Recycling

Doubling our recycling rates globally by 2020 means investing in technology and in partnerships with local communities.

Smarter solutions for carton recycling are part of expanding our business and protecting our brand.

For reasons of food safety and package stiffness, Tetra Pak cartons are made from virgin paperboard. After use, that paperboard can be recycled into paper products like packaging and tissue paper, and the plastic and aluminium lining can be recovered to make composite products like roof tiles, or converted into paraffinic oils and aluminium powders for industrial use.

We want to double the global recycling rate of our cartons from 20% in 2010 to 40% by 2020. Our experience in China proves it can be done, even in markets lacking legislation: national recycling rates for our cartons leapt from zero in 2002 to nearly 13% in 2010.

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