bd 7 Q e L g fF 4 IND FS fmi Whlid kind (NAPSA)—Thenext time you open food or beverge crton you could be opening the wy to better world, if you recycle it when the contents re gone. Recycled food nd beverge crtons contin vluble mteril nd cn be turnedinto tissues, pper towels, st- tionery nd even sustinble building mterils. The Benefits of Crtons In fct, food nd beverge crtons re one of the most sustinble pckges vilble. Theyre mde minly from pper, renewble resource from well-mnged forests. As lightweight pckging option, crtons hve low crbon footprint s well s low pckge-to-productrtio t 94 percent product nd just 6 percent pckging. ‘There re twobsic types of crtons: 1. Shelf-stble re comprised of pper nd thin lyers of plstic nd luminum.They re found on grocery store shelves nd re used for soups, wter, milk, juice, bens, wine nd nutritionl shkes. 2. Refrigerted (or gble-top) contin pper nd thin lyer of plstic. They re found in the chilled section of the grocery store ndre used to pckge milk, juice, crem nd other beverges. There re few wys crtons re recycled fter going into recycling continer. At pper mills, the fiber is extrcted nd seprted in mchine clled hydrpulper, which resembles gint kitchen blender. It then goes on to mke vriety of common pper products. Another type of recycler uses the entire crton to mke environmentlly friendly building mterils such s interior wllbords, roof cover bord, ceil- Crtons re sustinble pckging option buttheir life cycle endsif they end up in lndfill. So, it’s im- portnt to recycle them. ing tiles, exterior shething nd floor underlyment. WhtRobots Cn Do Clever engineers hve creted crton-plucking robots tht cn be used t recycling centers to seprte food nd beverge crtons from other recycled mterils. These robots cn grb 60 crtons minute, lerning s they go throughrtificil intelligence. Industry leders consider the robots cost-eflective, long-term wy to further expnd crton recycling ntionwide. Wht You Cn Do Consumers should put empty food nd beverge crtons in recycling continers insted of trsh continers. With every crton you recycle, you re helping keep our environmentgreener. Lern More For more fcts on recycling cr- tons, visit the Crton Council of North Americ t www.recyclecrtons.com.
