<B>Joint Venture Launches Aseptic Carton Recycling</B>

Tetra Pak Canada Inc. and Atlantic Packaging Products Ltd. launched an aseptic carton recycling in Canada. This partnership will see Tetra Brik Aseptic cartons recycled into consumer paper products at Atlantic Packaging's mill in Scarborough, Ont.

Atlantic Packaging's retrofitted facility is now accepting Tetra Pak packaging from recycling programs in Ontario, Quebec and the Atlantic Provinces. The recycled paperboard -- which makes up 70 to 75 per cent of a Tetra Pak package -- will be used to make Atlantic's products such as paper towel and toilet tissue. The residual materials from the packages will be shipped to a plastics processor for plastic product applications.

"Today's announcement reinforces Atlantic Packaging's position as a leader in Canadian recycling," said Irving Granovsky, president, Atlantic Packaging. "Atlantic Packaging has been a pioneer in recycling since we began using recycled raw materials in the 1960s. Our commitment to producing paper products exclusively from 100 per cent recycled materials saves an estimated 9,300 trees each day."

Until the cartons are accepted in the Toronto blue box program, Toronto- area residents can drop off their Tetra Brik Aseptic cartons at four recycling depots where they will be baled and shipped to Atlantic Packaging.

Before this partnership with Atlantic Packaging was developed, Tetra Pak packages collected in recycling programs across Canada were shipped to facilities in the United States for recycling.

Currently, 56 per cent of households in Canada have access to recycling of Tetra Brik Aseptic cartons through curbside collection and deposit programs. Many additional municipalities in Eastern Canada have indicated they will be accepting the packaging by the end of this year and a Western Canada recycling solution is scheduled to launch in October.