Recycling plastics
Recycling plastics
You can recycle household plastics using your recycling bin, box or bag.
This includes:
- bottle tops
- kitchen bottles for example oil
- milk and drink bottles
- laundry or cleaning bottles
- plastic carrier bags that are empty and not tied
- margarine tubs
- food trays, all colours
- toiletry bottles for example shampoo
- yoghurt pots
Please make sure you:
- rinse and empty all containers
- put lids on plastic bottles but remove film lids on plastic pots, tubs and trays
You should not put these in your recycling:
- black rubbish bags
- fruit wrappings
- crisp and sweet packets
- nappies and sanitary items
- blister packaging (packaging that is usually sealed and needs to be cut off)
- expanded polystyrene (the kind of sturdy packaging for electrical goods)
- hard plastic items like garden furniture, buckets and bins
- polystyrene takeaway containers
- compostable plastic (food containers and bags)
- food pouches
- plastic face coverings and gloves (PPE)
Recycling carrier bags
The best thing to do with carrier bags is to reuse them as much as possible.
Most major supermarkets will now recycle soft plastics in store. This includes:
- carrier bags
- magazine wrappings
- bread bags