You can recycle Jalna Yoghourt Tubs & Lids

Jalna Dairy Foods’ vision to produce nutritious foods in a healthy environment extends to a concern for sustainability. Jalna’s distinctive packaging – unlike most yoghourt tubs - can be recycled.

Confusion about what can be recycled as more local councils introduce recycling bins means many households are not recycling Jalna yoghourt tubs and lids, even though they are accepted.

Jalna Dairy Foods is one of the few dairy companies to use recyclable plastics in packaging, so they can be collected for conversion to non-food containers, saving land fill sites and generally conserving energy, according to John Schofield, Quality Assurance Manager, Jalna Dairy Foods.

Environmentally sustainable

“Jalna use food-grade HDPE plastic to make Jalna yoghourt tubs,” says John Schofield. “These bear the embossed recyclable symbol “2”. LDPE plastic is used to make Jalna lids and these carry the embossed “4” recycle symbol. Our tubs and lids can all be recycled.

“While most yoghourt producers don’t use recyclable containers, Jalna is committed to producing healthy dairy foods in an environmentally sustainable manner, and we want to encourage households to recycle Jalna yoghourt tubs and lids.

“The confusion arose as many margarine, ice cream and yoghourt tubs are made from non-recyclable plastics, so these products were identified in information about recycling as needing to be excluded when households recycled their waste. But all Jalna Yoghourt tubs plus their lids can safely be added to recycling bins,” John Schofield advises.

Australian Packaging Covenant

Jalna Dairy Foods has supported the Australian Packaging Covenant from its inception (Mk 1) up to the current Covenant, continuing its support on an ongoing basis, contributing to the covenants goals and achievements to date, according to Campbell McLaren, Jalna Managing Director.

"Jalna Dairy Foods is committed to reducing the amount of post-consumer materials sent to landfill by adopting environmentally-sound principles," said Campbell McLaren. "Jalna continues to partner with suppliers and customers alike to provide innovative and sustainable packaging, limiting environmental impacts."

Click here to read the Jalna Australian Packaging Covenant Action Plan.