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Wash and squash your recyclables!

Please rinse your plastic bottles and cans to remove any unwanted residues helping to prevent unpleasant odours. This also makes the collection process cleaner for the collection operatives who have to hand sort the materials. If you can, please use water left after washing up your dishes to save using clean water. 

 

Wash and Squash

 

Squashing cans and plastic bottles means they take up much less room in your recycling box and the recycling containers at Neighbourhood Recycling Centres creating space to recycle even more. It also allows for more material to be placed in the collection vehicles improving efficiency. Crushing a can reduces the space it takes up by more than half.