Is Tetra Pak packaging recyclable?

since1976 SG

Quite dishearten after reading this

http://heartofgreen.typepad.com/heart_of_green/2009/03/tetra-paks-recyclable-green.html

ditzy SG

I am more dishearten by the fact that I have yet to win 4D.

QX179R SG

if its made of just pure paper like paper cup, wouldn't it be more "fragile" when its full of its contents..

ditzy SG

if its made of just pure paper like paper cup, wouldn't it be more "fragile" when its full of its contents..

Yep, it the contents would simply dissolve its own container.

elindra SG

Quite dishearten after reading this

http://heartofgreen.typepad.com/heart_of_green/2009/03/tetra-paks-recyclable-green.html

I think that her news is outdated???

There is a plant in Brazil that can recycle TetraPak. This was as early as 2005.

There was also a National Geographic feature on this plant in Brazil....

It can be recycled just that a lot of people are not pickign up this technology yet

Read about it here:

http://www.brazzilmag.com/content/view/2433/54/

since1976 SG

It's world first facilities to recycle Tetra Pak packaging in 2005.

This technology is around for almost 20 years and they have been telling people its green......if the first recyclable facilities is in year 2005....So previously what they do with the packaging?

And I heard the facilities are not expensive, do we have one in Singapore. And if they aren't what do they do with the collected packaging?

Do we even collect Tetra Pak packaging in Singapore?

How about other brand of packaging?

Forbiddensinner SG

It's world first facilities to recycle Tetra Pak packaging in 2005.

This technology is around for almost 20 years and they have been telling people its green......if the first recyclable facilities is in year 2005....So previously what they do with the packaging?

And I heard the facilities are not expensive, do we have one in Singapore. And if they aren't what do they do with the collected packaging?

Do we even collect Tetra Pak packaging in Singapore?

How about other brand of packaging?

http://www.nea.gov.sg/cms/rcd/guidebook/tetrapak.pdf

http://www.greensingapore.com/DirID-87-SearchTxt-recycling-SearchOpt-product_service-SearchCtry-All-SearchType-containing-Search_MG.aspx

Take your time to read.

since1976 SG

Unfortunately, it only tells about the waste control measures the factory has taken so that no waste from their production ends in landfill.

For those flows to the consumer, there are no documentation how NEA separate aseptic packaging from common household waste. There are also no reports on whether there is any aseptic collection point (like what they have done in UK and US). And personally I am not sure if there are any facilities in Singapore that can recycle aseptic packaging, because that recycling facilities is rather costly from what I gathered.

Forbiddensinner SG

Unfortunately, it only tells about the waste control measures the factory has taken so that no waste from their production ends in landfill.

If you are really interested, you can always call NEA up to ask.