What's accepted - hard plastics
Hard plastic items accepted for recycling:
- Plastic storage containers
- Buckets and bins
- Plastic patio furniture
- Large children’s toys
- Plastic gutters, downpipes and utility pipes
- Wheelie bins
- Compost bins and water butts
- Car bumpers
- Traffic cones and barriers
Hard plastic items not permitted for recycling:
- No brittle plastics that shatter easily e.g. coat hangers, CD cases
- No upholstered plastics e.g. child car seats
- No empty containers of oil, grease, paint or chemicals
- No mastic tubes
- No video tapes, CDs, small children’s toys
- No empty food packaging e.g. plastic bottles, tubs, trays
- No fibreglass e.g. baths
- No rubber products e.g. hoses, matting, netting
- No electrical items
- No cables
- No general waste