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Ways You Can Recycle

Learn more about what you can recycle and what happens to your waste materials after they are collected for recycling by selecting one of the materials below. 

Ways You Can Recycle

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Batteries

UK shoppers now have new and easy ways to recycle batteries...

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Cans

When you recycle your cans, they can be transformed into building materials, car parts or new cans...

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Cartons

When you recycle your food and drinks cartons, they can be transformed into new paper products. It is even possible to recycle the foil inner and plastic coating...

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Garden Waste

When you recycle your garden waste it is transformed into nutrient rich compost...

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Glass

When you recycle your glass bottles and jars, they can be transformed into a range of new products, including new glass bottles and jars, concrete paving, construction aggregate and golf course sand...

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Paper

When you recycle your paper, it can be transformed into new paper products, such as newspaper, packaging, stationery and tissue paper...

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Plastic Bottles

When you recycle your plastic bottles, they can be transformed into new plastic products, such as bin liners, compost bins, new bottles, and even fleece jackets...

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Textiles

You can recycle most types of textiles, as long as they are clean and dry...

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WEEE

Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) items that are in good condition are passed on to charities to be reused by others. Items that cannot be reused are stripped of valuable parts that can be reused and metals that can be recycled...

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