IN VIDEO: The journey of recycling
Ever wondered what happens to the things you put in your recycling? Merseyside Recycling Waste Authority (MRWA) help answer that question.
The below video – a Journey of Recycling - explains the recycling process for all districts across Liverpool City Region (Halton, Knowsley, Liverpool, Sefton, St Helens and Wirral). In addition to displaying the sorting and end processes of each recyclable material.
For information on what can be recycled in Wirral – and to help avoid contamination – please see a list below of things that can go in your household recycling bin.
Items accepted in your recycling bin:
- cans (drinks and food)
- card
- cardboard boxes
- cardboard packaging
- catalogues
- cereal boxes
- corrugated card
- cosmetic bottles (glass and plastic)
- egg boxes (card)
- envelopes (you don't need to remove the plastic window)
- fabric conditioner bottles
- glass bottles and jars (tops can be put back on)
- greeting cards
- junk mail (removed from any plastic bags)
- magazines (removed from any plastic bags)
- medicine bottles plastic and glass (empty)
- metal jar lids
- newspapers
- paper (not shredded)
- pizza boxes (clean - no grease or food)
- plastic bottle tops
- plastic bottles (including milk bottles)
- shampoo and shower gel bottles
- telephone directories and Yellow Pages
- toilet roll tubes
- unused wallpaper
- washing powder boxes
- wrapping paper (not foil)
- bleach bottles
- cleaning bottles
- soap and toothpaste boxes
For any items, that can’t go in your household recycling bin, check out Recycle Right, where you can search for an item and find if there is anywhere else that can accept the item, such as a household waste recycling centre (tip).
