Beverage Cartons Recycling

Hong Kong disposed about 43,000 tonnes of drink cartons each year, equivalent the areas of 6,179 football pitches. There are two types of drink carton: one comprises paper, plastic and aluminium, the other comprises paper and plastic only. All the materials are recyclable and drink cartons are recycled in many countries. For example, Japan, Taiwan and mainland China have recycling rates of 45%, 30% and 10%, respectively.

Mil Mill is the first pulp mill and education center that recycle beverage cartons in Hong Kong. It can able to process 10 tonnes of beverage cartons daily, and convert them into paper pulp.