Plastic
See below for lists of plastic items you can or can't recycle.
What you can't recycle from home
You can't put these plastics in your recycling container - they must go in the same bin as your rubbish:
- Bio-degradable and degradable bags
- Black sacks
- Blister packs
- Bubble Wrap
- CD and DVD cases
- Cellophane
- Foil balloons
- Foil-lined packets (sweet wrappers and crisp packets)
- Laminated paper
- Plastic coat hangers
- Plastic film wrap (also known as flexible wrapping or soft plastic wrap which is used to wrap bread, fresh salad, dried foods and microwave meals)
- Plastic flower pots
- Plastic storage boxes
- Polystyrene/styrofoam (packaging trays, beads and disposable coffee cups)
- Toothpaste tubes
- Tupperware containers