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Simpler Recycling Legislation – what is the impact on businesses?
By the 31st March 2025, all businesses in England (except those classified as microbusinesses with less than 10 FTE employees) will be required to present the following materials for recycling:
1. Paper and Cardboard
Except:
- Paper and card that contains glitter or foil
- Paper that is laminated
- Stickers and sticky paper
- Padded lined envelopes
- Paperback and hardback books
- Wallpaper
2. Plastic
- Plastic bottles made from polyethylene terephthalate (PET, including amorphous, recycled PET), polypropylene (PP), and high-density polyethylene (HDPE)
- Pots, tubs and trays made from PET (including amorphous, recycled, and crystalline PET), PP (including expanded PP), and polyethylene (PE)
- PE and PP plastic tubes larger than 50mm x 50mm
- Cartons for food, drink, and other liquids, including aseptic and chilled cartons.
- Plastic film packaging and plastic bags made of mono-polyethylene (mono-PE), mono-polypropylene (mono-PP), and mixed polyolefins PE and PP, including those metallised through vacuum or vapor deposition (to be included from 31st March 2027).
3. Glass
- Glass packaging including bottles and jars
- This doesn’t include windowpanes, car windscreens, Pyrex or other kitchenware, drinks glasses
4. Metal
- Steel and aluminium tins and cans
- Steel and aluminium aerosols
- Aluminium foil
- Aluminium food trays
- Steel and aluminium jars and bottle lids
- Aluminium tubes
5. Food waste
- All food intended for human or household pet consumption, regardless of whether it has a nutritional value
- Biodegradable material resulting from the processing or preparation of food, including inedible food parts, such as bones, eggshells, fruit and vegetable skins, tea bags and coffee grounds.