You can recycle plastic cosmetic bottles and other bathroom materials such as shampoo bottles, toothpaste tubes, aerosols and plastic tubs in your recycling bin at home. Make sure to remove as much of the contents as possible.
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Which home bin
Use the mixed recycling bin for:
- plastic bottles (including cosmetic bottles and cleaning bottles)
- toothpaste tubes
- aerosols
- plastic pots, tubs and trays (including moisturising tubs)
- toilet inner tubes
If you can, take off any pump mechanisms and place them in your rubbish bin. If removal isn’t possible, put the entire empty material in your recycling bin.
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Which RC container
Use the mixed recycling container.
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Which RC accept this waste
All our Recycling Centres accept plastic bottles and containers.
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Further information
If you don’t have room for a separate recycling bin in your bathroom, you could hang a bag on your bathroom door to collect recyclables until you're ready to dispose of them.
- Last updated:
- 26 November 2024