• How Do I Go About Setting Up Carton Recycling For My School?

    Follow the steps below to get one or more quotes for your collection:

    1. Click on the link to the interactive schools and business recycling map
    2. Find out if your area has a contractor by clicking on the area of the country your school is in. (To find out which District Council your school is in, use the direct.gov website.)
    3. If there is a contractor able to collect cartons from schools in your area, their name(s) will be displayed on the right hand side of the map.
    4. Click on the link by the contractor(s) name(s) and follow the instructions to contact them for a quote. Please ensure that you provide them with all the required information.

    The contractor will then provide you with a quote.
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    2. Set up collection

    If you are happy with the quote, follow the instructions in the quote to set up your collection.

    3. The contractor

    Once you have set up your collection, the contractor will provide you with everything you need, including appropriate containers and information about the scheme. more info…

    4. Any questions?

    If you have any questions about how to set up a service or how to recycle cartons from your school, please consult the Frequently Asked Questions page before you contact the contractor. Your questions may already be answered there.

    We are proud of the service we have facilitated, but please note that this is not a service provided by us. It is provided by the contactors that we use for the household collections.
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    What if my area does not have a service yet?

    We are really excited by the progress so far, but there are still a few areas not yet serviced by this scheme. We are working hard with contractors to collect cartons from schools in the remaining parts of the country. If there is not a contractor collecting cartons in your area, please contact us on recyclingofficer.uk@tetrapak.com. Please make sure you include the name of the district council where your school is based. We will store your information on our database until we have a contractor for your area and then we will email you an update.

    Why do I have to pay for my collection?
    Schools waste is not treated the same way as the waste from your home. The Government calls it ‘household waste for which a charge may be made’. This is why schools normally have to pay for their recycling to be collected and also why your council is responsible for collecting your waste. You cannot put school’s waste into our Local Authority bring banks because they are only for ‘non charged for household waste’, like the waste from your home.
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    Want to know more about Phase 2?

      If you:
    1. are keen to set up a collection, and are going to do it now, but also want to know more about Phase Two when it is ready;
    2. want to wait to set up your collection until Phase Two is ready;

    then, please drop us an email to let us know which of the above you are doing. We will store your information and contact you to tell you when Phase Two is ready and where to find the information.

    Please remember that Phase Two involves undertaking a significant amount of work and it will take us, at the minimum, several months to complete.
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    If you have any further questions or cannot find what you are looking for, try our Schools FAQs page. You will find information about using the service, emptying and flattening cartons, dealing with any problems, and more