During the first year of a new scheme residents of Wiltshire have recycled over one million Tetra Pak beverage cartons.
Last July, bins were placed at the 10 household recycling centres in the county for the milk, soup and other liquid food cartons that had previously been sent to landfill.
In just the first year, over 23 tonnes of cartons were recycled, which is the equivalent of around 1.1 million cartons.
The cabinet member for waste and the environment, Toby Sturgis, said: “We are always looking at new services we can offer residents to help them recycle more. We looked at how we could introduce a service that would be effective and also financially viable and it was clear that using our household recycling centres was the best answer.”
He went on to say: “I am delighted to see that offering to take Tetra Pak cartons has proved very popular and diverted a significant amount of waste that would otherwise be buried in the ground.”
According to carton industry estimates Wiltshire uses approximately 23 million cartons annually, meaning that there is still plenty of opportunity for carton recycling to be increased.
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