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Picnic Tables Made Of Sauce Packets Unveiled In Mercer County

The picnic tables were made from empty and used sauce packets that were dropped off at various Taco Bell locations in Mercer County.
Jun 21, 2022 12:00 PM ET
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a group of people cut a ribbon over a picnic table outside
The unveiling of the new picnic tables at Trenton Thunder Ballpark. (Dara Rackley, TerraCycle) Photo courtesy of Patch.com

Originally published on Patch.com

By Sarah Salvadore

Four picnic tables made of recycled sauce packets were recently unveiled In Mercer County. The tables are the product of an initiative by Taco Bell and TerraCycle. The empty and used sauce packets were dropped off at various Taco Bell locations. From there they were sent to TerraCycle to be cleaned, melted into hard plastic and remolded into picnic tables.

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