What goes in your pink sack?

Pink Sack Recycling

Plastics you can recycle

Plastic Items we collect

Please rinse these before placing all these items in your pink sack together - but why?

Plastic Bottles - including bottle tops, 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) Alternative: try reusable wraps
bubble wrap
expanded polystyrene (e.g. fast food trays, packaging)
crisp packets Alternative: Recycle with Terracycle
biscuit wrappers and similar
Cotton buds & cotton wool Alternative: try reusable face cloths?
Nappies Alternative: - try cloth nappies
CDs/DVDs
VHS or audio cassette
paint pots
coat-hangers
other plastics (e.g. children’s toys, garden furniture, Tupperware)

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Cans you can recycle

Food & drinks cans we collect

Please rinse these items before placing in the pink sack - but why?

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

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