Meet Tetra Pak, the most maddening piece of packaging in your kitchen - Tech News Digest

Sunday, 3 November 2019

Meet Tetra Pak, the most maddening piece of packaging in your kitchen

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My adventures in the deep, dark underworld of Tetra Pak cartons began with a simple question: Which recycling bin do I put this thing in? 

Like many of us, I once lived my life blissfully unaware of the fact that I am surrounded at all times by that strange hybrid species of packaging known as the Tetra Pak. The privately-held international conglomerate that makes them, also called Tetra Pak, is the biggest packaging company you've never heard of. In fact, it's the biggest packaging company in the world, period, with nearly $13 billion in annual sales.  Read more...

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