Recycling Tetra Pak cartons

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[@vishwagnivlogs2242]

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[@rajan1utube]

I got this video while researching about Used Beverage Cartons and really came to know about a lot of new things. Thanks for sharing.

[@learnsustainability]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@brucewarren5975]

Very good video I manage a small plastic injection molding factory in South Africa and one of our products is a currie comb for horse grooming we have purchased a ton of poly al and now produce them from this product doing our part to sustainable recycling thank you I will use this video for promo

[@unknownunknow2506]

The problem is that they use Plastic paper and aluminum. If they where to just use one material it would be much better. Tetra-Pak is obsolete.

[@learnsustainability]

I don't know that I would say TetraPak is obsolete but it's true that the multi-layers make recycling tricky.

[@Suchtel10]

@@learnsustainability Wouldnt a simple plastic bottle be better than tetra pak in case of recycling?

[@ntt9424]

Some of the tetra pack milk cartoons does not have recycle mark.... Is there a difference between the one with recycle and one without

[@learnsustainability]

I don't think so. I am pretty sure they are all recyclable but as mentioned in the video, adding the logo increases the recycling rate but maybe not 100% of cartons have the logo. Are you located in the US?

[@ntt9424]

@@learnsustainability i am in Singapore... I have seen few milk tetra pack from Australia not having the recycle logo

[@ernestmachpro3341]

I avoid Tetra Pak the much I can. Glass is the best for most of the liquids.

[@learnsustainability]

For sure! Glass is ideal as long as the product is consumed within a few days and especially if there is a local deposit system in place.

[@maryf6284]

@@learnsustainability no, glass is good for much more than a few days; could be months or years. Where are you getting your information? Tetra-pak? Bottles and cans recycling seem much less resource intensive than this.

[@marcelomarquez2089]

@@learnsustainability ¿¿Where the fuck did you got that information?? A good sealed glass container could preserve it's content for years, even DECADES. I bet there's no TetraPak that can compete with that. Besides, "product" is a pretty vast category. I think you don't really know what the hell are you talking about.

[@lorenrealname1326]

I was going to leave a general comment but although you are correct, I live in the middle of nowhere and I can't even find a free way to get rid of glass in the trash-ridden anti-homeless enclave I'm stuck in. The local landfill wants it and I'm not giving it to them, I'd sooner live in the pile of bins of cleaned glass. So to pass the time until then, I've been trying to get my cartons actually clean, then store them, then ship them in a brick marked "CARTONS" to a Carton Council-specified location... and it seems like if it's a MRF it's gonna get all smurfed up, because I can only get them so clean if I don't cut them open. Maybe recycling is clean and nominal if one has these mystical "blue bins," but every scrap of knowledge I glean about how these things are supposed to be recycled is useful to me, e.g. on a site detailing Tetra-Pak construction: the lids are probably recyclable (they have a similar source to some of the plastic layers, anyhow) and I can fit ten times as many cartons into a box if I pop the plastic lids/retaining sockets off with an oversized flathead screwdriver. The carton recycling rate is going to get a little bump when I send these in, just watch for it. Thank you and @learnsustainability for all you do for the velocity of sustainability information.

[@naewastestjohnsacademy401]

This is really interesting as our project is all about educating in school to reduce waste. Do you have a link to more information on how whole tetrapak cartons are pressed and to make a flat solid material.?

[@learnsustainability]

Glad this is helpful. Sorry I don't have a link but you can search online and also contact TetraPak directly about it for your project.

[@markokurdi]

Very well made and informative video, thank you!

[@learnsustainability]

Cheers! Glad you liked it!

[@TheD7035]

Just a thought, our Local Authority council responsible here in my part of the UK for recycling only have one central collection disposal point this is some distance away. Once inside this becomes a one way traffic system that can slow everything down. I now Learn we should Not be folding cartons otherwise they can’t be recycled properly. So that means unless you have a car / means of transport and space for the cartons as from the shop there are too many barriers to meaningful and worth while recycling. I was also on the West Coast of Southern Ireland earlier this year and found a similar set of barriers to recycling. There clearly needs to be more work done to improve the effective recycling of these type of containers.

[@zackzhao9007]

Do you need this kind of recycling equipment?

[@kingawasilewska8903]

They have to be recycled in their original 3 dimensional shape? How is that possible after going through trash cans and waste pick up trucks?

[@bartech101]

This is theory and tetra pak marketing. In reality most tp boxes and up in landfill

[@MrRussian187]

i have been cutting mine open wonder how they like it lol .... they are full of liquid in the flaps if you dont open

[@learnsustainability]

I know and they take a lot of room on the recycling bin 😁

[@kanewilliams1653]

Hi what does the sponsorship entail? Maybe some of us worry that to get the money from your sponsor you must endorse a certain view. Does Tetrapak require you endorse certain views, or that you merely discuss tetrapak, or what else?

[@learnsustainability]

Thanks! This is a fair question! The sponsorship entailed visiting them in their Dallas office and creating two original videos on Tetra Pak's sustainability journey. They did not ask me to endorse certain views. They gave me several presentations on who they are and what they do. They gave me a tour of their factory as well as a local recycling center. I asked questions, took notes and, back in my studio, I created 2 videos. They gave me some very limited feedback on my scripts and honestly, did not ask me to change anything major or to push a particular agenda. This video is my opinion on who they are on their sustainability journey as a company: not perfect, but working on getting better. Please feel free to ask more questions if you like.

[@kanewilliams1653]

@@learnsustainability Cool thanks!!!

[@DavidSayerNY]

Where was the rigorous sustainability review? Can we call this process recycling when the materials are being downcycled into low-grade fibers and plastic boards, not new cartons? Is that sustainable? Is it sustainable to use transportation, water and energy to recover these materials when glass and aluminum are much simpler to process and decontaminate?

[@franciscagonzalez6443]

subtitle pls !!

[@learnsustainability]

Thanks for pointing that out. I guess I had forgotten. They are now in place.

[@verumignis4778]

"this video is sponsored by tetrapak" Please accept that they are not economical to recycle and tetrapak does not give a damn about the environment.

[@JoshuaShepherd]

Oh damn you were a mark and they saw you coming. Congratulations, you’re making propaganda for the packaging industry. TetraPak is on a ‘sustainability journey’ like Monsanto (Bayer) is on a ‘holistic health journey’. 😂

[@akimtu9523]

very nice BUT not true...nice fiction

[@kelamuni]

in other words it's garbage

[@pigstain7531]

sponsored by .... WTF dude!!!! im considering to unsubscribe

[@learnsustainability]

Do you find that my review is biased or do you only have a problem with the sponsor? It is a lot of work to create free videos for KZbin and I need to make a living. I would be sorry to see you unsubscribe but I am genuinely doing my best to offer interesting content here...

[@marcveillet2589]

As kindly said, this level of quality videos, ones which are factual, aesthetic and educational takes a lot of effort, this is a free channel (though I suspect Alex gets a small cut from the KZbin ads). Also, Alex explicitly disclosed the sponsorship and was mindful to remain fairly objective (if only, maybe a bit kind, though I suspect that is how he is in general). Indeed if you'd like to help creators like this one to become less dependent on commercial sources, I suggest you consider subscribing to such content on Patreon; even modest contributions are doubly appreciated: as a "stronger" validation than "free" likes and such, and of course for the pecuniary value.

[@JoshuaShepherd]

@@marcveillet2589 Yes I will do the right thing by not producing falsehoods only if you pay me! 🤑 Doing dirt because you need a paycheck is still doing dirt.

[@marcveillet2589]

​@@JoshuaShepherd My response the "Sponsored by ... WTF dude!!!" comment was a generic explanation of the reason why video producers like this one would seek sponsors. Such sponsorship relations place video producers in a difficult position with at the very least a suspicion of bias and alas too often effective bias if not flat out lies. My response also suggested that the video in question seemed rather objective if only kind. Now... rather than this cheap caricature of the producer's attitude, if you were to comment on specific falsehoods and dirt contained in the video, I'd gladly + you and join in to request edits etc.

[@verumignis4778]

@@learnsustainability Your video is VERY biased You literally blame the consumer at 1:38 and you just conveniently forget to mention that basically none of them actually get recycled because it is not economical. Turning them into building materials is not recycling, but instead downcycling, it will be dumped after the building material has been used which releases a microplastic.