Bottles and food containers
All types of plastic bottles (and plastic lids) and food containers such as:
- yoghurt pots
- food trays
- ice cream tubs
- margarine tubs
- fruit punnets
- and so on
go in the grey recycling bin or the appropriate bin at any of our recycling centres.
Please rinse and remove food residue.
Hard plastics
Hard plastics such as:
- buckets
- plant pots
- pipes
- toys
- and so on
go in the purple bin or the nonrecyclable (general) waste skip at Arbroath, Carnoustie, Forfar or Montrose recycling centres.
Soft plastics
Examples of soft plastics:
- all plastic bags (except biodegradable and compostable bags)
- bread bags
- breakfast cereal liners
- dry cleaning bags
- magazine and newspaper wrappers
- multi-pack wrapping
- toilet roll wrapping
- fruits and vegetable nets
- pouches (for example food, baby food, yoghurt drinks and detergents)
More examples of soft plastics
Shops accepting soft plastics for recycling
- All Tesco Superstores (Arbroath, Forfar, Monifieth and Montrose)
- Asda supermarket, Arbroath and Asda Superstore, Forfar
- Some Co-op stores: find out if your local store is one of them
- Morrisons supermarket, Arbroath.
Remember: items should be clean and free of food residues. Tear off sticky labels where possible.
If you can't take your soft plastics to a supermarket, put them in your purple bin or the nonrecyclables (general) waste skip at Arbroath, Carnoustie, Forfar and Montrose recycling centres.