Bubble wrap is made of the same type of plastic as plastic carrier bags and so can be taken to the carrier bag bin in Co-op, Marks and Spencers, or Waitrose, and you will no longer need to put then into your black bin. A simple routine of a bag to pop it into and drop off before you start shopping.

Note: As of November 2023, Sainsburys, Haywards Heath will no longer be accepting soft plastics for recycling. They will still offer the recycling of plastic hangers, batteries, cosmetics, and water filters.

I don’t think everyone is aware of this. Carrier bag bins (at supermarkets) can recycle so many more plastic items, such as:

• Plastic carrier bags

• Plastic bread bags (shake out)

• Plastic cereal bags (like porridge oats bags, not inners from boxes of cereals, although some are recyclable - check the label)

• Plastic wrappers and ring joiners from multipacks of cans

• Toilet roll and kitchen roll plastic wrappers

• Plastic freezer bags

• Plastic magazine and newspaper wrappers (from your letterbox post)

• Fruit and veg supermarket bags

• Bubble wrap

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