Comments on: Tetra Pak Promotes Packaged Sustainability, Part I

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Fri, 10 Dec 2010 23:27:18 +0000

[...] time unrefrigerated, adding to energy savings and consumer safety. We’ve talked before about Tetra Pak’s commitment to sustainability and the fact that the difficulties in recycling their products are more a matter of municipal [...]

By: Nic Cordin

Nic Cordin — Thu, 23 Sep 2010 00:35:30 +0000

I too work in a place that uses Tetra Pak. For years I have wondered if these products are actually Eco-friendly and low impact as they claim to be, but as you have noticed in your research, data is not collected as a priority for sustainable development when it comes to actual cartons being recycled and the impact that recycling takes on our earth. The amount of energy used to recycle simple items is huge. Products containing different types of recyclable materials use even more energy. So I guess as long as we are confined to this conventional system of mass production on global economical levels tetra paks are a good intentioned “fix”. But maybe the bigger problem to tackle is local sustainability that does not require processed packaging for millions of containers, and of course shipping and storage

By: Matthew Livsey

Matthew Livsey — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 17:37:47 +0000

I also live in lovely “green” San Francisco and am shocked that they do not recycle TetraPak considering how many other California communities do. As a result I’ve been considering options of how to eliminate this problem. And of course the simplest solution is to not buy anything with TetraPak anymore. What would it take for SF to start up a program that takes TetraPak?

By: Don Carli

Don Carli — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 22:07:46 +0000

In their Sustainability Report Tetra Pak says 18% (25.6 Billion) of the aseptic cartons they produced worldwide were recycled in 2008.

http://markets.tetrapak.com/environmentalperformance/content/frset_main.asp?navid=146

By: Emily

Emily — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 14:46:30 +0000

I work as a CNA in a nursing home and I can tell you that each resident there recieves at least 4 milk and juice cartons on their meal trays, all made of the tetra pak. I have been trying to find a redemption center in the area (I live in Maine) that will recycle the tetra pak, but no luck. I think this is a huge problem, one that needs to be solved! Tetra pak cartons are used nationwide in schools, hospitals, and nursing homes; however, there is no nationwide recycling program for that material.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 12:29:36 +0000

Tetra Pak is a swedish company. not swiss

By: Shannon

Shannon — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 13:35:18 +0000

In Alberta, we get 5 cents, for recyclable containers less than 1 L and 10 Cents if they are 1 Litre or larger. This includes Tetra Packs. More governments, such as USA and Australia need to enforce recycling so that there is incentive not to just throw containers in the landfill, or worse, on the side of the road!!

By: greg christian

greg christian — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 11:29:02 +0000

The Tetra-paks of the world will soon become more accountable for their packaging.
They will start up recyling centers
and team up with others that make so much packaging.