Do you know that you are throwing the carton of milk the wrong way?

In fact, the milk carton is not only made of paper, so don't be fooled by throwing the carton of milk along with paper or cardboard.

" Many people do not know how to throw milk boxes properly " is the affirmation of Business Insider reporter after seeing 3 boxes of paper milk thrown in a garbage bin for paper and cardboard in paper my room.

Never throw away such carton of milk cartons!

Not only employees in this case but certainly many of us still throw away the paper milk cartons (carton, but need to distinguish it from the type of cardboard we used to pack) like this. In the trash for paper and cardboard.

However, in fact, the milk carton is not only made of paper. In the official document of the Carton Packaging Association (Carton Council, the main organization in the production of carton paper in the US), specify:

" Carton is mainly made of paper, in addition it has a thin layer made of polyethylene (a kind of thermoplastic) or plastic (plastic). Some types of carton used for long-term preservation, stable (Shelf- stable) there is also an aluminum layer, so a carton of milk carton should be recycled with plastic, metal and glass boxes, which will then be separately sorted and processed at recycling facilities . "

Thus, for easy sorting and recycling, it is best to throw the carton of milk carton into a sorting bin for plastic, metal and glass as instructed above. In addition, you do not need to clean the carton (if not important smell), as well as do not need to press the carton flat before throwing away because recycling systems will easily classify the carton if it is in the right shape.