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More info: [email protected] • 01904 411821St Nicks Environment Centre, Rawdon Ave., York YO10 3ST
Updated in October 2019 by St Nicks—a charity no. 1153739 registered as ‘Friends of St Nicholas Fields’.
* York Household Waste Recycling Centres are located in Hazel Court YO10 3DS and Towthorpe YO32 9ST.
Guide to recycling plastics in YorkIn theory most plastics are recyclable at least once but it is more complicated in practice. There are 7 main types and different grades of plastic. The Resin Identification Code system can help you identify them – check the number in the triangle usually found on packaging. However, whether you can recycle particular items depends on your local council and their recycling merchants. Please do remember to clean the materials and that reducing plastic use is even better than recycling.
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Type & name Recycled in York/where? May get recycled into...
Polythylene terephthalate
PETE or PET
all type 1 items (not just bottles) at kerbside or recycling banks
back into bottles for soft drinks, or turned into carpets, totebags and fibrefill stuffing for coats
High density polyethylene
HDPE
all type 2 items (not just bottles) at kerbside or recycling banks
lumber-like bars used in furniture, crates or fencing
Polyvinyl chloride
PVC
empty window frames at Household Waste Recycling Centres (HWRCs)*
not commonly but can be recycled into building & other materials
Low density polyethylene
LDPE
stretchy (e.g. bread, freezer or toilet roll pack) and carrier bags at supermarkets
lumber which can be made into a variety of items
Polypropylene
PP yoghurt pots; takeaway, margarine, confectionery & ice cream tubs at bring banks in the carparks of Sainsbury’s Foss Islands & Monks Cross
ice scrapers, battery cables and rakes
Polystyrene no very lightweight and costly to recycle; can be made into insulation
Other non-squashable hard plastic (e.g. garden furniture, broken toys and plastic boxes) at HWRCs*
new hard plastic items or rigid packaging
New from
October 2019
