Soft plastics recycling

Recycle soft plastics, such as crisp packets and bread bags, at participating stores.

Clean and dry soft plastics, including:

  • baby food pouches
  • bread bags
  • carrier bags
  • cereal liners
  • cheese, fish and meat wrapping
  • cling film
  • crisps, biscuit and chocolate wrapping
  • food bags
  • pet food pouches
  • salad, pasta and rice bags
  • toilet roll wrapping.

A number of retailers (including the following) have collection points at selected stores. Check at your local branch for details.

  • Aldi
  • Asda
  • Coop
  • Sainsburys
  • Tesco
  • Waitrose

Customers of Abel and Cole can also recycle soft plastics through the company's Plastic Pick-Up scheme, which collects hard-to-recycle plastics from your home.