The Materials Recycling Facility (known as the MRF), where recycling collected from Suffolk households is sorted, underwent a major refurbishment during 2019. There are a number of re-use options for cartons here: When possible, please choose products sold in easily recyclable packaging. If none of these options work for you then cartons should be placed in your rubbish bin. Unfortunately, this option was very expensive and would not have provided value for money for Suffolk taxpayers. We also investigated whether it would be possible to introduce carton banks at other public locations (such as alongside bottle banks at Supermarkets and Village Halls).

There is a limited market for cartons as they are a ‘mixed content’ material, making them difficult to recycle.Ĭartons can be recycled at any of the 11 of Suffolk’s Recycling Centres, where they are collected separately, removing the need for further sorting.We are unable to remove them mechanically and it is not cost effective to remove them by hand.We are no longer able to accept cartons in your recycling bin.

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