Burning Tetra Pak???

basil1

Hello I apologise if this has been asked before but in an attempt to reduce what goes into landfill I now have a sack full of tetra pak and wondered if I could burn them in my garden in a brazier without releasing owt nasty into the air. I cant recycle them nearby. I dont suppose anybody knows do they????? Much obliged

savvy

I wouldn't know about the chenicals that could be released through burning, but before you resort to this, have you checked out this way of recyling them???

basil1

Hello Yes I do know about posting them but on the Friends of the Earth forum it states that there are problems with the recycling plant and we cant send them there anymore, hence my large bag full. Thanks though.

ailuro2

If they are plasticised then it would release harmful chemicals into the air.

Could you cut them up and use them as packing material,or use the bottoms to plant seedlings in, reuse them if you can't recycle them,or give them to the local nursery for craft purposes?

bigpaws23

Here is the address of where to send your clean, flattened tetrapacks for recycling. You have to cover postage yourself - this is not a freepost address:

Recycling - Tetra Pak
c/o Perrys recycling
Showground Road
Bridgwater
Somerset
TA6 6AJ

There is lots of information about tetrapacks on this website:
http://www.tetrapakrecycling.co.uk/index.htm

and here is a link to download a pdf of address labels:
http://www.tetrapakrecycling.co.uk/labels.htm

HTH
Bigpaws x