Plastic waste

1. Reusable drinks bottle

2. Reusable shopping bag rather than carrier bag

3. Reusable coffee cup (or drink in!)

4. Beeswax wraps instead of cling film

5. Bulk cook and freeze food in tubs rather than ready meal trays

6. Reusable cloth bags instead of plastic bags for buying fruit and veg

7. Metal or toughened glass cleanable straw rather than plastic (or say no!)

8. Reusable tubs with lids instead of cling film

9. Reusable razor instead of disposables

10.  Carry your own cutlery instead of accepting disposables

• Plastic drinks bottles (wash, squash and pop the bottle tops back on)
• Washing and cleaning containers
• Food trays (including black plastic trays)
• Health and beauty containers (such as shampoo bottles)
• Garden and garage containers (always check the label to make sure you dispose of hazardous waste responsibly)

Hard plastics are not accepted for recycling in your kerbside recycling collection.

Unfortunately, we are not able to recycle rigid plastics at Suffolk Recycling Centres at this time. However, we are currently searching for suitable off-takers for this material.

Hard plastics are currently being mixed with non-recyclable waste for disposal at Suffolk’s energy from waste facility, where it will be used as fuel to generate electricity.

• Hard plastic items from home (such as dustpans)
• Hard plastic items from the garden (such as buckets and watering cans)
• Hard plastic toys

• Polystyrene
• Fruit nets
• Pill pouches
• Blister packs
• Crisp, sweet and biscuit wrappers
• Pet food pouches
• Carrier bags and plastic bags (though they may be accepted at some large supermarkets - please check beforehand)

Some of the above items can be recycled through supermarket and other recycling schemes. Please check the Recycle Now locator to see if there are any options near you.