Plastic trays

These items can be placed in your blue bin or brought along to one of our recycling centres.

Increasingly, plastic packaging such as pots, tubs and trays are being accepted as part of household recycling schemes.

Yoghurt pots
Food 'pots / tubs' for soup, noodles and cakes
Tubs containing cleaning products like stain remover and detergent
Meat trays
Margarine tubs
Ready-meal containers
Punnet style containers that hold fruit / vegetables, such as mushrooms or grapes
Hair gel containers
Pots containing facial or body creams

How to recycle

Give items a quick rinse using your left-over washing up water
Squash / flatten (where appropriate) - it saves space in your recycling bin!
Do not include plastic film lids or clingfilm

Note

Other types of plastic pots and tubs, such as flower pots, cannot be recycled at home: however you can sometimes recycle them at household waste and recycling centres. The best option for these types of tubs is to find a keen gardener who might be able to re-use them!