NORTHAMPTON, MA / ACCESS Newswire / November 18, 2025 / Fifteen years ago, many food and beverage cartons ended up in the trash. At the time, most recycling programs didn't accept them, consumers didn ...

As communities across the United States struggle to find new end markets for recyclables affected by China’s import restrictions, one commodity is bucking the trend: food and beverage cartons.

Scoot over, cans; cartons are moving in on your shelf space. Specifically, the soft, light rectangular containers commonly associated with juice boxes — "aseptic cartons" to the carton literati. "They ...

The recycling and solid waste management firm Rumpke, headquartered in Cincinnati, has added aceptic cartons to the materials it accepts throught its residential and commercial recycling programs. The ...

SB 343 is slated to take effect in October. Carton advocates and environmental groups disagree over future markets and labeling for the material.

Austinites, hold onto your milk cartons. An expansion of the city's recycling program makes it possible to include food and beverage cartons and coated paper products in the blue curbside bins.

A battle has been waging in Sacramento over whether beverage cartons — the ones used for milk, juice, broth, wine, even egg whites — should get the coveted chasing arrows recycling label. Earlier this ...