Recycling - Blue bin

Soft plastics recycling

You can take soft plastics to some supermarkets that offer in store collections. 

Soft plastics include:

• plastic carrier bags
• bread bags
• bags from dried goods such as cereal, pasta, rice, and pulses, etc
• crisp packets
• salad bags
• cling film and the clear film used to wrap meat, fish, fruit and vegetables
• pet food pouches
• baby food pouches
• biscuit wrappers
• sweet wrappers
• cheese wrap
• fruit and vegetable nets
• plastic toilet roll and kitchen paper wrapping

If you’re not sure if an item is 'soft plastic', a simple test is to scrunch it up. If it pings back, it’s probably soft plastic.

Plastic bottles, tubs, pots and trays should still go in your blue bin.