ROCHESTER, N.Y. (WROC) — The Ontario County Department of Sustainability & Solid Waste
Management launched the Can Carrier Collection Program on Thursday.

This program came about as part of the county’s commitment to reducing waste and to clean up the recycling stream to help sustain that industry.

Many aluminum cans are now packaged with plastic can carrier handles that customers are not typically able to recycle with single-stream recycling. The Ontario County Can Carrier Collection Program aims to make the collection of plastic can carriers as convenient as possible for those who use them.

The program’s goal is to collect used can carrier handles that can be sanitized and reused by local breweries.