SARCAN Recycling is opening a brand new depot in Buffalo Narrows to better serve residents in the Northwest.

The new depot will serve approximately 9,000 people from the communities of Buffalo Narrows, Ile-a-la-Crosse, Beauval, La Loche, Dillon, Birch Narrows, Clearwater, and surrounding areas.

“We are incredibly excited to be bringing beverage container, paint, and electronics recycling services to the residents of northwest Saskatchewan,” said Amy McNeil, SARCAN’s Executive Director. “People from this area will no longer need to travel to Meadow Lake or La Ronge to go to SARCAN,” she added.

The new depot will also bring employment opportunities to the Buffalo Narrows area. SARCAN says it is important as a company to hire Aboriginal people whenever they can; it already has two depots, Fort Qu’Appelle and La Ronge, that are staffed and run entirely by Aboriginal people.

The depot will be quite large, as over three million beverage containers are projected to be returned to the new depot every year. It is set to open early 2016.