Recycling of polypropylene food containers

From: Kerry Bromberg (kbromberg@traderjoes.com)
Date: Fri Dec 21 2001 - 18:49:37 EST


Recently, I have been receiving questions about the problems of recycling PP containers used for food items such as sour cream, yogurt, etc. They complain that PP is not recyclable and takes up significant space in our landfills.

Please advise me on this. Is this true? I know that using PP for these types of food items is the industry standard, but if their claims are true, what alternatives can we look into. Thank you for whatever assistance you can provide.

Kerry Bromberg



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