What goes in your pink sack?
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What goes in your pink sack?
Put all these items in your pink sack together.
Plastic packaging
Put all these items in your pink sack together.
Please rinse these before placing in the pink sack - but why?
Plastic Bottles - including bottle tops, squash bottle and replace |
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soft drink bottles |
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squash/cordial |
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mouthwash |
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milk bottles |
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bleach |
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cleaners (including trigger bottles) |
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shampoo/shower gel |
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yoghurt/pro-biotic drink (actimel, Yakult) |
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medicine (take unused medicines to a pharmacy for disposal) |
Plastic Trays |
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meat (not polystyrene) |
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fruit punnet |
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salad tray |
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sandwich container |
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ready-meal tray |
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take-away trays |
Plastic pots and cases |
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yoghurt (all types) |
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margarine/butter tub |
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vitamin pots |
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sweet |
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flower pots |
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CD/DVD/VHS/cassette cases |
Plastic we don't collect |
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plastic bags |
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plastic film (e.g. sweet wrappers, cling-film, shrink wrap etc) |
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bubble wrap |
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expanded polystyrene (e.g. fast food trays, packaging) |
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crisp packets Alternative: Recycle with Terracycle |
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biscuit wrappers and similar |
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Cotton buds & cotton wool Alternative: try reusable face cloths? |
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Nappies Alternative: - try cloth nappies |
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CDs/DVDs |
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VHS or audio cassette |
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paint pots |
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coat-hangers |
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other plastics (e.g. children’s toys, garden furniture, Tupperware) |
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Food & drinks cans
Put all these items in your pink sack together.
Please rinse these items before placing in the pink sack - but why?
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all drink cans |
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all food cans |
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biscuit tins |
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all aerosol spray cans (empty only) |
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foil and foil containers |
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Mixed paper & cardboard
Put all these items in your pink sack together.
If the cardboard does not fit in the pink sack this can be flattened and placed under another pink sack.
Paper |
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newspaper & magazines |
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unwanted mail & leaflets |
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envelopes (all colours) |
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window envelopes (no need to remove window) |
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padded envelopes |
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office paper |
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shredded paper |
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catalogues & telephone directories (all types) |
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wrapping paper (not foil or ribbons) Check if accepted: Try the scrunch test |
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paper bags |
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books (remove cover from hardback books) |
Cardboard |
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all cardboard boxes (e.g. Corrugated, cereal, ready meal) |
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toilet & kitchen roll tubes |
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Christmas & Birthday cards - unless covered in glitter |
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cardboard egg boxes |
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cigarette boxes |
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Beverage cartons & Cartons (e.g. juice, milk cartons etc) |
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wall paper |
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sand paper |
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tissue paper |
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kitchen/toilet paper |
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All pink sacks are FREE and are available from: |
To download a guide on recycling pink sacks:
Pink Sack - how to....[pdf] 638KB
