To tell you packaging air bubbles can be recycled

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I was quite cross when I got a parcel delivered to find it was stuffed with a sheet of that large plastic bubble stuff. In fact I was going to ask on here if anyone would think I was unreasonable to complain. When I noticed the recycle sign with 02 in it and pe-hd underneath..
A quick Google later and it turns out it can be recycled.
I will still have to stab it loads to get the air out so it can fit in the box, but I am a feeling less miffed about it now.

Do you mean like big bubble wrap, or those pocket things?
What recycling does it go with?

Doesn't mean that you can whack it in the kerbside recycling with the bottles and paper though.

Lots of things can be recycled but you might have to make the effort to drive several miles to a specialist centre.

Don't most people reuse them? If you have no need for them a better idea would be saving up some packaging materials and posting an ad on gumtree of freecycle. Many small businesses or people who send parcels to their loved ones would snap your hand off for them

Lots of things can be recycled but you might have to make the effort to drive several miles to a specialist centre.

I found this with orange juice cartons. Our nearest recycling point for them is miles away. So I just don't buy them anymore.

Plastic packaging like the op mentioned and bubble wrap etc I just poo all the air out and stick it into my ecobrick I'm making. Look it up. I put hardly any plastic into general waste now.

I pop all the air out... not poo it out.

It depends on your local council as to what you can recycle kerbside. We can put 1,2 and 4 type plastics in the green wheelie bin, so we could recycle the bubble wrap packaging.

It says here that pe-hd is collected by 92% of councils. That was back in '08 so it shouldn't be one that needs a special trip.

What's an eco brick and what do you do with It?

Not touching them .

Did you not watch Doctor Who ?

Eco brick

www.ecobricks.org

Basically all the plastic bags, film tops, etc that can't be recycled get stuffed into a plastic bottle up until it's full (use a wooden spoon to squash it in) and then it gets used as a building material. I have a little line in my pantry to dry out bags (like from frozen peas etc) before I stuff them in the bottle.

Doesn't mean that you can whack it in the kerbside recycling with the bottles and paper though. She says it's type 2. Type 2 is widely recycled in the kerbside collection.

Formerly, when your brick is finished, what do you do with it? Donate it somewhere?

Charity shops will normally love to receive bubble wrap for packing breakables which have been bought by customers.

I'm sure you can also recycle bubble wrap with the carrier bags in supermarkets.

My ds nursery is collecting ecobricks to build raised beds to plant vegetables so mine will be going there and I know a few of the local school are doing similar. If you join ecobrick uk on Facebook there is a list of drop off points for completed bricks. You just need to make sure you follow the instructions if the ecobrick website regarding weight/size of bottle etc.

As for type 2 plastic being widely recycled, our council actually recycles most things but it is explicit that any sort of film/bag/wrapping type plastic is not allowed becasue it can get caught up in the sorting machinery.

Yes rabbits I saw Dr Who and won't be popping bubble wrap ever again!

Our council takes all plastic, because they have their own sorting facility which means they can bale up the separate types and sell it on. It is possible, lobby your councillors!

We also have at least four tetrapak recycling bins around the city 😁

My council is useless and only takes plastic bottles

Our local council stopped accepting all flyaway recyclables a couple of years ago including bubble wrap type stuff. So ours has to be binned.

Could you put it on Freecycle.

poo the air out I'm still laughing