The Christmas and New Year period often produces a significant amount of excess waste, more so than many other times of the year. Everyone at Binn Group would like to ensure that we minimise any unnecessary Christmas and New Year waste going to landfill, ensuring we recycle as much as possible. Please find below an extract of an article from resource.com regarding what common Christmas and New Year products can and cannot be recycled.
Wrapping paper
Check on your council’s website to see if it accepts wrapping paper – if so, follow the scrunch test! If it stays scrunched up it can be recycled – if not, put it in the general waste bin.
Remove sellotape before recycling.
Consider saving your wrapping paper so that you can reuse it next year.
Cardboard
Chances are, despite your best efforts, you still had to revert to the internet to finish off your Christmas shopping. We use around 300,000 tonnes of card packaging every Christmas (the equivalent of two million reindeer) – make sure all your boxes make it into the recycling.
A lovely card, but those sequins could be a problem
Christmas cards
Easily recyclable unless they have glitter on.
Plastic packaging
Getting rid of all the cases, bottles, boxes and so on can get tricky. Recycling symbols on packaging show what can usually be recycled and you’ll have to check your council’s website if you’re unsure about what types of plastic they collect. All clear and coloured plastic bottles from the home can usually be recycled, including bleach products.
Food waste
After making the most of your inevitable leftovers with some creative cooking (bubble and squeak, anyone?) anything that can’t be eaten should go straight into the food waste bin.
Christmas trees
Real trees can be recycled into wood chippings. Many local authorities advertise designated collection days in early January. Artificial trees can’t be recycled, but if you’re not re-using it, why not take it to a local charity shop?
Decorations
Luckily, most of our Christmas decorations can be reused year-on-year. For those that are completely worn out, some can be recycled:
Wreaths can go into your garden waste as long as they don’t have glitter or glue on them.
Fairy lights are classed as Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) and should go to your local household waste recycling centre, not into the general bin.
Tired tinsel and broken baubles (glass or plastic) cannot currently be recycled in the UK and should go into the general waste bin.
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