Council / Yoghurt pots and butter tubs added to council’s plastic recycling collection
YOGHURT pots, butter tubs and plastic trays can be recycled by Shetlanders from next week as part of an expansion of the council’s plastic recycling collection.
The current kerbside collections include plastic bottles, drinks cartons and metal tins in the council’s grey-lidded wheelie bins.
From Monday 18 August that will be expanded to include plastic pots, tubs and trays – which will then be shipped south for processing.
Shetland Islands Council said the move would increase the rates of plastic recycling in the isles, helping it to meet its national targets. There are no plans to change any collection schedules or arrangements as a result of the expansion.
The council will also soon roll out more ‘bring points’ for collection of glass and batteries across the isles, with wheelie bins in more locations replacing the current ‘bee hive’ glass collection bins.
More shops across Shetland will introduce bring points for batteries, to collect and store battery waste safely.
And bright pink bins are set to be installed across Shetland as bring points for waste electronic equipment.
These bins have been rolled out in other areas around Scotland, offering householders a bit more flexibility when disposing of end-of-life electronic equipment that no longer works.
Any electronic items in good order can still be taken to re-use facilities such as scrap stores.
Waste services team leader Brydon Gray said there had been a “marked increase” in the amount of recycling in Shetland since the introduction of kerbside collections in 2018.
“We’re keen to keep extending the scope of what we collect, so that we can all increase the quantity of material that we recycle as a community, rather than put items to incineration or landfill,” he added.
For more details on what can and can’t be recycled, read here.
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