Note - Terracycle scheme change - no more pen collection

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Note - Terracycle scheme change - no more pen 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

  • 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

  • We have been advised that blister packs can be taken to:

    GKG Vets

    43 St. John's Road

    NEWBURY 

    Berks

    RG14 7PS

    01635 - 40565

    Monday to Friday 8am to 6.30pm

    Saturday  8.30am to 12.30pm

    GKG Vets

    55 Station Road

    Thatcham 

    Berks

    RG19 4PZ

    01635 - 868047

    Wednesdays Only 10am to 4pm

  • Recycling your household batteries just got a whole lot easier - West Berkshire Council

  • 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.

  • Please see this information about the options Dunhelm offer with regards to recycling

  • Check Out John Lewis Beauty options

    Electrical

    Fashion

  • 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

    the Recycling section on the West Berkshire Council website

  • 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)

  • 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

  • Unfortunately the scheme has ended for Terracycle, but they can be taken to Rymans (there is one in Reading).

    Further details can be found at https://www.ryman.co.uk/environment

  • Recycling options for those living in Reading Borough

  • 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

  • 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.