Plastic pots, tubs and trays as well as foil and cartons recycling now available across the re3 area
re3, the waste management partnership for Bracknell Forest, Reading and Wokingham Borough Councils is pleased to announce a significant enhancement to the recycling collection service for its residents.
As of today, household plastic pots, tubs, trays, clean foil, foil trays and food or drink cartons are accepted as part of the kerbside recycling collections across the re3 area. It means that items such as fruit or vegetables punnets, ready meal trays (as long as they are not black), yoghurt pots, margarine tubs, cosmetic pots, foil trays used in takeaways or juice cartons can be placed in the recycling container. To ease the recycling process, residents are kindly asked to quickly wash items to clean off any food and squash them to free up space in the container. The councils will continue to collect paper, cardboard, tins, cans, plastic bottles and aerosols.
Below is a full list of items that can be currently recycled in the re3 area:
- Plastic pots, tubs and trays – NEW
- Cartons from food and drinks – NEW
- Clean foil and foil trays – NE
- Plastic bottles
- Newspapers, magazines, paper and junk mail
- Paper and cardboard
- Tins and cans
- Aerosols
There are still some plastic items that you can’t add to your household recycling collections. These include:
- Black plastic pots, tubs or trays
- Plastic carrier bags, including bin liners
- Plastic film
- Bubble wrap
- Polystyrene
- Plant pots
- Plastic toys or plastic furniture
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