Yes please - green bin
Recycle all these types of plastic in your green bin:
Bottles
(Leave any caps, lids or triggers on and they will get recycled too!)
- drinks bottles
- milk bottles
- cooking oil bottles
- cleaning product bottles
- skincare, shampoo and soap bottles
Pots, tubs and trays
- yoghurt pots
- butter and margarine tubs
- ice cream tubs
- sweet and chocolate tubs
- fruit, meat and veg trays
Bags and wrapping
- bread bags
- toilet and kitchen roll wrappers
- bubble wrap
- stretchy fresh or frozen fruit and vegetable bags
- carrier bags
- stretchy wrapping from food tins and drinks can multipacks
Cartons and Tetra Paks
- milk, juice, coconut and soya cartons
- tomato and custard cartons
No thanks - black bin
Put these in your black bin:
- black plastic
- compostable and biodegradable plastic
- crisp packets
- cling film
- film lids from fruit trays
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Alternatively, many local convenience stores and supermarkets have collection points for these trickier to recycle materials.
Check out Recycle Now's handy recycling locator to see if there's a recycling point near you.
If you're out and about, you can recycle your empty plastic drinks bottles in our recycling on-the-go bins across Leeds.
Find out what happens to the plastic you recycle