Taco Bell Wants You To Mail Back Used Sauce Packets To Save The Planet
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In an attempt to do more for the planet, Taco Bell has launched a pilot program that encourages customers to send back their used sauce packets, so they can be recycled.
The company said that, currently, more than eight billion packets of its sauces get thrown into US landfills yearly, and it’s time to change that.
Fans of Taco Bell can sign up for an account here, accumulate their used sauce packets in a box, and print a free label to ship the box back to the fast-food chain via UPS.
This program, created in partnership with recycling company TerraCycle, won’t be accepting sauce packets from other establishments besides Taco Bell—so no sneaking your McDonald’s sauces in there.
Image via TerraCycle
Before you add your latest sauce packet to the collection box, be sure to remove as much of the leftover sauce as possible to prevent contamination with other recycled materials.
Additionally, it’s advised customers only ship their boxes when they’re full, so as to “minimize the transportation carbon footprint of this program.”
If this initiative ends up being a hit, we could see other fast-food chains come up with their own recycling programs.
Taco Bell still has plans to do more. As per Input, it is also planning for all its packaging to be recyclable, compostable, or reusable by 2025.
Image via TerraCycle
[via Input, cover image via TerraCycle]
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