Note - Terracycle scheme change - no more confectionary collection
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Note - Terracycle scheme change - no more confectionary collection 〰️
RECYCLING
It is important to know that placing incorrect items into a recycling collection can result in the entire batch of items being destroyed rather than recycled. Please check the information below to see exactly where to recycle your items.
In general, items need to be empty, clean and dry in order to be accepted for recycling.
Purley Sustainability Group (PSG) accept hard-to-recycle items at:
7 Beech Road, Purley on Thames, RG8 8DR.
The collection is open every second Sunday of the month from 8 am until 4 pm.
Please place your items in the green wheelie bins and boxes at the end of the drive. All bins and boxes are labelled for the specific schemes.
This collection is run entirely by volunteers. As sorting the recycling is very time-consuming, please help out by making sure that your items are empty, clean and dry.
Please also sort into the separate schemes listed below. You could use empty bread bags or paper bags to do this.
• Terracycle schemes – listed on this page or email PSG if you need assistance
• Clean tin foil – please roll into tennis ball size
•Milk bottle tops – foil and plastic (but not the plastic seal please)
• Stamps (used or unused)
• Natural corks (e.g. from wine bottles)
• Any jewellery and watches (including broken items)
• Coins and currency (UK or foreign and of any age)
• Mobile phones, cameras and gadgets (e.g. sat navs, games consoles, games and accessories, iPods, MP3 players, tablet computers)
If you are unsure whether an item is suitable for recycling, please email info@purleysustainability.co.uk and they will help you out.
Money raised from the collected items is donated to local groups, including Long Lane Primary School, Buscot Ward at the Royal Berkshire Hospital and Purley Sustainability Group projects, including the Repair Café, Community Allotment and Community Orchard.
Plastic recycling via Terracycle® recycle waste that is not processed by local councils, such as crisp and confectionary packets. Once collected, the waste is shredded, washed, melted and transformed into plastic flakes or pellets that are then turned into products such as outdoor furniture. You can find out more about Terracycle® here.
Each Terracycle scheme is sponsored by a specific manufacturer and the rules over what is and what is not accepted can be complicated.
Ultimately, it would be great to reduce our dependence on single-use plastic; please contact Purley Sustainability Group (PSG) for help if you would like to reduce the amount of plastic you buy but are unsure where to look for alternatives.
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For any items not detailed above, you can use the website Recycle Now to identify local collection points.
TERRACYCLE
Examples of pre-sorted items for TERRACYCLE® Food and Drink Schemes
SAVOURY FOODS
BREAD • All brands of sliced bread loaf bags
BAKED GOODS • Outer bags from bagels, brioche or other bakery goods
CHEESE
Any brand of flexible plastic cheese wrapping
Babybel metal clasp, labels, net bags, individual wrappers and Babybel wax and mini roll sleeves and plastic trays
FERRERO PRALINES
• Ferrero Rocher & Ferrero collection gold plastic tray, transparent plastic box, outer plastic wrappers & aluminium wrappers
BISCUITS AND SNACKS
Pringles tubes (not including lids and seal)
Wrappers from all brands of non-savoury biscuits, crackers and cake
KINDER SURPRISE
• Kinder Surprise foil packaging, chocolate wrappers, rigid plastic packaging (including yellow container), flexible plastic packaging
DRINKS
Taylor’s Coffee And Yorkshire Tea
All brands of flexible coffee beans and grounds packaging. Loose tea packaging and bulk bags of tea bags.
LAVAZZA ECO CAPS
• Lavazza eco caps, compatible with Nespresso coffee machines
• All Lavazza eco caps compatible Lavazza A Moda MIO coffee machines
TERRACYCLE® Non-Food and Drink Schemes
ACCEPTED AIR FRESHENERS
• Plastic air freshener containers, cartridge and caps, including plastic car air fresheners (not electric plug ins)
CLEANING
Flexible home cleaning wipe packaging
Flexible cleaning product refill packaging
Tinted rigid plastic tubs for home cleaning
Trigger handles
DISHWASING
Flexible dishwasher tablet packaging & outer plastic sleeve
Flexible plastic dishwashing salt bags
Dishwasher cleaner and freshener outer packaging
HANDWASHING
• Imperial Leather & Bayley's of Bond Street hand wash pumps and refill pouches (no plastic bottles please)
LAUNDRY
Tinted fabric conditioner bottle and lids
Flexible laundry washing capsules and pod packaging
GLOVES
Marigold durable and disposable gloves, including the plastic packaging
Disposable gloves (home use only) Polyethylene, latex, sterile and vinyl
WRITING INSTRUMENTS
Any brand of pen, highlighter pen, marker pen or correction fluid pot
BODY
Flexible plastic and metallic plastic tubes used for body creams, ointments or moisturisers
Flexible single use face mask packaging and the blue plastic film put on top of the tissue mask (used for personal and beauty care)
Personal care & beauty packaging caps, pumps and trigger spray heads (not the bottles)
PHILLIPS DENTAL CARE
Electric toothbrush heads and covers only. No handles or battery operated toothbrushes.
Electric flosser nozzles
Manual toothbrushes (not bamboo/wooden)
MAKE-UP
Eye shadow compacts
Mascara tubes and wands
Lip & cheek highlighter & bronzer sticks
Lipsticks, lip glosses & lip balms
Flexible plastic packaging used for facial cleansing wipes
BURTS BEES
Eye shadow compacts, flexible plastic and metallic plastic tubes used for body creams, ointments or moisturisers. Flexible plastic packaging used for facial cleansing wipes, lip and cheek highlighters and bronzer sticks, mascara tubes and wands, lipstick, lip gloss and lip balms.
NO GLASS, NAIL VARNISH, DEODORANTS, OR PERSONAL WIPE PACKAGING
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The new site is located in Tilehurst at Cotswold Sports Centre, Downs Way, RG31 6SL.
The mini recycling centre will have banks for:
plastic pots, tubs, trays and cans
small electricals
food and drink cartons (including paper tubes with metal ends)
textiles
Residents are reminded to only place the correct items in the banks for recycling and not to leave bags of recycling/rubbish next to the banks.
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Please see this information about the options Dunhelm offer with regards to recycling
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For an easy-to-use leaflet that details all of the items that can be collected kerbside please click here
For more information on kerbside collections and to order additional bins and bags, please visit
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The closest Household Waste Recycling Centre to Purley on Thames is located in Padworth.
You can apply for a permit to use the site, find a full list of the items that are accepted and book a slot for your visit here.
There is also a Mini Recycling Centre in the car park at Willink Leisure Centre, Burghfield.
You do not need to book a slot to use this facility. The items that can be recycled here are: textiles,
small electrical items and food and drink cartons (e.g. Tetrapak milk and juice cartons),
including paper tubes with metal ends. Click here for more information about Mini Recycling
Centres.
Check out our local centres https://westberks.gov.uk/recyclingcentres
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Shoppers can now return all their soft plastic packaging to recycling points at every large Tesco store in the UK
The collection points will allow customers to return all their previously unrecycled soft plastic, such as the clear film used to wrap meat and fish, crisp packets, fruit and veg bags and sweet wrappers, rather than having to throw it away. Most councils don’t collect soft plastic from homes for recycling so it typically goes to waste.
Bread bags
Fruit and vegetable packaging
Crisp packets
Salad bags
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Terracycle® recycle waste that is not processed by local councils, such as crisp and confectionary packets. Once collected, the waste is shredded, washed, melted and transformed into plastic flakes or pellets that are then turned into products such as outdoor furniture.
Each Terracycle scheme is sponsored by a specific manufacturer and the rules over what is and what is not accepted can be complicated.
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Available in car park - Mon - Fri 8am - 6pm.
Accepting wearable items:
all men’s, ladies and children’s clothes,
paired shoes,
handbags, belts, ties,
bed clothes, towels, soft toys.
Provided by Astra Recycling. Monies raised go to School PTA (a registered charity)