Plastic bottles
The types of plastics used to make bottles are easily identifiable so they can be easily sorted into their plastic types for recycling. Most plastic bottles will be made of polyethylene terephthalate (PETE) with a recycling symbol 1, high density polyethylene (HDPE) with a recycling symbol 2, or polypropylene (PP) with a recycling symbol 5. Most lids on plastic bottles are made from the same type of plastic as the bottle. This is also true for most spray or pump mechanisms on cleaning and cosmetic bottles. All of these can be placed in your household recycling bin.
Reduce
Choose refillable products
Reuse
Use as storage containers or arts and crafts projects
Check out how to make a plastic bottle bird feeder by the Natural History Museum
Recycle - in your household recycling bin
Yes please - If you wash and squash the bottle and put the lid back on it will take up less space in you recycling bin
Important: Plastic bottles that have contained a toxic or poisonous chemical such as garden fertiliser or weed killer should not be placed in your recycling bin.
Refuse bin
No thank you, except for empty plastic bottles that have contained a toxic or poisonous chemical such as garden fertiliser or weed killer
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