…i also had no idea aluminised tetrapacks were recyclable; always figured composite materials were dead-end landfill fodder…
(the changeover wasn’t entirely in the sixties, though: as a kid, we used to peel cartons open and scrape off the wax for craft projects clear into the early eighties; never realised the packaging had changed before the advent of plastic screw-tops)
…typically they’re coated with food-grade wax…
I don’t think so, seehttps://recyclecartons.com/faqs/
TIL!
…i also had no idea aluminised tetrapacks were recyclable; always figured composite materials were dead-end landfill fodder…
(the changeover wasn’t entirely in the sixties, though: as a kid, we used to peel cartons open and scrape off the wax for craft projects clear into the early eighties; never realised the packaging had changed before the advent of plastic screw-tops)