To recycle, or not to recycle (and how) - an A-Z guide

Flower pots belong with your RECYCLING.

Examples: Plastic plant pots. ceramic ones should be put in your refuse bin.

Please Remember: Please remove plants before recycling, the plants belong in the garden waste bin.

Foil trays belong with your RECYCLING.

Examples: Pie trays, take-away trays, and disposable BBQ trays.

Please Remember: Left-over liquid or food residue can contaminate other recyclables so please empty your containers. It does not need to be spotless, a quick rinse will do. Any disposable BBQ trays must be completely cool with any coal/ash removed before adding to your recycling container. Douse with cold water then leave overnight to cool completely.

Hints and Tips: Why not ask if your local take-away will put your food in your own reusable container?

Food and drink cartons belong with your RECYCLING.

Examples: Soup, milk, or juice cartons.

Please Remember: Leftover liquid or food residue can contaminate other recyclables so please empty and rinse your containers. It does not need to be spotless, a quick rinse will do.

Hints and Tips: Why not try a local milkman to deliver your milk in reusable glass bottles?

Food tins belong with your RECYCLING.

Examples: Baked bean, rice pudding, and tinned fruit cans.

Please Remember: Lids and labels can be left on, but leftover liquid or food residue can make other recyclables dirty, so please empty and rinse your containers before recycling. It does not need to be spotless, a quick rinse will do.

Facts:

• Recycling an aluminium can saves 95% of the energy needed to make a new one.
• Recycling a single aluminium can will save enough energy to power a TV for up to three hours.
• Cans are easy to recycle, each recycled can, could be back on shelves within 60 days.
• Recycling just one tonne of aluminium saves up to 9 tonnes of CO2 emissions.

Food waste belong in your FOOD WASTE POD.

Examples: Vegetable and fruit peelings, bones, meat, out of date produce, tea bags, or egg shells.

Please Remember: Food waste contaminates your recycling, and therefore will not be emptied if it contains food.

Hints and Tips: https://www.lovefoodhatewaste.com/

Facts:

• Recycling everything you could in your kitchen, could power a TV for six months, plenty of time to watch GOT!
• UK households create 7million tonnes of food waste each year, that’s a kilo of food for every person on the plant. This equates to £7.5billion worth of food waste.
• It is believed that 50% of all food waste is still edible, and could be ‘recycled’ through food banks, charities, and making animal feed.