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Coat hangers

What to do with coat hangers.

Plastic, wooden and metal coat hangers.

Coat hangers can be taken to your local recycling centre (RC).

  • Which RC container

    Wood hangers in the wood container.

    Metal hangers in the metal container.

    Plastic hangers are not recyclable and will need to go into the general waste container.

  • Which RC accepts this waste

    All our recycling centres accept wood and wire coat hangers.

    All our recycling centres accept general waste.

  • You could also...

    • Donate hangers to charity shops, pass to friends or sell them.
    • Some shops have hanger collection points.
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