Plastics
The following identification codes appear on plastic products. These are used by the plastics industry to identify which type of plastic each product is made from.
Only containers numbered one, two and three can be recycled through our collections system. The exception is plastic bags which cannot be recycled.
PET (polyethylene terephthalate) is easy to recycle as there are only two things you need to look for:
- soft drink bottles
- containers with an
symbol
PET plastic is used primarily in the manufacture of plastic soft drink bottles and containers for fruit juices, mineral waters and sport drinks.
HDPE (High Density Polyethylene) is used for the manufacture of two-liter milk bottles, smaller cream bottles and some fruit juice containers. They have a number 2 in a triangle on the base of the bottle.
Please recycle only white frosted HDPE containers. Do not recycle colored plastics.
Vinyl (polyvinyl chloride) bottles have a distinctive seam on both sides of the bottle and have the number 3 in a triangle on the base of the bottle. Vinyl is used mainly for cordial bottles and some fruit juices.
The collected bottles are recycled into products such as drainage pipe.
