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About our program

Cartons for Communities helps raise awareness and support the collection of beverage cartons for recycling, encouraging simple daily actions such as emptying, flattening and dropping off cartons at designated collection points.

Recycling process

Recycling: How it works

An average Tetra Pak® carton is made of about 70% paperboard, 25% plastic and 5% aluminium to protect its contents – and is recyclable where adequate collection, sorting and recycling systems are in place, at scale. This means you may see a beverage carton again as a paper towel, pallet, cardboard packaging, crate, and more. 

 

Learn more about the carton recycling process and the different paths a carton package can take once placed in the recycling bin.

Recycling process

Recycling: How it works

An average Tetra Pak® carton is made of about 70% paperboard, 25% plastic and 5% aluminium to protect its contents – and is recyclable where adequate collection, sorting and recycling systems are in place, at scale. This means you may see a beverage carton again as a paper towel, pallet, cardboard packaging, crate, and more. 

 

Learn more about the carton recycling process and the different paths a carton package can take once placed in the recycling bin.

Recycle  beverage cartons in 3 simple steps!

Recycle beverage cartons in 3 simple steps!

Empty and flatten your beverage cartons before placing the whole package, including the cap, in the appropriate recycling bin or taking it to a designated drop-off point, where collection is available.

What can a beverage carton become?

What can a beverage carton become?

After collection and sorting, cartons can be processed so the paper fibres are separated and reused in products such as tissues, paper towels and cardboard packaging. The remaining polymers and aluminium can also be recycled into products such as pallets, crates and other durable items, depending on local recycling capacity.