We want our packaging to have the lowest possible impact on the world around us.

We wouldn’t be able to have a 100% recycled plastic bottle if people didn’t recycle the plastic in the first place. So you could say that we’re big fans of recycling.  Here’s some info to help you recycle our smoothie packaging and maintain this virtuous loop.

250ml smoothies
The bottles are fully recyclable, so please pop them into your recycling bin when you¹re done with them.

1 litre cartons & Kids Wedge
Despite most people thinking otherwise, our cartons are recyclable. The issue is that not all UK councils currently recycle them, in the same way that most councils didn't take plastic bottles 5 years ago.

This situation is changing though - TetraPak have invested over £1.5m to support local authorities in setting up recycling and collection facilities, and are getting great results with up to 85% of all councils in the UK now providing some form of carton recycling facilities. You can read more about their efforts here.

To find out whether you can recycle beverage cartons in your area, visit tetrapakrecycling.co.uk and use the map to see if your council currently has a collection scheme.  If your council doesn't recycle Tetra Pak cartons, we've also got a letter you can send them to encourage them to start.

Asides from recycling, there are lots of other things that you can do with an empty carton, some ideas that we know about are:

• Cut the carton in half, fill it with soil and compost, and use it to grow herbs or flowers
• Wash it out, put some rice inside, put the cap back on, and you have an instant maraca,. Shake it.
• Make handbags and things.

Finding a recycling bank
Here's a clever thing - to find your nearest recycling bank for plastic, paper, glass and lots of other things, go to this website and enter your postcode, or text 'waste' and your postcode to 60060.

Or you can phone and ask your local authority about where to recycle any material - find the contact details of yours here.

If your council doesn't recycle Tetra Pak cartons, we've also got a letter you can send them to encourage them to start.

We hope this information helps answer some of your questions. As we said, we're far from perfect but we are pushing forward in this area more than any other company we know and we aim to get better and better. And if you've got any ideas about how we can do this, then please let us know at hello@innocentdrinks.co.uk.