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More Recycling Options For Food, Drink Pouches?

Alexis Petru, August 2nd, 2011

Finding recycling options for food and beverage packaging made from plastic and aluminum laminates – such as pouches for drinks or pet food and aseptic drink cartons – has always been a challenge. If you don’t live in one of the handful of communities that offers pick-up or drop-off collection for aseptic cartons, your only option is to mail in these ... read more

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Tagged drinkboxes, food, number5plasticPolypropylene, number7plastic, recycling

Published in Plastic


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The Lowdown on Recycling Juice, Milk Cartons

Trey Granger, October 18th, 2010

When it comes to recycling, not all boxes are the same. This is not only due to the quality of the paper, but also any materials added to optimize the box for consumer use. Take the example of gable-top cartons and aseptic containers, which you may know as milk/juice cartons and juice boxes, respectively. At first glance, these products seem ... read more

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Tagged basics, cartons, composting, drinkboxes, milkandjuicecartons, paperboard

Published in Paper


Wow, You Can Recycle That?

Lori Brown, February 8th, 2010

A few weeks ago, Earth911 investigated some of the lesser known recyclables. Sure, they don't receive as much media attention as some of their co-stars like the plastic bottle or the aluminum can, but your massive response to "I Didn't Know That Was Recyclable!" proved that there is an outcry to dispose of those odd items. From paint and batteries ... read more

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Tagged airconditioner, antifreeze, cookingoil, drinkboxes, homeappliances, ideas, motoroil, noteworthy, number4plasticLDPE, number5plasticPolypropylene, oilfilters, packingmaterials, pvc, refrigerator, sportinggoods, washeranddryer

Published in Household


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