Plastics Recycling

Trying to recycle your plastic can seem very complicated as there are over 50 different common household 'blends' of plastic.

If you have a green recycling wheelie bin, you can place all of your plastic bottles in this bin for recycling. If its bottle shaped and has a top, then you can recycle it via the green bin.

If you do not have a green bin, or wish to recycle more of your plastic packaging waste, please take them to one of the following recycling centres:

• Headless Cross (Shoppers Car Park)
• Tesco (Oakenshaw)
• Sainsbury’s (Enfield)
• Morrisons  (near Ipsley)
• B&Q (Smallwood)

What can we recycle here?

The following is an extract from posters on the plastic banks:

So we can continue to provide this service it is critical that

• all items are clean with no food waste remains
• no carrier bags are placed in this bank

YES PLEASE

• All household plastic bottles
• Yoghurt and soup pots
• Margarine tubs
• Coleslaw pots
• Fruit punnets i.e. strawberry packaging, tomato packs (the base container not the shrink wrapped plastic) and plastic meat trays
• General household food and drink semi-rigid plastic

NO THANK YOU

• Plastic bags – this is the worst thing to put in as the bags can block the vacuum that empties the banks and are not recycled
• Polystyrene
• Plastic film
• Clingfilm
• Chocolate and sweet packaging
• Magazine packaging
• Rigid plastic e.g. hair combs, plastic desk tidy, disposable cutlery, biro’s and felt tips
• Plastic pet food pouches
• Garden furniture or plant pots
• Plastic folders
• Plastic hangers
• Plastic children’s toys
• Old CD/video cases or floppy disks
• Laminated paper or photo’s
• Waxed cartons

For more details please call (01527) 534123 or email contact.centre@redditchbc.gov.uk.

Thank you for ‘doing your bit’!