The UK government’s Simpler Recycling scheme is now officially in force across Gedling borough.
Residents can now recycle more of their everyday household items from home.
Households can now place a wider range of materials into their green recycling bins, including:
- Tetra Pak items such as drink cartons.
- Plastic bottles, pots, ice cream tubs, fruit punnet trays and toothpaste tubes.
- Aluminium foil (scrunched into a ball) and metal food trays.
- Aluminium tubes, e.g. tomato purée tubes.
Householders are asked to ensure that all items are empty and clean, with lids put back on where possible, and placed loose in the bin – not inside plastic bags. This helps ensure materials can be properly sorted and recycled.
Glass will continue to be collected in the glass collection boxes as normal.
Councillor Marje Paling, Portfolio Holder for Environmental Services, said:
“These new changes are all about making it simpler and more convenient to recycle from home.
“Most of us use items like foil, cartons and toothpaste tubes every day, so being able to pop them straight into your recycling bin is a big step forward.
By making small changes together, we can reduce waste, protect our environment and keep Gedling a cleaner, greener place to live.”
As part of Simpler Recycling, councils are also required to collect food waste for households, however this is not due to start across Nottinghamshire until October 2027.
A small trial of food waste collections will take place later this year in some areas of the borough. More information about this will be made available from the council nearer the time.
For more information about the changes and a list of what can and can’t be recycled, visit www.gedling.gov.uk/recycling.
