Plastic plant pots

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.

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Bubble wrap and bags

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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Cans, tins & packs

All of the following can be recycled in your blue topped kerbside recycling bin.

• Aerosol cans – Deodorants, hair spray and air fresheners

• Biscuit tins – Metal and plastic biscuit tins and lids

• Blister packs – Plastic blister packs. Remember to check all the tablets are removed

• Cartons (including Tetra Pak cartons) – Fruit juice, long life milk, soup and smoothie cartons

• Envelopes – We can recycle window envelopes

• Plastic cups – If you do buy a takeaway coffee, remember that your plastic cup and the lid can be recycled in your blue top recycling bin

• Plastic bottles – Remove tops first, then recycle

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The exception to this list is the Jiffy bag. Please place any Jiffy bags in the rubbish bin please, or reuse.

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Large household waste

Large items such as furniture and white goods can be tricky to dispose of, especially if you don’t have access to a van.
Did you know that Mid Sussex District Council provides a collection and disposal service? It is a chargeable service. For details see: MSDC Waste Removal.

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