Pouches!

I thought this was going to be a complaint about the increasing use of pouches too and the fact that they may not be recyclable.

What is wrong with pet food coming in tins? As far as I know aluminium cans are recycled, are easy to wash out (essential) and there were recent reports that there was a shortage of tin cans resulting in shortages of some foods.

It seems to make sense to me but it may not be that simple.

LindaPat

Try

www.terracycle.com/en-GB/brigades/petfood-uk

Mars and Purina are working with Tetracycle on this. Click on the arrow in the left bar for a list of participants to see if there's one near you.

Early
Thanks for the suggestion. I did try this avenue a while ago, but the only place for collection near me is an RSPCA charity shop, with no parking nearby. Bit of a faff too, as you have to contact a representative for details of when you can leave the pouches at the shop, not as simple as turning up and putting them in a bin.

But thanks for the suggestion. Take care xx

LindaPat

I have been trying for ages to find somewhere local to recycle our pet food pouches. Most of the larger supermarkets say they recycle them, but when you get there - they don't.

This week I have tried Tesco, Co-op and Sainsburys, no luck. Maybe it's down to the individual store manager?

Latest place I have found is Pets at Home, so I am going to try there tomorrow. Wish me luck!

The Co-op recycling bins are dark grey with a blue lid. I have seen them outside their stores as well as other shops. They look rather like a litter bin, so perhaps you have missed them. I dropped off a bag full of pouches when on my walk this morning.

In my area only certain branches of Coop have the pouch/plastic recycling bins. I assume that’s because not every branch has room for them. The shop on our high street is very small and there’s no outside area so there’s nowhere to put a bin. Otoh, a newish branch on the other side of town has its own car park so they can easily accommodate a bin.

The Coop did have a list of which branches had recycling facilities.

I can only get to one supermarket and it’s not the Co-Op. We do have a fill-your-own-containers shop but it’s 100%organic and extremely expensive. I’d love to support organic farming but not while everything costs two or three times as much as in Waitrose.

I am just back from Sainbury’s, which I don’t visit often as it’s quite a hike for us. I noticed they now have a collection point for pouches and soft plastics.