Happymama Posted January 30, 2007 Share Posted January 30, 2007 I posted 2kg of tetrapaks for £5.33. I had to open my box and remove 500g otherwise if went in the next bracket - £7 something. Still, I could send 4kg for that, so it might be worth saving a lot. I'm not sure that I should have to pay so much to recycle though. It's probably cheaper to get more and post them via a parcel carrier. We should get together and get loads and split the difference. I get juice ones, two a week, but that's all. Not too bad. I should think that Tetra must be feeling a bit embarrased now that their wonderful idea that made it's inventor so much money and made them so big are now representing the recycling bugbear of the industry! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happymama Posted January 30, 2007 Share Posted January 30, 2007 And you can burn them in your woodburning fire, then fish out the aluminium linings and recycle those! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trish Posted January 31, 2007 Share Posted January 31, 2007 OOo can you. Once I've murdered my builder, served the prison sentence and then get the chimney put right I might try that. Still fighting over the chimney by the way. It failed a building inspection this week but the builder still thinks it's fine, doesn't work but it's fine Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tina C Posted January 31, 2007 Share Posted January 31, 2007 I panicked when I read this - I put them in my recycling bin. Checked the website and its OK - Huntingdonshire does recycle them. Seems like we live in one of the few areas that do. So, if you are ever passing, bring your tetra packs to me - just pop them in the blue bin, or ring the bell if you need a cup of tea! I wonder what the council does with the tetra packs though? They are hell bent on being top of the recycling tree - we can even put bones and other table s"Ooops, word censored!"s in our green bins - but I wonder if they get 'brownie' points for collecting stuff rather than what they do with it if you see what I mean. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted May 5, 2008 Share Posted May 5, 2008 http://www.tetrapakrecycling.co.uk/locator.asp I just happened to check the site today and found that there is more tetrapak recycling going on, in my area at least. Check the interactive map linked above. I am thrilled to find my local Tesco at Gatwick is recycling them, so I no longer have to pay to post them to Somerset! We just went to Tesco and the recycling plant there is great fun!! The children loved it. No need to sort your recycling, the machine does it for you and it crushes everything as well. I have to admit to enjoying hi-tech things so recycling this way was so much more fun than posting things into those awful skips with brushes in the holes which I don't want to touch. It's a shame the tetrapaks can't go in this machine too, but hey - I'm thrilled to save the money and we had fun Edit: The Tesco site describes the machine - and it seems I'm a little behind with the news. It's been going for nearly 2 years now! http://www.tescocorporate.com/page.aspx?pointerid=353CCD4F8BB84F8EBF016D9BF06DC743 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AmandaR Posted May 6, 2008 Share Posted May 6, 2008 Thanks for that Ginette. I didn't know Tesco at Gatwick recycles the tetra packs. I have a big box of them that I was about to post this week. You've just saved me a few pounds! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Helly Welly Posted May 6, 2008 Share Posted May 6, 2008 Our council has bins located around the town for both tetrapaks and aluminium foil, a quick trip on my trike is all that's needed. The only thing that goes in our bin is plastic packaging Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Louise Posted May 6, 2008 Share Posted May 6, 2008 My council collects tetra packs for recycling now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted May 6, 2008 Share Posted May 6, 2008 Thanks for that Ginette.I didn't know Tesco at Gatwick recycles the tetra packs. I have a big box of them that I was about to post this week. You've just saved me a few pounds! Quite - I'm thrilled. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keanie Bean Posted May 7, 2008 Share Posted May 7, 2008 I've just caught up on this, I think it's really awful that any council shouldnt even recycle plastic, and I really cant see why if one council can recycle tetra pak why cant they all! Including mine. At least i can take it to my mums. Daniel has soya milk so we get through heaps of the stuff. Sarah.x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jomaxsmith Posted May 7, 2008 Share Posted May 7, 2008 My local tip apparently does recycle them - which means i now should collect them separately (my enormous shed already fills up with cardboard on a regular basis). Until now I've put them in my recyclables wheelie bin knowing full well they can't be recycled in order to persuade the council of the need. Jo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sunshine Posted May 7, 2008 Share Posted May 7, 2008 We take ours to our local recyling place.Since we started recyling them it has made us realise how many we used to go through as a family of 6 who all like different juices. Our council also doesn't collect plastics so we take them at the same time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mutrix Farmers Posted June 16, 2008 Share Posted June 16, 2008 Typical, nowhere in Kent offers this except the Medway Unitary Authority. I feel an email coming on to the Recycling Manager at the local council (as the Payroll Manager that pays his salary perhaps I could use a bit of "persuasion" along the lines of sort it out or I won't pay you!!!!) Shame Tetrapak don't offer a freepost service, I'm sure more people would use the service, and they obviously get an income from recycling (having charged us to buy the carton in the first place) that could subsidise it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlottechicken Posted June 17, 2008 Share Posted June 17, 2008 Shame Tetrapak don't offer a freepost service, I'm sure more people would use the service, and they obviously get an income from recycling (having charged us to buy the carton in the first place) that could subsidise it. The Tetra pak family are the richest in the UK I think, albeit originally from one of the Scandinavian countries. They are worth about 6 billion pounds, and usually appear on the top of the rich lists. Pity they can't take their creation back freepost. Maybe we should start an email/letter campaign Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egluntyne Posted June 17, 2008 Share Posted June 17, 2008 (edited) Waitrose and Sainsbury's recycle them in Sheffield. Edited to add the "Y" to Sainsbury's Edited June 17, 2008 by Guest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ain't Nobody Here Posted June 17, 2008 Share Posted June 17, 2008 I hadn't appreciated how "green" Edinburgh City Council is . We get cardboard then glass & bottle collections alternate weeks. Plastic has to go to the supermarket but that's not hard to do. Also brown "garden" waste fortnightly. I've always put the Tetrapaks in with the cardboard. Glad I was supposed to . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlottechicken Posted January 3, 2010 Share Posted January 3, 2010 Just thought I would bump this informative post up for anyone keen to recycle tetra paks. I've been staring at an empty juice one this morning, wondering what to do, but am now inspired to find out if Birmingham recycle them or not. Edited to add; yes Birmingham recycle tetra paks but they have to be taken to the household recycling centre. I'm not far from one so will collect my tetra paks and have a walk up in a few months time! They take batteries too! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted January 3, 2010 Share Posted January 3, 2010 I'm very pleased that my local Tesco takes Tetrapaks now, so I don't have to post them to the West Country! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chook n Boo Mum Posted January 3, 2010 Share Posted January 3, 2010 Our local council have just started accepting tetrapacks in the recycling bins......all we need now are the yoghurt pots & plastic trays to be taken Oh yes and glass...they don't take glass from us either Sha x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Helly Welly Posted January 3, 2010 Share Posted January 3, 2010 Ours takes all plastic apart from wrap and also polystyrene trays. It takes us two weeks to fill a bin now, and then we only change it because it'll smell. Some areas get their glass taken, not ours unfortunately, but we take it to the tip. There are numerous recycling points around town for cartons so we have to take them but i'm really impressed with how much our council recycles now, i believe that Leicestershire is now the top county for recycling. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welovemarmite Posted January 5, 2010 Share Posted January 5, 2010 I panicked when I read this - I put them in my recycling bin. Checked the website and its OK - Huntingdonshire does recycle them. Seems like we live in one of the few areas that do. So, if you are ever passing, bring your tetra packs to me - just pop them in the blue bin, or ring the bell if you need a cup of tea! I wonder what the council does with the tetra packs though? They are hell bent on being top of the recycling tree - we can even put bones and other table s"Ooops, word censored!"s in our green bins - but I wonder if they get 'brownie' points for collecting stuff rather than what they do with it if you see what I mean. Yay - going to save them up and give them to my mum - I too have been puting them in my recycling and just realised that I can't - its so confusing!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ms Marple Posted January 9, 2010 Share Posted January 9, 2010 This has been an interesting read to see what happens around the country. My local council- Stockport, started blue and brown bins back in November. The blue bins are fro paper, telephone directories, cardboard, tetrapack cartons whereas the bown are for bottles,cans and plastic milk bottles. I just wish we could do more with thingas like yoghurt cartons and polystyrene trays. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DonnaS Posted March 5, 2010 Share Posted March 5, 2010 Thankfully my council recycles them. Seeing this thread, however, reminded me of something I'd read in the Ecologist recently - which looked at both tin cans (of tomatoes for example) and compared recyclability (and carbon footprint) with the new in supermarket tetrapak cartons of tomatoes (you've probably noticed them and wondered if they were better for the environment than tin cans). Well, upshot is that the new cartons of tomatoes (beans, etc etc) are more environmentally friendly than the tin cans! Bit of a surprise to me - but there you go. Can I find the Ecologist article to link to now...? No.... But it's there somewhere. Cheers.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 6, 2010 Share Posted March 6, 2010 I heard a discussion about that on Radio 4. I too was surprised. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snowy Posted March 12, 2010 Share Posted March 12, 2010 I recently discovered that the waxed lined cartons make brilliant firelighters for those with woodburners! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
