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I take my used foil and twist it into thin %26quot;ropes%26quot; I then stuff these into aluminum soda cans before I crush then and toss them into my recycle bin.I can%26#039;t help you with the food containers. I expect that they don%26#039;t recycle them because they often contain food scraps (the cost of cleaning them would be higher than the value of the plastic they contain). 40% 2 Votes
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The market for baled plastic doesn%26#039;t discriminate between what the plastic was, just that it is clean %26amp; baled. The reason for not taking other types of PE plastics is a local facility decision. You can address this with them directly or through your local government. As for the foil, I always drop it into my cans before I crush them. My local facility still won%26#039;t take any aluminum other than cans, so I take my trays and such to a local recycle dumpster. Good Luck!
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I%26#039;d find out the name of your local MP (from your local council%26#039;s website) and write to him/her to suggest more recycling. Clearly there needs to be more provision for the recycling of these food containers which the local council says it can%26#039;t or won%26#039;t take away because it%26#039;s too expensive, etc., especially the ones where there is the internationally recognised triangluar symbol with the arrows.
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It%26#039;s all to do with the supply chain. They collect it, bale it, then sell it on.
They will get less money for mixed plastics - or mixed scrap metal, than just bottles or cans.
It will come eventually once they get the infrastructure going.
Try hassling your local MP to take tetrapack, and other plastics - or set up a community composting site (there is money available for this) 20% 1 Vote -
go to www.earth911.org they will be able to tell you where to recycle almost anything.
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a recycling bin for them materials make sure you put them in the right bin it says what materials on it
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