A program that gives back
UBCR Trucks run entirely on Compressed Natural Gas (CNG).
Servicing large retailers on behalf of distributors, UBCR helps create the most efficient system with continued consumer convenience while maintaining high quality bottle-to-bottle recycling.
Michigan residents recycle deposit containers at an unprecedented rate of 89%.
Michigan residents recycle deposit containers at an unprecedented rate of 89%.
With convenient return-to-retail access and a 94% approval among residents, Michigan's deposit law generates clean material for industry while cutting litter in half and protecting valuable, natural resources through closed-loop recycling.
UBCR collects, transports, and processes used beverage containers for Michigan's largest retailers.
UBCR collects, transports, and processes used beverage containers for Michigan's largest retailers.
UBCR efficiently manages in-store deposit container storage and shipping for the state's largest retailers and distributors.
about us.
UBCR is a key player in the successful Michigan beverage container deposit system. Michiganders experience cleaner roads, beaches, and farmland more than in neighboring Great Lakes states without bottle deposit laws. To our residents, taking back bottles & cans is a way of life, and our deposit law is a source of pride.
UBCR’s role in the deposit system is to collect, transport, and process empty beverage containers for Michigan’s largest retailers. UBCR is the exclusive pick-up agent for the Michigan Soft Drink Association and the Michigan Beer and Wine Wholesalers Association, picking up more than 100 million cases from 600+ stores for more than 100 wholesalers.
Advantage Michigan.
Cleaner & safer for stores
Simplifying the storage of used beverage containers by using large-volume, stackable gaylord bins. Eliminating glass sorting means a safer work environment.
Better
record- keeping
The system has been designed with accurate and precise record-keeping & accounting of deposit material, allowing greater control of scrap material for distributors.
Environmental Benefits
The Michigan Beverage Container Deposit System means: fewer carbon emissions; cleaner roads, parks and beaches; less traffic on the roadways.
Find out how Michigan's beverage container recycling system works, and why it's the most effective in the nation.
Watch our video on keeping Michigan first in beverage container recycling.
The UBCR Advantage.
Contact us.
For immediate assistance, contact our dispatch office at (888) 422-7404. All requests are answered within 24 hours.