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Let’s take a look at all the things we can recycle.
Paper and Cardboard – boxes, flyers, letters, cards, window envelopes, tissue boxes, magazines
and cartons that hold liquids. Any small or shredded pieces of paper should be placed
inside an envelope or box to keep it together otherwise it can jam the sorting machines.
Glass – bottles, jars with the lids on no matter what they’re made of there are processes
for sorting the materials once they’re inside the sorting facility but when lids are loose
they find their way into all the wrong places. Don’t include glass cookware, drinking glasses,
lightbulbs, window or mirror glass - which are not recyclable. Often because they are
strong or temperature resistant and don’t melt properly in the furnaces which are used
for melting glass. Aluminium and steel – food cans, drink cans,
spray cans and baking foils. These must be clean and empty. Don’t include any other
steel or aluminium items. Scrap metals or metal household items must be disposed of
in other ways. Plastics – bottles or containers that you
find in your kitchen, bathroom or laundry. You can also recycle some meat trays now – check
the back as long as it’s not polystyrene code six you can rinse well and recycle. Always
keep the lids on after rinsing this keeps the plastic together and gets it to the right
place. Don’t include other plastic items from around the home or workplace. Only plastic
bottles and containers and some meat trays are recycled through your kerbside collection service