Taco Bell to Give Sauce Packets a, ‘Spicier Second Life’, With New Recycling Program.
Taco Bell is partnering with recycling company TerraCycle to extend the short life of its signature sauce packets.
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TerraCycle is renowned for collecting, cleaning, melting down and remolding traditionally non-recyclable materials into hard plastic that can be used to create recycled products.
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According to Taco Bell’s press release, 8.2 billion sauce packets are used in the United States each year.
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Unfortunately, there’s no “widely available solution” for recycling condiment packets.
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That’s why Taco Bell is “thrilled to leverage the expertise” of TerraCycle to give its packets a “spicier second life that doesn’t involve a landfill.”.
Together, Taco Bell and TerraCycle will push the quick service industry by finally finding a way to recycle this type of product.
This effort takes us one step closer to keeping packets out of landfills ... , TerraCycle CEO Tom Szaky, via press release.
Details of Taco Bell’s recycling pilot program will be announced later this year.
Customer participation in the program will be easy and free.
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Taco Bell’s latest efforts are in line with its goal of making all consumer-facing packaging compostable, recyclable or reusable by 2025.
