You can now recycle your paper-based drinks and liquid food cartons, such as those made by Tetra Pak, at ten Household Waste Recycling Centres in Somerset. Carton collection banks can be found at:
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Crewkerne
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Dulcote
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Highbridge
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Minehead
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Poole
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Priorswood
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Saltlands
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Street
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Williton
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Yeovil
For more information on the above Household Waste Recycling Centre, including locations, opening times etc, please click here.
The ten sites have been chosen because they are the larger sites that
have enough space to accommodate the new banks.
West Somerset
Within West Somerset there are two additional carton recycling banks:
Did you know that...
Each year, UK beverage carton manufacturers produce 55,000 tonnes of paper-based cartons for milk, juice, sauces and other liquid food/drinks. This equates to around 2.3kg of cartons per household which could be recycled instead of thrown in the rubbish bin.
Where they go...
Once collected, the cartons can be taken away to be baled, and transported to a recycling mill. They can be recycled into a number of different products, ranging from plasterboard liner to high-strength paper bags and envelopes.
