Tetra Pak makes its packaging from sustainably harvested wood pulp, and the used packages are recyclable. But in many places they are not recycled but thrown into landfills with un-recyclable trash. This causes the unnecessary generation of greenhouse gases, and wastes a useful resource.
Tetra Pak makes its packaging from sustainably harvested wood pulp, and the used packages are recyclable. But in many places they are not recycled but thrown into landfills with un-recyclable trash. This causes the unnecessary generation of greenhouse gases, and wastes a useful resource.
This story announces Tetra Pak's (http://www.tetrapak.com/environment/pages/default.aspx) new partnership with Middle East Paper Company (http://www.middleeastpaper.com/) to recover and recycle the components of discarded Tetra Pak containers.
Here's another article about recycling food and beverage cartons: http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.hertsmere.gov.uk/hertsmere_web/res/imagelib/enviro...
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