What goes in your pink sack?

Plastic packaging

Please simply rinse these before placing in the pink sack.

Plastic Bottles - including bottle tops, simply squash bottle and replace

  soft drink bottles
  squash/cordial
  mouthwash
  milk bottles
  bleach
  cleaners (including trigger bottles)
  shampoo/shower gel
  yoghurt/pro-biotic drink (actimel, Yakult)
  medicine (take unused medicines to a pharmacy for disposal)

Plastic Trays

  meat (not polystyrene)
  fruit punnet
  salad tray
  sandwich container
  ready-meal tray
  take-away trays

Plastic pots and cases

  yoghurt (all types)
  margarine/butter tub
  vitamin pots
  sweet
  flower pots
  CD/DVD/VHS/cassette cases

Plastic we don't collect

  plastic bags
  plastic film (e.g. sweet wrappers, cling-film, shrink wrap etc)
  bubble wrap
  expanded polystyrene (e.g. fast food trays, packaging)
  crisp packets
  CDs/DVDs
  VHS or audio cassette
  paint pots
  coat-hangers
  other plastics (e.g. children’s toys, garden furniture, Tupperware)

food & drinks cans

Please simply rinse these before placing in the pink sack.

  all drink cans
  all food cans
  biscuit tins
  all aerosol spray cans (empty only)
  foil and foil containers

mixed paper & cardboard

If the cardboard does not fit in the pink sack this can be flattened and placed for collection under the pink sack

Paper

  newspaper & magazines
  unwanted mail & leaflets
  envelopes (all colours)
  window envelopes (no need to remove window)
  padded envelopes
  office paper
  shredded paper
  catalogues & telephone directories (all types)
  wrapping paper (not foil or ribbons)
  paper bags
  books (remove cover from hardback books)

Cardboard

all cardboard boxes (e.g. Corrugated, cereal, ready meal)
toilet & kitchen roll tubes
Christmas & Birthday cards
cardboard egg boxes
cigarette boxes
Beverage cartons & Cartons (e.g. juice, milk cartons etc)

Paper/Cardboard we don't collect

wall paper
sand paper
tissue paper
kitchen/toilet paper

Need more pink sacks?

All pink sacks are FREE. There is no limit to the amount of sacks you can have as we want you to recycle as much as possible, these can be collected from: Council Offices, Kiln Road, Benfleet Libraries at Canvey Island, Hadleigh, South Benfleet and Tarpots. Waterside Farm Sports Centre