Aseptic Container Recycling

Several materials are layered together to provide the level of protection required for aseptic packaging standards including.

Aseptic container recycling.

Aseptic containers generally consist of six to seven layers of paper aluminum and low density polyethylene plastic film. Aseptic processing is a processing technique wherein commercially thermally sterilized liquid products typically food or pharmaceutical are packaged into previously sterilized containers under sterile conditions to produce shelf stable products that do not need refrigeration. 3300 airport road denton tx 76207 email. Aseptic boxes are a combination of plastic metal and paper and milk and juice cartons also known as gable top containers contain a moisture barrier.

Do not include these items in your recycling container. Frozen food boxes such as butter boxes ice cream containers take out containers. 470 000 tons of milk cartons or 0 2 of municipal solid waste msw by weight 60 000 tons of aseptic boxes or 0 03 of msw by weight. Give cartons new life.

Why recycle your cartons. Aseptic boxes milk cartons msw facts. The fibers are impregnated with moisture resistant. To establish the carton council an organization committed to limiting the number of cartons that become waste.

Understand plastic recycling view my schedule on my phone see what items i can can t recycle view your available containers work for bra my services huron county. Specifically the soft light rectangular containers commonly associated with juice boxes aseptic cartons to the carton literati. Get the full story. Cartons are moving in on your shelf space.

We re committed to sustainable carton recycling and work to promote and encourage more effective widespread recycling programs. Click here if carton recycling is not yet available in your area. These layers protect against moisture entering or exiting the container. Pinterest facebook twitter linkedin.

Aseptic processing has almost completely replaced in container sterilization of liquid foods including milk fruit. These go in the garbage. Tetra pak packaged juices by tetra pak is licensed under cc2 0. As a last resort there are centers you can mail aseptic containers to for recycling.

I was a leader for whole foods market for over 2 decades. Photos which require attribution. Polyethylene is used as a barrier on the inner and outer sides of aseptic packaging. But similar to composite containers or single use coffee pods aseptic containers can be difficult to recycle because they combine several different materials that can t be separated very easily.