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What do you do with your tetra-cartons (disposal)

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70isaLimitNotaTarget · 29/12/2018 20:27

DD and I drink soya milk so we get through 1-2 cartons a day.
Then there's orange juice cartons.

Our recycle waste won't take them and there;s 2 recycle containers in supermarkets , but one is permanently full to overflow , the other is a supermarket I don't go to much, so I constantly have bags of the damn things till I make a trip there.
Actually I think I should crush them into tiny blocks !
It seems wring to put them into normal refuse.
A couple of times I've put two clear bags full out but I'm sure they just put them in the crusher .

So do you bin them? Recycle? Is your borough more accomodating?

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BishopBrennansArse · 29/12/2018 20:29

Our local authority accepts them for recycling.

There's also a group in our town that accepts things not taken by the local authority ie crisp packets. Have a google for recycling banks near you too as some accept tetra pak.

Or look for eco groups in your area.

MiddlingMum · 29/12/2018 20:35

Our local authority takes them. They go in the bin with paper, glass, tins etc. It's a shame that yours don't.

70isaLimitNotaTarget · 29/12/2018 20:41

I had a look on the website , some supermarkets listed that I am pretty sure didn't have the recycle containers (I dropped glass bottles off and I'm always on the lookout for the tetra-bins) though it might have been removed ?

Ours are fairly strict with the recycle , there's a list of acceptable/non acceptable items . They will leave things which breach.

Looks like I'll be rinsing and crushing and make a trip to the one I know has a bin. Smile

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Upsy1981 · 29/12/2018 20:47

Our kerbside collection doesn't take them but there is a collection point at our local council tip so I have a box I collect them in and do a trip every few weeks.

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