Most types of paper can be recycled using your kerbside recycling box. All of the following can be included:

• Newspapers and magazines
• Comics, journals and periodicals
• Glossy magazines
• Mail order catalogues
• Paper bags
• Letters
• Leaflets
• Junk mail
• Coloured paper
• Stationery-type paper (e.g. letters, printer paper, school work)
• Post cards and Greetings cards
• Envelopes
• Telephone directories
• Brown paper
• Wrapping paper
• Yellow Pages

What paper can’t be recycled?

• Shredded paper
• Dirty paper such as tissues or chip wrappers
• Tetra pak type milk and juice cartons

What happens to the paper?

It’s taken to Shotton papermill near Chester to be made into newspapers.

Why should I recycle paper?

Not only does recycling paper reduce waste to landfill but recycling one tonne of paper saves enough electricity to run an average 3 bedroom house for one year! It also saves 30,000 litres of water and 95% of air pollution.

Kerbside paper collection

We provide kerbside paper collections for all homes in Shropshire.

Paper recycling banks

We also provide over 100 sites where you can take paper for recycling.

UPM paper recycling

All our paper gets recycled at our local paper mill in Shotton.

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