I wonder how many of you saw the Surrey Advertiser article in March about the new bins Waverley
has installed at key 'bring sites' for recycling plastics. The new bins are at Sainsbury's
Godalming and Farnham, Beacon Hill, Hindhead and Wey Hill, Haslemere.
The bins are for recycling plastic items (mostly food containers of some sort) which have
the symbols 1 to 6 in a small triangle or the letters PET, HDPE, PP or PS on the base.
Waverley has told me that not all items will have a symbol since it is up to the manufacturer
to mark them.
Here are the main items you can use these bins for:
- Plastic
bottles
- Yogurt pots
- Margarine tubs
- Ice cream tubs
- Microwavable tubs
- Plastic plant pots
- Plastic containers
- Plastic food trays
- Plastic lids/caps
The following
items must not be put in these bins:
- Plastic
bags, Bubble wrap, Cling film
It is important to note that if bins are full you should take your recycling
home and try another time. Bags of recycling left next to bins are taken to landfill because
they often become contaminated.
Well done Waverley - my rubbish is now reduced to one black bag instead of two!
Nicki Bates, Community Recycler
(01252 702 671)
