tins
✅ Empty and free from food residue.
Aluminum (foils and trays)
Aluminum foil, pie plates, frozen food trays.
✅ Empty and free from food residue.
In 2024, the Yukon Government approved the Circular Materials Stewardship Plan which outlines the EPR program for packaging and paper products in the territory.
The EPR regulations in the Yukon territory shift the financial and operational responsibility for recycling from local governments to the organizations that produce and sell packaging and paper.
Historically, the Yukon’s recycling programs were operated by communities who were responsible for paying the full costs of the program. Now, under the EPR regulation, the Yukon is transitioning to a new model where producers – the organizations that produce the products and packaging – are 100% responsible for operating and funding the program.
There will be no change to the way that you recycle. Curbside and depot recycling programs will remain the same.
Residents who use either the depot or curbside recycling programs will be able to recycle the same materials across the Territory.
Yukon residents can visit circularmaterials.ca/yt to learn more about recycling in their community. Additionally, Circular Materials is launching the Circular Materials Recycling App in the Yukon where residents can get recycling collection reminders, recycling guides and service alerts.
Additional materials such as foam packaging, glass containers, flexible plastic packaging and aerosol containers will be added to the collection system in 2027.
Circular Materials is a national not-for-profit organization that is committed to building an efficient and effective recycling system in the Yukon. Circular Materials is committed to delivering a best-in-class system that continues to deliver recycling services and supports residents.
