Waste streams and what to do with them
Public areas | For your vendors | |
Reuse | Brochures, leaflets and newspaperscloth bags | Cardboard |
Recycle | Soft drink bottles, milk bottles, flexible squeeze bottles, rigid plastic cups, plastic cutlery, plastic plates glass bottles aluminium cans | Bottles and containers, milk, cream and detergent bottles, food and cleaning material bottles, flexible squeeze bottles, ice cream lids, ice cream, butter/margarine, yoghurt containers, some clear plastic cups tins, aerosol cans, glass bottles soft plastic (to be collected separately to any other recyclables |
Compost | Compostable plastic packaging, compostable plastic cups, plates, cutlery, etc compostable coffee cups, napkins, paper plates stirring sticks, wooden cutlery, timber, leftover food, compostable packaging | Compostable plastic packaging, compostable plastic cups, plates, cutlery, etc food preparation waste, leftover food, compostable packaging, used cooking oil |
Avoid/ dispose | Regular disposable coffee cups, cigarette packetsplastic bags, stretchy plastic bags, polystyrene clamshells and cups, individual sauce containers, crisp packets/candy bar wrappers cigarette butts, disposable nappies, broken merchandise | Plastic cutlery and plates, polystyrene packaging broken merchandise |
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