
Taco Bell will start reusing hot sauce packets
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Taco Bell's plastic sauce packets have a short life. After all, what else are you supposed to do with them after they're squeezed to death?
That's soon changing: The fast food chain is partnering with recycling company TerraCycle to give its packets a "spicier second life that doesn't involve a landfill," Taco Bell said in a press release. Taco Bell said that more than 8 billion sauce packets are used every year in the United States, a massive number that's potentially environmentally damaging. About 710 million metric tons of plastic will pollute the environment by 2040 if action isn't taken, according to a recent study published in "Science."More Related News