Terracycle has partnered with bakers felix and purina to create a free recycling programme for pet food plastic pouches and flexible plastic bags.
Cat food pouches recycling.
Foil trays tins hard plastics paper based food bags non pet food packaging any human food packaging most of the other types of pet foods foil tin paper.
Just enter the material and your zip code for a list.
Unlike the big brands purr and miaow wet food pouches are sugar free and only contain named ingredients.
For those that are interested in starting to recycle your pet food packaging with us we can accept the following.
Finally you can recycle pet food pouches.
The programme operates through a network of private and public drop off locations throughout the uk.
In order to recycle this waste stream properly please only send accepted packaging see accepted waste above.
It s time your cat got the food that they deserve.
Look for the how2recycle icon for help recycling any of our products.
You can also find out where to drop off specific materials in your area here.
We have partnered with terracycle to launch the pet food recycling programme a free recycling programme for your empty whiskas pouches and for other flexible plastic dry food and treat packaging.
How to recycle your cat food pouches 6th january 2020 6th january 2020 xgemx 0 comments cat collection food mums advice plastic sachets waste if an average cat has 2 sachets of wet food a day that means that cat goes through 730 plastic sachets a year and sadly most of those sachets aren t widely recyclable.
Please make sure all excess product has been removed i e.
Through the free nationwide programme you can now recycle any of your pet food packaging into new products and prevent them from ending up in.
But they re utterly spoiled and instead you buy them.
Plastic wet food pouches and plastic dry food bags.
When we had four cats we used to feed them cat food from cans a can per day between the four of them as a treat alongside unlimited dry biscuits but after losing two of them cans were resulting in too much food waste and we had to switch onto pouches.
Terracycles pet food recycling programme allows users to recycle all pet food plastic pouches flexible plastic bags.
First you must sign up to take full advantage of the terracycle programmes but it s completely free.
You can drop off your pet food packaging across selected cats protection centres and charity shops.
Always check with your local waste hauler or community recycling center to verify a specific material is acceptable for single stream recycling.
The wet food subscription is for people looking to feed wet food pouches only.