Do Milk Cartons count as material you can recycle (I.e, put in the green bin?)?

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These are normally %26#039;tetra-paks%26#039; which are a mix of paper, cardboard and foil, they need specialist recycling and can%26#039;t normally be put in with cardboard for kerb-side collection. If you contact your local council you should find somewhere which will take them. I%26#039;m lucky, I collect mine and take them once a month to a site less than a mile away. If enough people make noises more will be recycled. I used to avoid buying smoothies etc in tetra-paks until I found a place they could be recycled, there are alternatives. 50% 2 Votes

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• Yes they can be recycled, but they%26#039;re a specialist product because of the variety of materials involved, so can%26#039;t usually be put in your recycling bin unless you have been instructed that it%26#039;s permissible. We have a recycling facility for them at our local Morrisson%26#039;s supermarket (UK), I think others are providing the same, you%26#039;ll have to search to find out. 25% 1 Vote
• Hardly any local councils recycle Tetra-pak cartons (there is a place you can post them to, but you have to pay for the service, which seems a bit weird - why would anyone want to do that?) but if you mean plastic milk bottles, these can go in the green bin. Squash %26#039;em down and you get more in. 0% 0 Votes
• The plastic jugs can be recycled but make sure your recycling center takes them - some cans and bottles places don%26#039;t.
  
  The paper ones are recyclable but the mixed content (plastic interior coating) makes it more difficult. Check with your specific recycling center as some may sort them out as trash. 0% 0 Votes
• You can%26#039;t recycle Tetra-paks because they have a wax inner. That company (which makes obscene profits) should be forced to recycle them. 25% 1 Vote
• plastic you can recycle, tetra packs you cant, tetra is the cardboard ones that when you open them thay go all over you. 0% 0 Votes
• They are quite acceptable with my local council but I don%26#039;t think any two councils are the same. 0% 0 Votes
• i think you can....
  check with your local council :P 0% 0 Votes
• Yes, they do count. I always put mine in the %26quot;green bin.%26quot; 0% 0 Votes