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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 5 years, 4 months ago
“’When Tetra Pak came to Vietnam in 1994, drinking milk was almost non-existent,’ says the company’s in-country spokesperson, Ta Bao Long. ‘It was always just sweetened condensed milk … which was given to babies and ill people. We had to educate the customers about the convenience and safety of drinking milk from a portable, disposable carton.’”
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/dec/09/billions-discarded-tetra-pak-cover-vietnams-beaches-townsHow billions of discarded Tetra Paks cover Vietnam's beaches and townsMore than 8bn Tetra Paks are sold every year in Vietnam – and only a few percent are recycled. It’s having a devastating effect on the environment