• A UK-based malting company has become the first in the industry to offer a recycling programme for the sacks used to transport malt, in partnership with TerraCycle®. 

• Recycling the waste malt sacks could keep over 70 tonnes of plastic out of landfills and incinerators each year. 

Premium malt manufacturer Crisp Malt has launched an industry-first partnership with TerraCycle, following strong customer demand for more sustainable disposal solutions in the sector. TerraCycle is an innovative waste management company that has become a global leader in collecting and recycling hard-to-recycle waste. The new partnership makes Crisp Malt the first major maltster to enable the collection, recycling, and repurposing of their used malt sacks in the UK. 

From today, Crisp Malt customers can purchase TerraCycle Zero Waste Boxes directly through the Crisp Malt sales or customer service teams. To celebrate this launch, the first 100 boxes will be offered at half-price. The Zero Waste Box™ is TerraCycle's innovative solution for storing, shipping and recycling various types of hard-to-recycle waste that are typically not recycled through local councils or traditional recycling facilities. Boxes purchased by Crisp Malt customers through the programme can be used to collect empty plastic malt sacks for recycling. A large Zero Waste Box can hold approximately 80-100 empty 25 kg malt sacks, and its all-inclusive cost of around £131 per box (excluding VAT) covers recycling, shipping, and handling fees. Additionally, Crisp Malt and TerraCycle are collaborating on an alternative option, which will offer bulk collections and recycling services with costs comparable to current disposal routes.

Ellie Wood, Sustainability Coordinator at Crisp Malt, said: 

"Many of our customers are moving towards more sustainable practices across all areas of their business. Our partnership with TerraCycle addresses the industry-wide challenge of used malt sack disposal. This initiative provides our customers with a simple solution to recycle their waste malt sacks, helping them meet their own 'zero waste' goals as well as helping us work towards our own 'zero waste' sustainability targets. If all our customers adopted this scheme, over 70 tonnes of plastic waste from sacks could be kept out of landfills and incinerators each year. Our partnership with TerraCycle provides our customers with a fully transparent and traceable sustainable waste management process. The Zero Waste Box programme is just the start - we are developing another option for our larger customers to offer bulk collections and recycling".