Common use of Plastic Bottles Clause in Contracts

Plastic Bottles. Mixed plastics (plastic bottles and plastic pots, tubs and trays). • Food and drink cartons. • Food waste. • No list – items which should never be included in the recycling collection and can be applied to all materials as necessary. Guidelines for textiles and small WEEE will be published in spring 2017. Yes please No thanks • Newspapers and supplements. • Magazines, brochures and catalogues. • White paper (e.g. computer paper, letters). • Shredded paper. • Telephone directories. • Leaflets and flyers. • Envelopes - You can include those that have a window. Please remember: • Remove any plastic wrapping and free gifts from newspapers, magazines and flyers and put in the general rubbish. • Paper is one of the most valuable recyclable materials – but only when it is clean. • Paper that is stained/dirty with foodstuffs, grease, paint or dirt - Once soiled with grease, paper cannot be recycled because the fibres cannot be separated from the oils during the recycling process. • Hygiene/Sanitary products (i.e. nappies, wipes, sanitary towels etc.) • Used paper towels. • Tissues. • Cotton wool/make up pads. • Wet wipes. • Sticky papers (e.g. Post-it notes, sticky labels or paper tape). • Non-paper gift wrap (e.g. foil-based gift wrapping) or bags. • Crisp or sweet packets/wrappers. • Wallpaper and decoration paper. • Brown paper - This should be recycled with card because it causes brown flecks in new paper, resulting in whole loads of paper being rejected. Yes please No thanks All card from around the home, including: • Cardboard boxes (e.g. cereal boxes, dishwasher tablet boxes). • Corrugated cardboard. • Online delivery boxes and cardboard envelopes - Remove all plastic inserts and polystyrene, as well as packing tape. • Greetings cards without glitter - Tear off the glitter section, as well as any badges and batteries – the glitter cannot be removed and the recycled card has to be rejected. • Egg boxes. • Brown paper. • Card that is stained/dirty with foodstuffs, grease, paint or dirt (e.g. pizza boxes). - Once soiled with grease, paper and card cannot be recycled because the fibres cannot be separated from the oils during the recycling process. • Glitter covered greetings cards. No thanks – check for local recycling via either kerbside collections or bring bank collection points • Food and drink cartons.

Plastic Bottles.  Mixed plastics (plastic bottles and plastic pots, tubs and trays). •  Food and drink cartons. •  Food waste. • waste  Garden waste  No list – items which should never be included in the recycling collection and can be applied to all materials as necessary. Guidelines for textiles and small WEEE will be published in spring 2017. Yes please No thanks • - Newspapers and supplements. • - Magazines, brochures and catalogues. • - White paper (e.g. computer paper, letters). • Shredded paper. • - Telephone directories. • - Leaflets and flyers. • - Envelopes - You can include those that have a window. - Shredded paper*. * if paper is collected co-mingled with other materials, shredded paper may not be suitable for collection. Check with the MRF operator. Please remember: • - Remove any plastic wrapping and free gifts from newspapers, magazines and flyers and put in the general rubbish. • - Paper is one of the most valuable recyclable materials – but only when it is clean. •  Paper that is stained/dirty with foodstuffs, grease, paint or dirt - Once soiled with grease, paper cannot be recycled because the fibres cannot be separated from the oils during the recycling process. •  Hygiene/Sanitary products (i.e. nappies, wipes, sanitary towels etc.) •  Used paper towels. •  Tissues. •  Cotton wool/make up pads. •  Wet wipes. •  Sticky papers (e.g. Post-it notes, sticky labels or paper tape). •  Non-paper gift wrap (e.g. foil-based gift wrapping) or bags. •  Crisp or sweet packets/wrappers. •  Wallpaper and decoration paper. •  Brown paper - This should be recycled with card because it causes brown flecks in new paper, resulting in whole loads of paper being rejected. Yes please No thanks All card from around the home, including: •  Cardboard boxes (e.g. cereal boxes, dishwasher tablet boxes). •  Corrugated cardboard. •  Online delivery boxes and cardboard envelopes - Remove all plastic inserts and polystyrene, as well as packing tape. •  Greetings cards without glitter - Tear off the glitter section, as well as any badges and batteries – the glitter cannot be removed and the recycled card has to be rejected. •  Egg boxes. •  Brown paper. •  Card that is stained/dirty with foodstuffs, grease, paint or dirt (e.g. pizza boxes)dirt. - Once soiled with grease, paper and card cannot be recycled because the fibres cannot be separated from the oils during the recycling process. • - Please ensure that boxes are empty of food stuffs and other contaminants including polystyrene  Glitter covered greetings cards. No thanks – check for local recycling via either kerbside collections or bring bank collection points •  Food and drink cartons.