On Fri, 24 Jan 2020 22:44:09 +0000, alan_m
wrote:

On 24/01/2020 22:19, T i m wrote:

So the 8000 collection points across the country are all just empty
are they?

So far the total number of retuned crisp packets are equivalent to
around 1 days worth of UK production of crisps/packets.

So far.

Its very hard to find any information about how the packets are actually
recycled.

You could always contact Terracycle for more information?

https://www.terracycle.com/en-GB/contact-us

https://www.terracycle.com/en-GB/brigades/crisppacket

"Crisp multipack outer packaging is accepted. Please do not fold the
crisp packets into triangles.

Once collected, the crisp packets are separated by plastic type,
cleaned, and extruded into plastic pellets to make new recycled
products."

Cheers, T i m

p.s. It seems they are doing a lot more than just crisp packets (and
Tetra Paks):

This video gives a bit of an insight how Tetra Paks are preprocessed
and the things they are turned into (in India at least from 10 years
ago):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kzWv...ature=youtu.be