How to recycle at Christmas

With Christmas fast approaching, many homes within Denbighshire will be busy wrapping presents and putting up their festive decorations.

When planning on buying the essentials this Christmas, it is important to consider whether they are recyclable or not. Here is a list of key items, and their recycling instructions:

Bubble Wrap

• Bubble wrap can't be recycled. Please put it in the general waste bin or reuse to wrap up valuables which are going into storage or being posted.

Tape

• Duct tape, electrical tape, cellotape, masking tape and parcel tape cannot be recycled. Please put them in the general waste bin.

Christmas Decorations

• Christmas decorations can be reused year after year or donated to local charity shops or schools for craft sessions. Any decorations that are not fit for reuse should be put in the general waste bin.

Gift wrap

• Gift wrap containing glitter and plastic cannot be recycled and must go in the general waste bin.
• Recycle plain paper gift wrap in the top box of your Trolibocs or your blue bag for paper, once tape has been removed.

Hard Plastic Packaging

• Hard Plastic Packaging can be recycled using the middle box of the Trolibocs or the red recycling bag for plastic.

Aluminium Cans

• Recycle empty aluminium cans in the middle box of the Trolibocs or the red recycling bag or at the nearest Recycling and Waste Park.

Bottles

• Any unwanted glass bottles and jars can be recycled in the bottom box of the Trolibocs or the turquoise bag for glass. Remember to remove any plastic or metal lids from glass bottles and place them in the midddle box or the red bag.
• Plastic bottles can be recycled using the middle box of the Trolibocs or the red bag for plastic.

Food

• All food waste must be placed in the orange food caddy and not in the general waste containers.

 Textiles

All One Stop Shops in the county now have a stock of textile bags available for residents to collect.  As a result of circumstances beyond our control, these bags were not available for distribution with the Trolibocs or hessian bags, and we apologise for this.

Unwanted clothing and shoes can be recycled using the free collection service. A full list of what is accepted is on the online A-Z guide on the link below.

Collections should be arranged directly with Co-Options (contact details are on the bags), or they can be taken to one of their clothes banks which can be found in the following locations:

• Ty Nant car park, Prestatyn, LL19 7LE
• Lower High Street car park, Prestatyn, LL19 8RP
• Ysgol y Llys, Prestatyn, LL19 9LG
• Rhuddlan Library, LL18 2UE
• St Asaph Library, LL17 0LU
• Trefnant Village Hall, LL16 5UG
• Park Road car park, Ruthin, LL15 1NB
• Corwen car park, LL21 0DN

Councillor Barry Mellor, Lead Member for Environment and Transport said:

“Christmas time can be a very busy time for our waste teams, so choosing the right waste options during this festive period can help them a lot whilst they do their rounds.

"We’d like thank residents for using the correct methods of recycling and disposal during the upcoming festive period.”

For more information, go to: https://www.denbighshire.gov.uk/en/contact-us/christmas-and-new-year-information.aspx

If you’re not sure what goes where, you can check the A-Z recycling guide on the website on https://www.denbighshire.gov.uk/en/bins-and-recycling/a-to-z-recycling-guide/batteries-household.aspx