<B>Aseptic Carton Recycling Grows in Canada</B>

Since this September 650 tons of aseptic cartons have been collected for recycling in Canada through an arrangement with the largest aseptic carton manufacturer and two Canadian paper companies.

Tetra Pak Canada, in partnership with Atlantic Packaging Products Ltd., Scarborough, Ontario, and Greencoast Papermill, a division of Crown Packaging, have been recycling the cartons through ambitious programs through most of Canada since this fall.

A total of about 59 million aseptic packages have been collected for recycling since the programs began.

Atlantic Packaging has been collecting the cartons from the eastern provinces since September. The paper company has been recycling the containers into paper towels and tissue products.

Greencoast, which started collecting the containers in October, has been recycling the aseptic containers into recycled paperboard products. The mill has been pulling the aseptic cartons from Alberta and British Columbia.

Before starting the partnerships with Atlantic Packaging and Greencoast, Tetra Pak cartons in Canada were collected and shipped to various facilities in the United States.