Can plastic plant pots be recycled at home?
Yes, they can from 1st June. Non-black plastic plant pots and trays with a minimum size of 40mm x 40mm can now be recycled in your blue top kerbside collection at home.
Please ensure that the plant pots are clean and dry (no soil or compost) and are placed in your recycling bin loose, not stacked inside each other.
Please do not throw in any made of PE, PET, or PP and these cannot be recycled.
Why do the plastic plant pots need to be clean?
All items placed in your recycling bin must be clean; shake out and remove any soil or compost from the plant pots, rinse, before recycling them. Plastic plant pots that have left over soil or compost can ruin the quality of other items in your recycling bin. This can then in turn spoil the recycling in the recycling lorries and at the materials recycling facility.
How else can plastic plant pots be recycled or reused?
Plastic plant pots are great for replanting in your garden or donating to community groups or gardens. They can also be recycled through garden centre take-back schemes in West Sussex (most major garden centres have a recycling/reuse point – ask in garden centre as they are not always in an obvious location). Also, B&Q have a plastic plant pot recycling scheme.