{"id":731175,"date":"2026-08-08T05:36:13","date_gmt":"2026-08-08T05:36:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/731175\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T05:36:13","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T05:36:13","slug":"binman-urges-brits-to-stop-putting-common-plastic-item-into-recycling-it-wont-be-collected","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/731175\/","title":{"rendered":"Binman urges Brits to stop putting common plastic item into recycling \u2013 it won’t be collected"},"content":{"rendered":"

A binman has shared a common item people are confused about when it comes to recycling<\/a> \u2013 and shared where it should really go. <\/p>\n

Recycling at home can feel like a minefield, and one wrong item in your bins could mean the binmen don’t take it away<\/a>, leaving you to dispose of your own rubbish yourself. But Ashley, a biman who shares his expert advice<\/a> about all things rubbish, tries to make things a little easier for those in the UK, as he’s been in the industry for 13 years. Replying to a comment he received in a previous video, @theno1.binman read: “Serious question… Can I put plastic hangers into my recycling bin?”<\/p>\n

First, Ashley simply replied: “No,” but said “some people do”, so therefore it needed addressing. <\/p>\n

“They shouldn’t be in there, they should be in your general waste bin, because it’s a hard plastic, and a different type of plastic to bottles, and containers,” he shared.<\/p>\n

Ashley continued: “So they should just go in your general waste bin. If they’re still working, then donate them to a charity shop, I’m sure they’ll take them. And, if you don’t need them, when you get to a checkout of Primark, Matalan, wherever it may be, just say, ‘I don’t want the hanger’.”<\/p>\n

This way, you won’t have to “worry about getting rid of it” but if they’re broken “they do go in your general waste”.<\/p>\n

“It’s the same thing for your wooden ones, they would have to go in your general waste bin. You can take them to a recycling centre, and they may have a different section for them, but check with your local council because every council is different,” he shared. <\/p>\n

Household Recycling Rules: Why Polystyrene, Vapes, and Batteries Don’t Belong in Green Bins<\/p>\n

Ashley also urged people never to put polystyrene in their recycling bins, as it cannot be recycled and could cause major disruption to your bin collection.<\/p>\n

Polystyrene is seriously handy, as it fills gaps inside packaging boxes and stops delicate goods from being damaged in transit, but it’s actually a synthetic plastic made from petroleum-based styrene monomers.<\/p>\n

It must be removed before you recycle any cardboard or plastic from your packaging.<\/p>\n

He also noted dry paper, cardboard, plastic bottles, tubs, pots, drink cans, empty aerosols, glass bottles and jars can be placed into green bins<\/a>. <\/p>\n

But he labelled those who pop vapes and batteries in as “Karens”.<\/p>\n

Recycle Your Electricals issued a warning online<\/a>: “When electricals containing hidden batteries like vapes are binned, they can get crushed or damaged and spark dangerous fires in bin lorries and recycling centres.<\/p>\n

“Last year, there were over 1,200 fires across the UK caused by binned vapes and electricals.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A binman has shared a common item people are confused about when it comes to recycling \u2013 and…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":731176,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[1397,90,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-731175","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-environment","tag-environment","tag-science","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/731175","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=731175"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/731175\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/731176"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=731175"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=731175"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=731175"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}