plastic trays (naturediet/nature’s harvest) problem with recycling

[*Nat*]

Well I certainly wouldn’t change to tinned food or most dry foods just because you can’t recycle the tray the better stuff comes in! Our council requests that no animal food packaging is put in for recycling so I guess it depends on your council as to whether they will recycle certain things!

[**Woofums**]

Mine get recycled as food dishes for Cat & Dog rescues.
I only use the tray type when I’m on holiday or travelling with the Dogs though…so I only have about 30-40 a year.

[fesses]

Just had confirmation from my council that this plastic is not recycled (by a company called integra) because.. to cut a long story short.. the plastic will go abroad and they are not in control of what happens to it.

Suggested to natuediet that they amend their statement on their site about trays being able to be recycled. Plus the company was hit with a fine in 2007 for not recycling its industrial waste… 

Not as environmentally friendly as I thought..

I am erring more towards fish4dogs now anyway.

[Sweetypye]

I do not use Naturediet but Natures Harvest; I put their trays in the recyclable bin at Sainsburys, they do not seem to have a problem with it.

[Diesel73]

quote :

to cut a long story short.. the plastic will go abroad and they are not in control of what happens to it.

Since when does anybody anywhere care what happens abroad when there is money involved?  ???

[justpetdogs]

Why not re-use them yourself?  Give ’em a good wash and stick them in the fridge/freezer with your leftovers and some cling film, they might make good seed-trays or slug traps, water bowls for the garden birds, containers for organising all the little bits-and-pieces that end up in everyone’s ‘junk’ drawers, etc.

(How sad am I?)  :embarrass:

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