Waste milk box can also be a business opportunity? Xiamen entrepreneurs recycle Tetra Pak milk box

Shen Liqiao (Left) introduced the milk box recycling method. Correspondent Liu Xiaodong

[Chinese Packaging Network News] "Drinking milk, the box is useful?" Xiang An Shen Li Qiao focus on recycling Tetra Pak milk box for almost 3 years, can be said to save the milk box "get up to Shangda".

Discover the opportunities for discarded milk cartons

Shen Li Qiao is a post-Xiang village in Xiang'an. In 2012, she had a chance to let her know that Tetra Pak was recyclable. "At the time, Yinlu Group had more than 100 tons of milk boxes asking me if I could recycle them."

It turns out that Tetra Pak milk cartons are made of recycled “green materials” such as paper, aluminum foil and polyethylene plastic. After processing by a professional manufacturer, the abandoned milk box can produce a large number of daily necessities and industrial materials such as recycled paper, flooring, trash cans, hangers, table tennis bats, trays, envelopes, desks, garden fences, and park wooden bridges. Recycling waste milk cartons can protect many trees from felling.

Shen Liqiao quickly found a factory that could perform secondary processing on the island and the price was also discussed. When she took more than 100 tons of goods, the other party said that the milk box was not completely packed and contained moisture, and the price had to drop by forty-five percent. Although the first single did not make money, Shen Liqiao still optimistic about this market.

Launching the university to generate "Shang Shang Da Ren"

On July 2, 2014, Shen Liqiao established Xiamen City Green Environmental Protection Technology Co., Ltd. Now, she can recycle one to two hundred tons of Tetra Pak from drink companies such as Yinlu, Huierkang and Zhonglv, and recycle the cleaned products even to India.

“Recycling and utilization of resources and reducing pollution and waste are the ultimate significance.” For this reason, Shen Liqiao initiated a large number of university students including Xiamen University, Jimei University and Huaqiao University.

“Usually, I will sponsor some activities or gifts in the campus activities. Students will help me design posters and flyers and distribute them on campus.” She said that in April each year, the company will hold a trollee at the university. In the creative competition, students use the collected Tetra Pak to create a variety of interesting works. The wonderful ideas of the university students made Shen Liqiao more and more confident in the future of environmental protection.