Recycling FAQs
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Q: What can be recycled in the orange sacks/banks?
Q: What can’t be recycled in the orange sacks and recycling banks and why?
Q: What happens to recycling during collection and sorting?
Q: Why isn’t a food waste collection provided?
Q: Why is the recycling collected mixed together in the orange sacks and recycling banks?
Q: How can I recycle materials that aren't collected through the orange sacks or recycling banks?
Q: Where does the recycling end up?
Q: Can I recycle envelopes with windows?
Please remove lids and tops from bottles and jars before recycling them.
Bottle tops fall through gaps in machinery at the recycling facility and get into the crushed glass stream. If this happens extra time and energy is needed to remove them from the glass later on.
Q: Can I recycle shredded paper?
Q: Can I recycle aluminium foil?

