Mixed plastic packaging
Guidance
Most plastic packaging can be recycled in north London, please just empty and rinse items first.
Items that can be recycled
- Drinks bottles
- Cosmetics bottles e.g. shampoo or shower gel
- Standard cleaning product bottles e.g. washing up liquid
- Pots, tubs, trays and punnets
Items that cannot be recycled
- Plastic wrapping/film
- Brown plastic food trays
- Brown plastic plant pots
- Plastic toys
- Medicine blister packs
- Polystyrene
- Plastic food bags e.g. bread bags
- Plastic magazine wrapping
- Bottles containing strong chemicals e.g. anti-freeze
- Single-use plastic cutlery, plates and cups
- Triggers/pumps from plastic bottles
- Coat hangers
- Laminated plastic food/drink pouches e.g. baby food, cat food, or coffee pouches (but some of these can be recycled through TerraCycle)
- Toothpaste tubes (TerraCycle has a number of drop-off points for toothpaste tubes, toothbrushes and packaging)
- Crisp and sweet packets/wrappers (some manufacturers, such as Walkers, offer a free recycling scheme. TerraCycle has a number of drop-off points where crisp packets and biscuit wrappers can be recycled).