Your soft plastic check list

YES

Bags

• Ordinary carrier bags

• Bread bags

• Crisps, nuts, snacks bags

• Bags from any dried goods: cereal, porridge, dried fruit, pasta, rice, sugar, pulses,

• Bag from frozen foods and ice cubes

Wrappers & Film

• Chocolate and sweets bags and wrappers

• Biscuit wrappers

• Cling film

• Pizza wrapping film

• Thin plastic lids of all types

• Bread product wrappers:

  • Croissants

  • Pancakes

  • Naan bread

  • Pitta bread

  • Garlic bread

  • Fresh pasta

• Wrappers from:

  • Cheese, pastry, cakes, Yorkshire puddings

  • baby wipes, kitchen towel, toilet roll, nappy bag, cotton wool, etc

  • Meat, poultry and joints

  • Tea and teabags, ground coffee, etc

  • Pies, pastries, sausage rolls,

  • Household textiles, scourers, rubber gloves, etc

  • Giftwrap, greetings cards, etc

  • Pouches – microwave rice, pre-cooked mussels, petfood, etc#

  Pouches

• microwave rice, pre-cooked mussels, petfood, etc

  Sachets

• Plastic sauce sachets

  Nets

• Fruit & veg nets (cut off the metal fixings at the ends)

All Co-op own brand food packaging can be recycled.

NO

• Compostable carrier bags (go to general waste)

• Compostable and biodegradable bags & wrappers (go to general waste)

• Plastic bottles (go to mixed recycling)

• Plastic trays (go to mixed recycling)