What BioPak products are recyclable?
Food packaging must be clean from food and beverage residue to be eligible for recycling, or they'll be sent to a landfill.
Food packaging must be clean from food and beverage residue to be eligible for recycling. If contaminated products end up in the recycling they can send a whole truckload to a landfill!
The products below are generally accepted in co-mingled recycling when clean, but it's best to check with your local council to confirm:
- Paper board trays (not coated with PLA)
- Paper board boxes (not coated with PLA)
- Sugarcane plates
- Sugarcane bowls
- Sugarcane trays
- Sugarcane containers
- Sugarcane clamshells
- PS coffee cup lids (white only)
- PET transparent lids