What types of paper can
be recycled?
Most Londoners are familiar with
recycling newspapers and magazines and you may be used to recycling white
paper at work. But there's a lot more paper stuff you can recycle, for
instance:
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Junk mail – e.g. menus, flyers and
leaflets
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Letters, envelopes and receipts
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Birthday and Christmas cards
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Telephone directories that use
white pages
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Coloured paper/wrapping paper
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Computer printout paper /office
white paper
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Coloured paper/wrapping paper
Paper that can’t be
recycled
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Directory Books - Some areas are
able to collect these for recycling - (check with your local collectors
to see if this service is available in your area)
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Milk and juice cartons - Some areas
are able to collect these for recycling - (check with your local
collectors to see if this service is available in your area)
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Padded envelopes with plastic
bubble protection inside
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Cardboard
– this will be recycled separately, unless your borough
tells you otherwise
How to recycle paper
Recycling paper is easy but it's
important to keep it clean and dry, so store it separately from other
items you recycle, like bottles and jars.
Put your papers in your collection
box/bag/bin for recycling or take them to your nearest paper bank. If you
take your papers to the paper bank in a plastic bag please take the bag
home for use again rather than throwing it away.
How paper is recycled
When the paper recycling banks are
emptied the paper is sorted by hand into different grades. Paper not
suitable for recycling is removed. The waste paper merchant will then bale
the waste paper ready to be taken to the paper mill for reprocessing into
new paper or paper products.
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