Target Recycling collects post-industrial HDPE from manufacturers across the GTA and Ontario: blow-moulded bottles and rejects, drums and pails, crates and totes, caps and closures, injection-moulded parts and sprue, pipe and sheet offcuts, and purge. Clean, sorted HDPE earns a rebate instead of a tipping fee. Material is processed at our Ajax facility, with pelletizing in Simcoe, under an ISO 14001 certified program, with documented weights and a documented destination on every load.
Blow Moulders & Injection Moulders
Chemical & Industrial Packagers
Food & Consumer Goods Producers
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Why Choose Target Recycling?
HDPE is the workhorse of industrial plastic and the stream most often landfilled by default. It leaves plants as pails, crates, drums, caps, purge, and rejected bottles, and across a multi-plant network the same material is usually captured properly at one site and thrown out at another. We have run post-industrial programs for 27 years for operations including Nestlé Canada, Ford, and Apotex, and closing that gap between sites is normally the fastest tonnage available.
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"Target Recycling provides exceptional transparency in their recycling procedures. Their proactive communication clearly outlines what materials can and cannot be recycled, greatly simplifying our sustainability efforts."
“Partnering with Target Recycling has been instrumental in helping Nestlé Canada meet our plastic waste reduction targets. Their reliable service have significantly improved our sustainability outcomes. We value their expertise and commitment to building a circular economy.”
"In the ever-changing automotive industry, Target Recycling has been an essential partner, expertly handling recycling needs across all our Ontario locations. Their responsiveness and adaptability are unmatched."
"Thanks to Target Recycling, we found an effective solution for recycling our municipal signage. Their professionalism and expertise have significantly supported our environmental goals."
Yes. Post-industrial HDPE is among the most recoverable plastics a plant produces because it arrives clean, sorted by the process that made it, and in consistent grades. Consumer blue-box HDPE is a different story: it arrives mixed and contaminated. Factory scrap does not have that problem, which is why manufacturers can reach 100% landfill diversion on plastics.
Every program starts with a free on-site visit and recycling audit, followed by a documented plan built around your facility, your materials and your compliance targets. From there the steps are the same at every plant: scheduled pickups baled, in gaylords, in super sacks or loose on skids; processing at our Ajax, Ontario facility, where material is ground to specification; pelletizing at our Simcoe facility; and documentation with every load, including weights, diversion figures and destination. If you would rather keep ownership of the material and have it returned as regrind or pellets, our toll grinding and pelletizing service runs the same steps for a fee.
Blow-moulded bottles and rejects, drums and pails, crates and totes, caps and closures, injection-moulded parts and sprue, pipe and sheet offcuts, and purge. Natural and coloured, rigid and flexible. Baled, in gaylords, in super sacks, or loose on skids. Single plants and multi-plant networks run on the same program, with the same specs and the same reporting at every location.
| HDPE form | Where it comes from | Grading and handling |
|---|---|---|
| Blow-moulded bottles and rejects | Blow moulding lines and off-spec runs | Natural HDPE recovers best; separating natural from coloured is the highest-return standard to set. |
| Drums and pails | Inbound raw materials and packaging | Tell us what they held. Food-grade and non-hazardous residues are usually straightforward; anything that held a regulated or hazardous substance needs review first. |
| Crates and totes | Material handling, including damaged units | Natural and coloured both accepted; mixed loads grade lowest. |
| Caps and closures | Separated at filling lines | Often landfilled once separated; worth capturing in their own container. |
| Injection-moulded parts, sprue, pipe and sheet offcuts, purge | Moulding, extrusion and colour changes | Clean production scrap only; baled, in gaylords, in super sacks or loose on skids. |
Blow moulders and injection moulders, chemical and industrial packagers, and food and consumer goods producers generate the most HDPE scrap. The automotive, pharmaceutical and manufacturing companies we work with across Ontario run it through the same program as their other resins: polypropylene, PET, LDPE and film, PS and PVC, with one point of contact and one audit trail across all of them.
Natural HDPE recovers best, coloured follows, and mixed loads grade lowest, so separating natural is normally the highest-return standard to set network-wide. Clean material earns a rebate rather than a tipping fee. The number that matters more to most of our clients is the diversion rate: every load carries documented weights and a documented destination, so the tonnage stands up in an ESG disclosure or a corporate landfill-free audit.
Most operations capture their obvious HDPE and landfill the rest: purge from colour changes, damaged totes and crates, caps separated at a filling line, off-spec runs sitting in quarantine. A waste audit maps where it is actually going, plant by plant, and turns an inconsistent picture into one standard applied everywhere. On a multi-site network that is usually where the largest unclaimed diversion tonnage sits.
Multi-site manufacturers rarely have a recycling problem. They have a consistency problem: different vendors at different plants, different specs, different paperwork, and a corporate diversion number nobody can reconcile at year end. We run one HDPE program across your Ontario locations, with a single point of contact and consistent specs and reporting, so the number reaching head office is built the same way at every site. Adding a location is a scheduling change, not a new procurement cycle.
Every HDPE program runs under our ISO:14001-certified system, with documented weights, diversion reporting, and destination on every load. Your sustainability team gets numbers backed by paper for ESG and corporate disclosure. Your EHS team gets what it needs for O. Reg. 102/94 waste audits. Branded or recalled HDPE routes through certified secured destruction with a certificate of destruction on every job, and we are registered under the Government of Canada Controlled Goods Program.
We are used to being onboarded properly rather than informally. We operate under an ISO:14001-certified system, are registered under the Government of Canada Controlled Goods Program, and work to a signed service agreement, with the documentation behind our diversion reporting available to your compliance team. Tell us what your supplier qualification process requires, from insurance certificates to safety documentation, and we will work through it early rather than holding up your sourcing calendar.
Gaylords, super sacks, compactors, or bins, placed where your lines actually produce scrap, with scheduled pickups that match your production cadence. One vendor, one point of contact, one audit trail. Explore plastic recycling in Toronto, Mississauga, or Hamilton.
Yes, and it is how our larger clients run. One program, one point of contact, and consistent specs and reporting across every Ontario location, so your corporate diversion number is built the same way at each site. Adding a plant is a scheduling change rather than a new sourcing exercise.
Bottles and blow-moulding rejects, drums and pails, crates and totes, caps and closures, injection-moulded parts and sprue, pipe and sheet offcuts, and purge. Natural or coloured, baled, in gaylords, in super sacks, or loose on skids.
Documented weights, diversion figures, and destination on every load, with consistent reporting across your sites. It is built to support ESG and corporate sustainability disclosure and an O. Reg. 102/94 waste audit without reconstruction work at year end.
It depends on what was in them. Food-grade and non-hazardous residues are usually straightforward. Anything that held a regulated or hazardous substance needs review first so it is handled correctly and your documentation stays defensible. Send us the material list and we will confirm quickly what we can take across your sites.
Our ISO:14001 certification, Controlled Goods Program registration, a signed service agreement, and the documentation behind our diversion reporting. Send over your vendor qualification checklist early, insurance certificates and safety documentation included, and we will work through it without holding up your sourcing calendar.
Our programs are built for medium-to-large industrial operations, but we aim to accommodate businesses of various sizes. Volumes, resin type and contamination determine pricing, so the quickest way to find out is to tell us what you generate and how it is packed, and we will confirm what we can take and on what schedule.
Yes. Clean, sorted post-industrial HDPE often qualifies for a rebate rather than a tipping fee. Natural HDPE recovers best, coloured follows and mixed loads grade lowest, and clean, sorted HDPE and PP typically carry the strongest value of the resins we take.
Yes. Toll grinding means we grind your material to your specification for a fee and return it, so you keep ownership throughout and avoid buying grinding equipment. HDPE is ground at our Ajax facility and pelletized in Simcoe, and the material comes back as regrind or pellets with clear documentation.
To our processing facility in Ajax, Ontario, with pelletizing at our Simcoe facility. Every load carries documented weights and a documented destination, so the tonnage stands up in an ESG disclosure, a corporate landfill-free audit or an O. Reg. 102/94 waste audit.
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