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Cartons

When you recycle your food and drinks cartons, they can be transformed into new paper products that need to be strong, such as filing products, envelopes and paper bags.


Facts about cartons
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  • Cartons consist of two or three main materials; paperboard (70-90%), low density polyethylene (10-25%), and aluminium foil (about 5% in longlife packages only) (ACE UK).

  • More of us can now recycle cartons than ever before. Tetra Pak aims to provide some form of carton collection in all UK local authority areas by the end of 2008 (Tetrapak).

  • Each year, UK manufacturers produce 55,000 tonnes of cartons. This equates to around 2.3kg of cartons per household, which could all be recycled.


Cartons Recycling Journey
Follow the cartons recycling journey to find out what happens to your cartons after they are collected for recycling.

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You can currently recycle cartons in most local authority areas of Scotland. Find out if you can recycle cartons using your kerbside recycling service where you live.
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