Be an ‘eggscellent’ recycler this Easter

Residents are urged to be ‘eggscellent’ this Easter by remembering to recycle over the holidays.

Denbighshire County Council’s Waste and Recycling crews will be collecting as normal during the Easter holidays.

As it’s a time to celebrate with many gifts and cards exchanged, there are ways residents can help make a difference to recycling during the period.

Many Easter eggs come in less packaging, or they are packaged more suitable for recycling, which will help collections.

As the chocolate eggs are enjoyed over Easter, don’t forgot to flatten the cardboard boxes for recycling and put in your blue bag and also look to recycle some of the plastic trays they come in. By recycling your Easter egg boxes you are supporting a sustainable way of helping make other items such as cereal and fresh egg boxes and even package parcels that may end up back on your doorstep.

Remember, once you have unwrapped your Easter egg, most foil wrapping can be recycled. Scrunch it up and put it in the correct container for foil. If it springs back after scrunching the material is laminated and should go in your non-recyclable waste bin.

If you have received Easter cards this year these can be recycled at home along with the envelopes, as long as the card does not have glitter or foil on them, if they do they need to go in your non-recyclable waste bin.

As many families sit down for meals over Easter, it’s a good idea to look at how to reuse any surplus food to make more tasty treats over the holidays. For the food waste you can’t eat suh as eggshells, remember to use your food waste bin

If you are planning to spring into step to sort out your garden this Easter don’t forget that any garden waste can also be recycled into handy compost through the garden waste collection service, just remember to sign up to be eligible for collections between April 2026 and the end of March 2027.

Paul Jackson, Head of Highways & Environmental Services, said: “Easter can produce an increase in items at home that are recyclable. We want to encourage residents to continue to support making a difference to the Denbighshire environment by choosing the right options to recycle these items and I’d like to thank them for their fantastic efforts.”

If you’re not sure what goes where, you can check the A-Z recycling guide on the website.