Enhanced Recycling - Tetra packs & Aerosols taken!

Posted on 24 June 2015

It’s National Recycle Week (22nd-28th June) and, tying in with this year’s theme ‘recycling around the home’, The Highland Council is pleased to announce that householders can now recycle more items in their blue recycling bins. Aerosols, cardboard-based food and drink cartons (e.g. TetraPak) and envelopes can be included immediately with more materials to follow later in the year.

As with the existing materials (paper, cardboard, food tins, drink cans and plastic bottles) householders are requested to ensure that all items are clean, dry and loose. Aerosols should be empty and food and drink cartons drained, rinsed and with their tops removed; plastic windows should also be removed from envelopes. Later in the year householders and commercial customers of the Highland Council will receive information on the launch of a further improved recycling service for plastic packaging containers.