Jax
01-02-2010, 06:41 PM
Not sure how many people know that you can recyle any Tetra Paks you get, some authorities have collection points at some supermarkets, I think mainly Sainsburys, you can check which authority takes them here (http://www.tetrapakrecycling.co.uk/).
But if you're like our local authority and don't have the luxury of this you can box them up in any cardboard box and send to the recycling centre at Bridgewater, you can even download and print out the address labels here (http://www.tetrapakrecycling.co.uk/tp_downloads.asp). Just make sure you take off any lids or plastic pourers on the Tera Paks because the whole box that you send goes in the recycling machine ;) Obviously this isn't brilliant for some because you have to pay to send the parcel, most of the time a smallish box crammed full of Tetra Paks costs about £4 to send - I luckily don't have to do this anymore because I send them up to Oxford with a friend when they come to visit :Dhttp://www.rawinuk.com/images/icons/icon14.gif
And if you'd like to give your local authority a big nudge on not recycling these, there is a letter you can send on the Innocent Drinks site (http://www.rawinuk.com/If%20your%20council%20doesn%27t%20recycle%20Tetra% 20Pak%20cartons,%20we%27ve%20also%20got%20a%20lett er%20you%20can%20send%20them%20to%20encourage%20th em%20to%20start.) just print and send, and if you still have some left lying around there are a couple of craft projects on the Tetra Pak site, let your imagination run wild :tea:
But if you're like our local authority and don't have the luxury of this you can box them up in any cardboard box and send to the recycling centre at Bridgewater, you can even download and print out the address labels here (http://www.tetrapakrecycling.co.uk/tp_downloads.asp). Just make sure you take off any lids or plastic pourers on the Tera Paks because the whole box that you send goes in the recycling machine ;) Obviously this isn't brilliant for some because you have to pay to send the parcel, most of the time a smallish box crammed full of Tetra Paks costs about £4 to send - I luckily don't have to do this anymore because I send them up to Oxford with a friend when they come to visit :Dhttp://www.rawinuk.com/images/icons/icon14.gif
And if you'd like to give your local authority a big nudge on not recycling these, there is a letter you can send on the Innocent Drinks site (http://www.rawinuk.com/If%20your%20council%20doesn%27t%20recycle%20Tetra% 20Pak%20cartons,%20we%27ve%20also%20got%20a%20lett er%20you%20can%20send%20them%20to%20encourage%20th em%20to%20start.) just print and send, and if you still have some left lying around there are a couple of craft projects on the Tetra Pak site, let your imagination run wild :tea: