Plastic pots, tubs and trays: Eat, rinse, recycle

Lots of food items we buy everyday are packaged in plastic. Most of us in Buckinghamshire recycle our plastic pots, tubs and trays at home but some are still being thrown away. So we want to encourage people to recycle these items.

It’s so easy

• Remove the plastic film, absorbent pad, top or lid and put these in the general rubbish.
• Give it a quick rinse, you can use leftover washing up water.
• Put in out for recycling on your normal kerbside collection day.

What you can recycle?

All homes in Buckinghamshire can recycle plastic pots, tubs and trays in their recycling bin, alongside the tin cans and glass bottles. It's important we get the right items in the recycling though, so these are the plastic pots, tubs and trays you can recycle at home in Buckinghamshire.

• Clear meat trays
• Clear plastic takeaway trays
• Fruit punnets
• Pots e.g. yoghurt and soup
• Tubs e.g butter/margarine
• Dishwasher tablet and washing capsule tubs

If you are unsure, you can always check the Waste Wizard for everything you can and cannot recycle at home.

Benefits of recycling your plastic pots, tubs and trays

There are lots of benefits to recycling your plastic pots, tubs and trays at home in Buckinghamshire, here are just a few.

• Recycling plastic means we can reduce our need to create new plastic.
• Recycling plastic requires less energy than sourcing and processing raw materials needed to create new plastic, reducing our carbon footprint.
• Reduces emissions of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases into the atmosphere which contribute to climate change.
• Reduces the amount of rubbish collected and disposal costs.

Your local recycling collection

Enter your postcode into our Waste Wizard to find out more about what you can recycle at home.