Plastic
Yes plastic can be reduced and reused and recycled.
REDUCE
- It is possible to reduce your use of plastic however this is a very personal journey as every individual household's use of plastic is different.
- Once you have exhausted all avenues of reuse & recycling then you can start to analyse each stream of plastic you use and look for alternatives, one at a time. This is the most effective way to approach it.
REUSE
- Where possible reuse any plastic container you can for storage, etc.
- Here are 16 creative ways to reuse plastic.
- Here are 30 ways to upcycle plastic bottles.
RECYCLE
Where?
There are only 3 organisations who can recycle plastics from Brighton and Hove residents. Follow the links IN ORDER and discover how to maximise your plastics recycling.
Supermarkets are now offering flexible plastic recycling services. Here's what we know about them.
- Co-op - recycle their flexible plastic in this country.
- Tesco - send their flexible plastic to Poland and then the trail goes cold.
- Sainsbury's - send their flexible plastic to Poland and then the trail goes cold.
- Marks and Spencer - currently refusing to share any deatails.
- Asda - still researching.
These are pre-pandemic details and are awaiting up to date details.
DID YOU KNOW?
- If you want to learn more about plastics and understand how they are identified, this is a good guide to different kinds of plastics.
- If you want to understand the impact of plastics on the environment then watch, "A Plastic Ocean" or find out all about the work of the amazing Afroz Shah in the documentary, "Plastic in our Oceans".