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Page 1: KNOW YOUR PLACE!...bubble wrap and blister packs (e.g paracetamol packets) Crisps, sweet and biscuit wrappers, pet food pouches and plastic film Carrier bags Don’t forget to also

KNOW YOUR PLACE!LOOK INSIDE TO

DISCOVER ALL THE PLASTICS YOU CAN RECYCLE AROUND

YOUR HOME

How much plastic can you recycle?www.north-herts.gov.uk

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Washing products

Food trays and containers

Health and beauty

Bottles

Cleaning products

Garden and garage

Below you will find information on what plastics you can recycle in your mixed recycling bin, along with cardboard, cartons, glass, tins, cans, aerosols and clean foil.

In your mixed recycling bin at home The following plastics cannot be recycledPlease put them into your purple bin

Polystyrene, fruit nets, bubble wrap and blister packs

(e.g paracetamol packets)

Crisps, sweet and biscuit wrappers, pet food pouches

and plastic film

Carrier bags

Don’t forget to also recycle cardboard, cartons, glass, cans, aerosols and clean foil!

Please don’t put plastic carrier bags

into your mixed recycling bin. Most local supermarkets

offer plastic bag recycling facilities.

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Why not? Putting these types of plastics in the recycling can cause problems with the machinery at the recycling centre. This might mean that all the recycling can’t be recycled and will end up in landfill.

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You can recycle the following plastics and moreat your local Household Waste Recycling Centre

We collect textiles from your kerbside. This includes all clothing, paired shoes, handbags,

bed linen, curtains and towels, but NOT duvets and pillows. Please place your textiles in plastic bags (not black bags)

tied up at the side of your mixed recycling bin.

Don’t forget you canrecycle Textiles too!

Hard plastics from the home...

Plastic toys

...and garden

Please don’t putthese in your mixed

recycling bin!

For more information on locations and opening times of your nearest Household Waste Recycling Centre visit: www.wasteaware.org.uk

www.north-herts.gov.uk@NorthHertsDC


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