Plastic bottles can be recycled in your kerbside recycling box. Remember to ‘wash and squash’ your bottles and remove the tops.
What plastic can be recycled?
We only accept plastic bottles. This includes:
- Fizzy drink bottles
- Cordial bottles
- Water bottles
- Milk bottles
- Detergent spray bottles
- Shampoo/conditioner bottles
- Ketchup bottles
- Liquid soap bottles
- Yoghurt drinks bottles (e.g. Actimel)
- Bleach bottles
- Talc bottles
- Shower gel bottles
If its plastic and its bottle shaped, we will collect it. If its not we wont.
What plastic can’t be recycled?
- Food trays
- Margarine tubs
- Yoghurt pots
- Any plastic which isn’t bottle shaped!
What happens to the plastic bottles?
It’s taken to a sorting facility in Wolverhampton then sent to UK manufacturers including Closed Loop Recycling in Dagenham and Jayplas in Loughborough, to be made into new plastic products such as compost bins, drainage pipes and even more plastic bottles.
Why recycle plastic bottles?
Recycling plastic bottles helps reduce landfill and also saves energy and reduces greenhouse gas emissions. Making new plastic is so energy intensive that by recycling just a tonne of plastic you prevent over a tonne and a half of CO2 emissions. Recycling a single plastic bottle saves enough energy to power a 60 watt light bulb for six hours.
Last updated 1 February 2012 Print this page