Most recycling collectors will say yes to:
Plastics
- All Plastics with a number within a triangle -codes 1, 2, 4, 5
- Milk bottles, margarine, large yoghurt tubs, cold drink bottles packaging, mayonnaise, and detergent containers
- Polystyrene
Aluminium & Steel
- Soft drink cans
- Beer cans
- Empty food tins
- Bottle lids
Paper & Cardboard
- Newspaper
- Magazines
- Cardboard & cereal & food boxes
- Toilet rolls & cigarette boxes
- Phone books & School books
- Office paper, envelopes
Glass
- All empty glass bottles and jars (unbroken glass only, if the recycling needs to be sorted)
Cartons / Tetrapak
- Empty milk and juice cartons
Other
- Printer cartridges
- e-waste
Most recycling collectors will say no to:
- Food, NO teabags, NO coffee grinds (those to be composted)
- Disposable coffee cups
- Nutriday or small Danone and the likes Yoghurt Containers
- Code 3, 6 and 7 Plastics
- Ceramics or crockery, NO mirrors
- Floor tiles
- Waxed paper, NO Tissues, NO paper napkins & serviettes
- Stickers or Sticker backing
- Sweet and chocolate wrappers, NO chip packets
- Window glass and other tempered glass
- Containers holding poisonous substances
- Batteries, NO light bulbs
- Tubes e.g.beauty product or toothpaste
- Foil lined pharmaceuticals tablets
- Pesticide containers
- Brakefluid or used oil
Also Remember:
- Sorting is done by hand in South Africa, hence please rinse/clean your containers and milk bottles.
- Also, please empty all your bottles or jars. This is much appreciated and ensures that these do indeed get recycled!