Carrier bags

You can put plastic carrier bags in your recycling, but at the moment, we have not been able to find a suitable re-processor to buy them so they will not be recycled. We only sell materials to re-processors who can provide us information about the end destination (opens in a new window) of the recycling.

The best thing to do with carrier bags is reuse them as much as possible in the first instance, and try to use reusable bags instead. Carrier bags can also be taken to 'flexible plastic' recycling collection points at the larger stores of most major supermarkets including Tesco, Asda, Morrisons, Sainsbury's, The Co-op and Waitrose. Use the Recycle Now locator (opens in a new window) to search for a carrier bag recycling point near you.