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Bring new life to a Tetra Pak
Posted on 18/09/2009
Highways, Transportation & Waste Management
People can transform old Tetra Paks into new furniture and other resources by taking them to be recycled.
If the containers cannot be put in kerbside collections or local recycling banks, residents are being urged to consider dropping them off at any of the County Council's 14 recycling and household waste sites.
A range of items can be recycled there including food and drink Tetra Paks or cartons which are made from plastic-coated paper and alumuninum. These are often used for fruit juice, milk and soup.
In a similar way to paper, the containers are then pulped and mixed with water for 20 minutes so that the paper, aluminium and polyethylene can be separated.
The recovered paper is made into new paper products and the aluminium and plastic mixture is used in furniture production or split into aluminium and paraffin.
Tony Kershaw, the County Council's Cabinet Member for Waste, said: "We want to make sure people know where they can take Tetra Paks as there is often an assumption that cartons containing a plastic or metallic coating cannot be recycled.
"Residents are already bringing more items to their local sites and we'd like to thank them for their hard work and encourage them to keep on recycling."
For more information, or to find the nearest recycling and household waste site, visit www.leics.gov.uk/waste or call 0116 305 0001.
To find out more about your district kerbside collection or local recycling banks visit www.lesswaste.org.uk .
Notes:
People can recycle a variety of household items at the County Council's 14 sites including electrical goods, scrap metal, clothes and garden waste, as well as general rubbish.
Every year, they handle more than 100,000 tonnes of materials and currently more than 70 per cent of this is recycled or re-used.
At this time of year, all sites are open from 8am until 8pm, seven-days-a-week.