Tetra Pak cartons discarded by more than 40 housing societies in Colaba over the past three years have been made useful by being turned into benches in a garden. These cartons are tetrahedron-shaped plastic coated cartons, which are popularly known as Tetra Pak cartons (named after the company that innovated the design). Usability of recycled cartons 8,000 recycled tetra pak cartons can save 1 tree6,500 recycled tetra pak cartons make 1 bench6,000 recycled tetra pak cartons make 1 roofing sheet4,500 recycled tetra pak cartons make 1 school desk150 recycled tetra pak cartons make 1 notebook(Source: Sahakari Bhandar)According to Are You Reducing Reusing Recycling Greenlife (RUR), which helped residents with recycling, only 20% of used cartons are recycled in the city. Apart from Tetra Pak recycling, we managed to discuss a host of issues, mostly concerning environmental problems and how to tackle them,” said Cynthia D’mello, another trustee of the NGO. This partnership with citizens of Colaba is laudable,” said Jaideep Gokhale, communications director, South Asia Markets, Tetra Pak.

Source: Hindustan Times August 06, 2017 18:11 UTC