West Berkshire Council launches kerbside recycling for plastic tubes
Squeeze it, cap it, recycle it!
West Berkshire Council, in partnership with Veolia, is pleased to announce a new addition to its kerbside recycling service: plastic tubes can now be recycled from home as part of your regular collection.
This includes all toothpaste tubes both hard and flexible, cosmetic tubes and food tubes.
Some other examples include:
- Herb pastes
- Cake/biscuit icing tubes
- Hand creams
- Moisturisers
If it is hard or soft plastic and tube shaped - squeeze it, recycle it!
How to recycle your tubes correctly:
- Empty the tube completely - squeeze out any remaining product
- Leave the cap on - it can be recycled too
- Keep tubes flat, not rolled - rolling makes them smaller and harder to recover for recycling
Simply place your plastic tubes in the same container used to collect your plastic bottles, pots, tubs and trays, aerosols and tins/cans.
Councillor Stuart Gourley, Executive Member for Environment and Highways at West Berkshire Council, said:
"This is great news for residents and another simple way to recycle more at home, and keep even more items out of the black bin.
"Plastic tubes are something most of us use every day, so being able to pop them straight into the green recycling bag makes a real difference. It's all about keeping recycling easy, practical and effective, and working together to make the most of what we already recycle here in West Berkshire."
David Matthews, General Manager at Veolia West Berkshire, said:
"In partnership with West Berkshire Council, we're committed to helping everyone recycle as much as possible and recycling plastic tubes is another positive step forward. We continue to actively work with West Berkshire Council to identify solutions and implement improvements to expand the type of waste that residents can recycle from home."
For more information on recycling services and updates on future additions, visit: www.westberks.gov.uk/recyclingcollection
Let's make recycling simpler together!
Please note the only change to recycling collections right now is that you can recycle plastic tubes. Everything else stays the same.
