What is soft plastic wrapping?
Soft plastic wrapping is the lightweight, flexible plastic packaging that previously couldn’t be recycled.
A simple test is to scrunch up the item in your hand and if it pings back, it’s likely to be a piece of soft plastic wrapping.
Types of plastic bags and wrapping you can recycle:
- plastic carrier bags
- bread bags
- frozen food bags
- delivery bags
- cereal liners
- toilet roll wrapping
- multi-pack wrapping
- salad, pasta, and rice bags
- cheese, fish and meat wrapping
- crisps, sweet bags, biscuit and chocolate wrapping
- baby, pet food, detergent and cleaning pouches
- flexible plastic packaging lids
- bubble wrap and cling film
Not applicable:
- compostable and biodegradable bags and wrapping
- balloons
- blister packets for tablets
- disposable gloves and masks
- polystyrene
- plastic straws