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Stand up pouches

How to dispose of stand up pouches

Frozen fruit and vegetable pouches

Snack pouches

Coffee pouches and bags

Laundry detergent and pod pouches

Granola and cereal pouches

Examples of stand up pouches

  • Frozen fruit and vegetables
  • Cereal, granola and trail mix
  • Coffee
  • Shredded cheese
  • Dishwasher and laundry detergent pods
  • Dog food

  • Put into your black cart

Put all types of stand up pouches into your black cart as garbage.

Why can't this be recycled?

These pouches are “multi-material” packaging made up of more than one type of material. The pouches use many different layers of plastics, paper and foil to keep your products dry and fresh, but that also means these layers can’t be separated easily. Because of this, manufacturers are not currently able to recycle these mixed-material packages into new products.

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