Toothbrush and toothpaste tube
There are still some items that cannot be recycled via council kerbside collections, such as toothbrushes and toothpaste tubes.
We can recycle much of our waste through kerbside collections, but there are still some items which the council cannot collect. TerraCycle is a global leader in recycling typically hard-to-recycle waste, with some recycling programmes funded by manufacturers.
South Hill Association for Renewable Energy (SHARE) supports sustainability and renewable energy in South Hill parish and beyond, and has set up ‘Recycling for Charity’ through Terracycle, to divert more waste from being incinerated and raise money for charities. By collecting qualifying waste dictated by the manufacturers, SHARE earns points through the scheme which are redeemed to benefit charities. In the last two years SHARE has raised £3280 for KicksCount, which helps reduce UK stillbirths.
The ‘Recycling for Charity’ trailer will be parked at Tavistock Morrisons on Thursday 1 July from 10:30 until 11:45am and the following household waste items can be accepted for recycling:
• medicine blister packs
• bread loaf bags (stretchy)
• cheese packets & Baby Bel nets & wax
• crisp & all snack packets
• baby food & washed pet food pouches
• biscuit, cracker, cake, sweets & chocolate wrappers
• toothbrushes, toothpaste tubes, soft tubes & pots of creams, gels, ointments
• trigger sprays, hand pumps, roll on deodorants, latex style gloves
• cleaning wipes & dishwasher tablet packets & tubs, plastic air fresheners
• used pens, felt tips, inkjet cartridges, mobile phones & plastic cases, cameras
Visit south-hill.co.uk/charity-recycling for a full list of accepted items, collection points/dates and regular Facebook updates.
Recycling at Tesco stores
You can also recycle some non-kerbside-recyclable food packaging at Tesco stores in the South West, as in-store plastic collection has been increased to include many more ‘soft’ plastics. At Tavistock Tesco there is now an in-store collection cage for soft plastics beyond the tills where, in addition to carrier bags, you can also recycle any plastic bag, crisp packets, food & pet food pouches, plastic wrappers, and any plastic film – so items such as:
bags from fruit, veg & salad items eg peppers, spinach, apples
plastic bags from cereals, dried fruit, sugar, frozen fruit and veg
packaging for bread, rolls, crumpets, naans
film covering on fruit punnets and veg & meat trays (trays can go in kerbside recycling)
film lids on yoghurt pots (pots can go in kerbside recycling)
packets from sauces, coffee, tea, noodles, rice & pasta
shrink wrap from cans, bubble-wrap, postal bags
nets from fruit and garlic
Ink cartridges can also be recycled in a separate container behind the tills.