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The only types of plastic you can recycle in your mixed recycling bin at home are plastic bottles.

Why only plastic bottles?
A bottle and a food tray are made of the same type of plastic but not the same grade of plastic, therefore the grades of plastic will behave differently when they are recycled, as they melt at different temperatures. Our Materials Recycling Facility cannot sort between the different grade of plastics, and so they can’t be recycled together.

There are really good reasons why we can only recycle plastic bottles in Greater Manchester:

1. Manufacturers that make new products demand high grade plastics. High Grade = Plastic Bottles.
2. Plastics like pots, tubs and trays are a low grade plastic and the manufacturers just don’t want these.
3. During the recycling process, the plastic is melted. Plastic bottles and plastic pots, tubs and trays melt at different temperatures, meaning the pots, tubs and trays contaminate the bottles and can’t be used to make new products.
4. Other areas may collect plastic pots, tubs and trays, but currently very little is recycled. Most of it is used to make electricity.

Find our more at our What happens to my waste? page.

How to order more compostable food bags

If you just need liners or only need a caddy, you can collect these yourself from:

Bury libraries

3 Knowsley Place (opposite Bury Town Hall)

Six Town Housing, 6 Knowsley Place, Bury (liners only)

Customer Support and Collections, Whittaker Street, Radcliffe

Alternatively, attach the yellow tag found towards the end of the roll to your brown food and garden bin. Our collection crew will leave you a new roll.

You can also contact Bury council directly on their website.

If you are ordering a new or replacement brown recycling bin, you can order a caddy and liners at the same time with this online form.

To request a new recycling bin or container

Please contact Bury council directly here to request a new or replacement bin.

To report fly-tipping on council property

Please contact Bury council directly here to report fly-tipping,

To report a missed kerbside collection

Please contact Bury council directly here to report a missed bin collection.