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Milk & Juice Cartons

Recycle Cart:

Cartons

Accepted:

All empty food and beverage cartons (aka: tetra pak)

Milk and juice cartons
Juice boxes
Soup and broth cartons
Ice cream cartons
RECYCLING TIPS

Rinse cartons then reattach the caps so they get recycled too.

Remove juice box straws and place them in the garbage.

Don't crush cartons. At the recycling facility, cartons are sorted by shape. If they're crushed, they may end up at the wrong place.
Where do Chicago's cartons go?

Most of the cartons collected in Chicago's Residential Blue Cart are recycled through partnerships with Lakeshore Recycling Systems and Fox River Fiber Mill - located in nearby De Pere, Wisconsin. (Reported by LRS in 2021)

also recyclable at:

City Recycling Drop Off Centers

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