Tetra Pak & Waste Warriors partner to increase post-consumer recycling in Uttarakhand

Tetra Pak, a food processing and packaging solutions company, has tied up with Waste Warriors, a well-known solid waste management NGO, to increase collection of used beverage cartons (UBCs) in Dehradun nearby areas of Uttarakhand. With this partnership, Tetra Pak’s collection network now includes 31 cities and 14 Indian Army cantonments, covering 22 states and Union Territories. Waste Warriors will be the 30th​ collection partner for Tetra Pak, helping increase the collection of UBCs across the country. To encourage the collection of UBCs, Tetra Pak and Waste Warriors will raise awareness among the waste-picker community about the value they can derive from collecting UBCs and selling them to a recycler. The company said the collected cartons would be sent to Khatema Fibres, a local paper-mill for recycling. Khatema Fibres has been a recycling partner of Tetra Pak since 2013. Speaking about the initiative, Jaideep Gokhale, sustainability director, Tetra Pak South Asia, said, “At Tetra Pak, we have spent the past 16 years building a strong recycling ecosystem in India. Today over 40% cartons sold in…

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