question about recycling

[Cheryl]

Is there a list detailing which items are recyclable here? I am
specifically wondering if Tetra Brik aseptic cartons are recyclable.

Cheryl

[Pia Wiche]

Hi Cheryl,

   I don't think they recycle this ones, but as a "pressure measure" (haha) I still wash them and put them with the recyclable items.

Pia

[Aquil Mohammed]

Dear KAUST Green Group Team,

Can you please remove my email from database.

Thank you.

Regards,

Mohammed Aquil Mirza

[Rachel Weitzman Yeh]

Hi Cheryl, Tetra Brik aseptic carton are used for juice.  According to Waste Management, they go into general waste.

Rachel 

On Sat, Nov 19, 2011 at 10:43 AM, Cheryl <cheryl.l...@gmail.com> wrote:

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Rachel Weitzman-Yeh
President, KAUST Green Group
King Abdullah University of Science and Technology
PO Box 4360
Thuwal 23955-6900
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

"There are no passengers on
Spaceship Earth - we are all crew."
Marshall McLuan

[Cheryl Kane]

Thank you Pia and Rachel.
Cheryl

[Fernando Figueroa]

Thank you for your contributions!

Altough I'm no longer in KAUST campus, I love being in touch with people interested in the environment and with fresh questions. At the moment I'm in Austria doing a second masters in Industrial Ecology, a new discipline that brings sustainability into an industrial ground.

As far as I've seen in my courses, there is no need to wash any kind of container to be recycled, this would increase the environmental footprint of the product by the water usage. So just remove the major residues of the container and put them in their corresponding bin, the rest can be handled by the recycling processes.

Keep in touch.

Fernando Figueroa Ortega
MSc Environmental Science and Engineering
Industrial Ecology Master Student

Mobile +436508232097

[Rachel Weitzman Yeh]

Great to hear from you, Fernando.  Thank you for your contribution.  Rachel

[Rachel Weitzman Yeh]

Dear Cheryl,

After receiving your emaiI yesterday, I wrote to Waste Management  to confirm what I understood about the Tetra Brik aseptic carton (rec...@kaust.edu.sa).  Actually, the reply I received is the following:

"Kindly note that tetra pack cartons are recyclables and used as recyclable materials in many countries, but in Saudi Arabia there is no vendor for this kind of recyclables due to the existing of nylon mixed with carton and its separation costs a lot, we advise you to  throw it in recyclable bins and we do the proper segregation in our Transfer station until we find a vendor for such a kind of recyclables."

Waste Management would like us to get into the practice of recycling many things that are not actually recycled in Saudi Arabia.  In that way, when a vendor has been found, we will have developed good recycling habits.

All for now,

Rachel

[Cheryl Kane]

Thank you for contacting Waste Management. It's encouraging to hear that they hope to recycle tetra brik cartons at some point.

Cheryl

[Haitho Tzirini]

     Dear Rachel,

      I do not know where your home is,so i can come tonight...

                        Haitho

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From: Rachel Weitzman Yeh <rachelwe...@gmail.com>
To: kaust-gr...@googlegroups.com
Sent: Sunday, November 20, 2011 10:26 AM
Subject: Re: question about recycling