Project Proposal-Tetra-Pak UP
Project Proposal-Tetra-Pak UP
Project Proposal-Tetra-Pak UP
1 Introduction
Growing populations, rising incomes, and changing lifestyles contribute to severe waste
management problems in many urban centers around the world (UNEP-IETC HIID 1996). In
environmental problems that affect the health of humans and animals and cause economic and
welfare losses. These impacts take the form of contamination of surface and ground water
through leachate, soil contamination, air pollution through open air incineration of waste, and
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In response to corporate commitments to environmental sustainability, along with new legal
requirements on waste management, several large firms in Zimbabwe are looking at ways to
reduce the waste created from the discarded packaging of their products.
The selection of the most optimal waste management method and technology depends among
other on local conditions such as transport distances, collection systems, markets for the
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• Initiating education programs at local primary schools to collect used milk cartons for
recycling
• Establishing a Carton Collection Network that links scavengers, recyclers and buyers,
with the aim to ensure a continuous supply of discarded aseptic cartons to recycling
plants
Tetra Pak packing paper was first recycled in Bandung, West Java, in 2004.
This Research project responds to the recycling of aseptic cartons in Zimbabwe meeting
paper shortage at Greif. The research will explore the costs and benefits of recycling aseptic
cartons
Research questions
Can we recover more than 70% of paper in Tetra Pak materials, what is the quality of the pulp
and the methods implemented to separate paperboard, thin layer of plastic and aluminium
Objectives
% loss =9%
% Recovery =91%
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70% of Paper recovered = 21 g
RECYCLING COST
Item Cost(US/YR)
Electricity 1398
Water 1000
Repairs 419
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Purchase of raw material
RECYCLING BENEFITS
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Methodology
1. Recycling data collection and analysis: This data will be used to determine the real cost
inspecting, sorting and disposing aseptic cartons from existing collection centers to Van
leer, and the current monthly volume of collected aseptic cartons, will be sought from van
leer.
2. Cost Benefit Analysis (CBA): The CBA will assess the costs and benefits of recycling
aseptic cartons
study..
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References
Tetra Pak (2008). "Recycling Technologies." Retrieved September 10, 2008, from
http://www.tetrapak.com/environment/recycling_and_recovery/recycling_technologies/Pages/
default.aspx.
Tetra Pak (2008). "Tetra Pak Group Markets." Retrieved July 22, 2008, from
http://markets.tetrapak.com/environmentalperformance/content/frset_main.asp?navid=146.
Tetra Pak Canada (2006). "Environmental Focus." Retrieved September 28, 2008, from
http://www.tetrapak.ca/email/enviro-images-sept/english.html.
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