Reduce, recycle, and reuse Taco Bell sauce packets? Taco Bell is working with TerraCycle, a company that helps other companies become more environmentally friendly and makes it possible to “reuse” their disposable sauce packs.
Taco Bell requires its customers to send their used sauce packaging by mail for recycling and reuse.
The sauce package is made of Polyethylene, This is a thermoplastic that accumulates in landfills in the United States. With more than 8.2 billion disposable sauce packets being discarded every year, Taco Bell hopes to do his part to help solve this environmental problem.
We know that you have a Sauce Packet stash.Taco Bell and @terracycle Working together so that fans can recycle their beloved packages. ♻️
— Taco Bell (@tacobell) September 9, 2021
The two companies are explaining how to send the sauce pack to reuse by displaying a QR code in the store sign up.
All you need to do is to save the data packets, put them in an envelope, print the free shipping label from Terracycle’s website, and deliver it to the mailbox.
“It sounds simple, but it’s important to remember to reduce our consumption habits first, then reuse the product as much as possible, and then recycle it,” said Missy Schaaphok, Taco Bell’s Director of Global Nutrition and Sustainability. Press release.
“We are very pleased that TerraCycle has provided us with a way to extend the life cycle of our iconic sauce pack as we re-evaluate the rest of the packaging kit.”
This move makes Taco Bell the first fast food restaurant to adopt a recycling program for its disposable food packaging.
TerraCycle helps other large companies become more environmentally friendly.its website Said that its global influence has 200 million people recycling, the company has recycled 7 billion tons of waste.
“Since our inception, TerraCycle has made the idea of eliminating waste as our mission and providing solutions for roadside items that are traditionally non-recyclable,” CEO Tom Szaky said in a press release.
“This unique recycling program not only highlights Taco Bell’s forward-looking thinking, but also marks a big step forward for the fast service industry towards more sustainable business practices.”
Taco Bell said that by 2025, it expects all consumer packaging to be recyclable, compostable or reusable.
