VILLAGE HALL TETRAPAK COLLECTIONS TO END IN JUNE
The Tetrapak recycling facility at Bawdsey Village Hall will draw to a close at the end of June.
The voluntary scheme which has operated for the past several years, has been run by volunteers who, every few weeks, take the bulk Tetrapak sacks to Foxhall Civic Amenity Site.
Tetrapak is a multi-composite material requiring complex separation processes for it to be recycled and only results in low grade recovered materials with limited resale values and few downstream uses. Considering the small volumes of material being captured, and the processing facilities being very few and far between, the environmental benefits of the current village operation are questionable as the economies and efficiency of a small scale scheme don’t stack up.
However we understand that East Suffolk Council will be expanding their door step recycling system to include Tetrapak in 2026.
In the meantime please either take you Tetrapak direct to Foxhall or other Civic Amenity Waste sites for bulk collection, or dispose of your Tetrapak cartons in your grey general waste bin (not your blue bin).