Why can the council take all plastic packaging (food trays, yoghurt pots etc.)?
This sort of packaging often has the recycling symbol on it, but is very often made out of other materials such as Polyurethane, which contaminates the plastic mix. We do not currently have an outlet for this type of material. It is light and of very low value, but very bulky and therefore expensive to transport, making it difficult for reprocessors to deal with economically. We are aware many manufacturers of packaging use the recycling symbol, but this only indicates that it is possible to recycle it, not that there is a reprocessing company locally willing to take it.
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