posts on social media<\/a> under the handle @theno.1binman, has worked in the UK waste and recycling industry for 13 years. He often posts videos about the tips and tricks of the trade – especially recycling.<\/p>\nIn a recently posted video, Ashley cleared up some confusion about plastic recycling and crisp packets. He explained how crisp packets should be recycled.<\/p>\n
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Soft plastics need careful recycling(Image: Getty)<\/p>\n
The answer here is simple \u2014 not at home. He said: \u201cThey can be recycled, just not in your recycling bin at home.\u201d<\/p>\n
Ashley then explained that soft plastic packaging can be recycled, but they need to be taken to specialist plastic recycling bins which are often found outside large supermarkets.<\/p>\n
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Ashley continued: \u201cMost supermarkets have them at the exits. You can take them [the soft plastics] there and recycle them but do not recycle them in your household bins.\u201d<\/p>\n
If the packaging does end up in the recycling bin, it can cause issues with waste collection.<\/p>\n
Ashley explained: \u201cDon’t put them [soft plastics] in your plastic bin because it could get rejected and then you\u2019ll have to sort through it all.<\/p>\n
\u201cExactly the same thing goes for chocolate wrappers.\u201d<\/p>\n
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Collect your soft plastics at home ready to drop off at a collection point(Image: Getty)<\/p>\n
If you want to ensure that your bin gets collected, it\u2019s very important to check your local council\u2019s rubbish collection rules.<\/p>\n
Each council may have different rules, so make sure you know what goes where.<\/p>\n
If you are looking to correctly recycle soft plastics, keep a bag or a box which you can store them in at your home and then bring it with you on your next trip to the supermarket for your grocery shopping.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"They can be recycled – but not where you think. Crisp packets need to be carefully disposed of(Image:…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":813830,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[1397,612,4981,90,719,617,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-813829","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-environment","tag-environment","tag-food-and-drink","tag-homes-and-property","tag-science","tag-supermarkets","tag-tiktok","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/813829","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=813829"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/813829\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/813830"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=813829"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=813829"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=813829"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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