The new “carton” category includes the waxy-looking (in reality, plastic over paper) refrigerated containers for milk and juice, and the unrefrigerated cartons that contain other liquids.
The carton recycling program roots from a public-private partnership with the Carton Council. The Carton Council doubled the number of US households with access to carton recycling since 2008 – from 18% to its current 37%. The cartons are lightweight and not expected to budge our current residential recycling rate of almost 20%.
The recycling puzzle is becoming more and more complete – Almost anything in consumer packaging can be put in your recycle bin, and you can bring styrofoam to the Northeast recycling center. Readers, what do you want to think needs to be implemented in Philly’s recycling?
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