Hard Plastic

Hard plastic food containers

Guidance

Alias
plastic toys, hard plastics, Tupperware

Hard plastic items that are in good condition could be sold or donated for reuse or to charity.

You can now recycle your hard plastics at both Regis Road reuse and recycling centre and Hornsey Street reuse and recycling centre as part of a new trial.

The following hard plastics will be accepted:

  • Plastic buckets
  • Plastic drums/IBCs
  • Plastic bins
  • Laundry baskets
  • Plastic crates
  • Storage boxes/non-shatter
  • Wheelie bins
  • Plastic pallets
  • Garden furniture
  • Mortar tubs
  • Plastics cans
  • Plant pots
  • Bumpers

Items not accepted include:

  • Bollards
  • Plastic film
  • Traffic cones with feet
  • Stones
  • Soil and wood
  • Rubbish bags
  • Plastics with paint residue
  • White goods
  • Underfloor heating pipes
  • Car seats with textile
  • FIbreglass sheets
  • Garden hoses
  • Polystyrene
  • PET bottles
  • Cool boxes
  • Polycarbonate

Which reuse and recycling centre can I take it to?