Why can the Council take plastic packaging such as food trays and yoghurt pots – some of which even have the recycling symbol on them?
• The Council shares everyone’s frustration at not being able to recycle these materials but currently there is no market for them. They are light but bulky and therefore expensive to transport. Also, they often contain food residue and all these factors make it difficult for recycling organisations to process them economically. • We are aware that many manufacturers of packaging use the recycling symbol but this only indicates that it is theoretically possible to recycle it, not that we are able to in Mid Sussex. • It is likely that in the future, more and more plastics will be recycled in West Sussex as new technology becomes available to sort and reprocess the materials.
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