Recycling Jenny

Zephyr, I've looked into your comment about the bins being taped up. At this supermarket, there is a cupboard system with a slot on the front for you to put your cartons into. Behind the slot (inside the cupboard) there are two bins to collect the cartons that fall through. When one fills up, they are meant to be swapped over so that the second one can fill up. The opening for cartons has been taped up because the supermarket were not swapping the bins around inside the main cupboard. So as consumers were putting their cartons in there were problems with overflow and mess. So instead, we have provided 3 black carton recycling bins elsewhere around the recycling area, away from the cupboard. Have a look in the recycling area for them, they are black with orange signs and should also have a picture of some cartons on them. I hope that helps, if you have any more problems, you can contact us on [email protected]. Jenny Walden National Recycling Operations Officer, Tetra Pak

Hi there, I?m one of the Recycling Officers working for Tetra Pak and ACE UK. As you probably know, over the last year and a half we have been working to make carton recycling available to as many people as possible. And now carton recycling is available to 86% of UK and Guernsey Local Authorities. So for those of you that said that they didn?t know where to recycle their cartons, you can check our interactive map on www.tetrapakrecycling.co.uk to find your nearest carton recycling facilities. Specifically looking at carton recycling in Southwark, it?s great to hear that your scheme is so popular. The banks on the site that was mentioned are being emptied on a weekly basis. To help us deal with the popularity of the scheme, we ask everyone to squash their cartons before they recycle them ? twice as many cartons fit in the bank when squashed, helping to reduce overflows and also vehicle miles when emptying the banks. You currently have two beverage carton recycling sites in Southwark; we are working with your Local Authority and they are looking to increase up to five sites, but they are still awaiting approval. We are also trying to encourage the move to kerbside collection of cartons, but this can be difficult due to a number of reasons, including long term waste contracts or existing collection mechanisms. Keep up the hard work, it?s great to see so many people recycling their cartons, Jenny Walden National Recycling Operations Officer