This gives a summary of whether you can recycle the item in household collections, you can’t but can recycle the item another way, or you can’t recycle the item at all. Kitchen items are split between Food & Drink Packaging, Kitchenware, and White Goods & Electricals.
If you can’t find an item on here, then let me know and I’ll try to cover it! Happy recycling!
Food & Drink Packaging
If you want more details on how to prepare an item before recycling, or how to recycle items which can’t be recycled in household recycling, then check out the more detailed list here!
You can usually recycle in household collections:
– Drink cans
– Food tins (put lid inside the tin to avoid sharp edges)
– Biscuit tins and their lids
– Lids on glass bottles & jars
– Aluminium foil (scrunch into a ball)
– Aluminium foil trays (e.g. from take-aways)
– Aluminium tubes (e.g. tomato puree, remove plastic cap)
– Milk bottles
– Plastic pots (e.g. for yoghurt or soup)
– Food & drink cartons
You can usually recycle (but not in household collections):
– Food waste
– Plastic film packaging
You can’t normally recycle:
– Laminated foil
– Crisp packets
– Sweet wrappers
– Clingfilm
– Plastic film lids for trays and pots (e.g. yoghurt pot lids)
– Food & drink pouches
Kitchenware
You can usually recycle (but not in household collections):
– Saucepans
– Cutlery
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