Wanting to challenge these issues and bring awareness to the gentrification of the city's canal waterfront, London firm PUP Architects created this «subversive» rooftop structure, that is shaped like a giant air duct, and clad with
recycled Tetra Paks, turned inside out.
For more information about how to
recycle Tetra Paks, please visit recyclecartons.com
Second, the places that say
they recycle Tetra Paks are liars.
The places that say
they recycle Tetra Paks are liars.
Not exact matches
Tears for Life, a team developing a breast cancer tear kit that analyzes a patient's tears, came in second; followed by neoPlastics, a plastic
recycling technology firm; and
Tetra One Source, which has patented a process for reducing soil toxicity.
Tetra cartons can be
recycled, so that's another plus.
Trinchero also focuses on sustainable packaging - such as light - weighted bottles and
recycled glass as well as alternative packaging such as
Tetra Pak and 100 % recyclable and lightweight PET mini bottles.
Whilst many people are keen to cut down on their plastic consumption, the fact that the bottle is recyclable makes the bottle a slightly more environmentally friendly option than other pre-made packaged vegan milk on the mainstream market as they often come packaged in less environmentally - friendly
Tetra Paks which are not always able to be
recycled dependant on the area you live in.
«For several years, Dos Pinos and
Tetra Pak have been working hand in hand to promote
recycling in Costa Rica,» added Chaves.
Tetra Pak acts as catalyst in the
recycling business.
Food and drink cartons, e.g.
Tetra Paks are collected by many local authorities and can also be
recycled at many
recycling centres.
Tetra Paks do even worse than the abysmal
recycling record of glass.
A lot of Aluminum is
recycled, particularly beverage cans where 67 percent of it is recovered, but a lot of it is not; it is often bound to plastic in packaging (
tetra packs, coffee pods and condiment packages); Heinz alone makes 11 billion little ketchup pouches every year.
Until then, pouches can tout their consumer and carbon footprint advantages over bottles, but their inability to be either fully
recycled or ultimately refilled means they can't take the «sustainable» mantle or yet prove themselves better than
Tetra Pak.
For all of the bottles and
Tetra Paks that don't make it to
recycling however, you can pack 30
Tetra Paks in to the space that one glass bottle takes up in a landfill.
Worldwide, the rate of
recycling for glass and
Tetra are almost equal, both being around 25 - 30 %.
So if you factor in the difference in the shipping costs / emissions of wine shipped from the tip of South America, as well as the fact that glass is one of the best materials for
recycling and platic coated
Tetra Paks can not be
recycled at all in most places and will end up in landfills, you end up with a product that is maybe not as eco-friendly as one would like.