Recycle Items accepted for recycling at Casepak
Items accepted for recycling
Recycling from Leicestershire (except North West Leicestershire, which is sorted at their depot in Coalville), goes to Casepak, a Materials Recycling Facility (MRF) in Leicester. Materials are sorted into the different material categories using state of the art equipment and machinery before being baled and sent on to processers for recycling.
The county and the districts that use Casepak (Blaby, Charnwood, Harborough, Hinckley & Bosworth, Melton and Oadby & Wigston) have agreed to a single list of items accepted for collection at kerbside, which you can find on this page.
How to present your recycling
- Empty, rinse and drain all bottles, jars and containers
- Place lids back on all bottles, jars and cartons – reduces the chance of them getting lost during the sorting process
- All packaging should be empty
- Items should go in loose (all items separate)
- Flatten cardboard and cartons – keep it dry and large pieces of neatly flattened cardboard can be left by the side of your recycling bin
- No batteries or electrical devices in mixed recycling bins
Items for recycling
Glass
- Glass bottles and jars
No flat glass/mirrors/drinking glasses etc – these have a different melting point and cannot be recycled in the same way
Metals
- Drinks cans and food tins
- Metal biscuit and chocolate tins
- Aerosol cans from the kitchen and bathroom (must be empty) – avoid aerosols from the garage or shed that contain hazardous materials such as WD40, spray paint of fly killer
- Aluminium foil (must be clean) – scrunch it up into a ball
- Foil trays (must be clean)
No metal tubes, such as tomato puree
No paint tins
No cooking oil tins
No aerosols from the garage of shed that contain hazardous materials
Plastics
- Plastic bottles
- Plastic pots, tubs, trays and punnets (any colour except black)
- Plastic bags (not black), such as carrier bags; bread bags; salad and vegetable bags
- Plastic film, such as bubble wrap and cling film (must be clean)
No black plastic, including black food trays and bags
No plastic tubes, such as moisturiser, sun cream, hand cream or toothpaste
No hard plastic, such as coat hangers; storage boxes; children’s toys; Tupperware containers
No CDs & CD cases; video cassettes & cases
No plastic cutlery
No trigger sprays or pump action lids from household sprays and soaps (the bottles are fine)
No crisp packets or other metallised plastic wrappers i.e. from sweets; chocolates; biscuits; tea bags
No metallised food and drink pouches, such as from pet food or soft drinks
No plastic plant pots or seed trays of any colour
No roll-on deodorants (the lids are fine)
Cardboard
- Large corrugated cardboard boxes (flatten the boxes and remove any sticky tape, strings or polystyrene)
- Other cardboard e.g. cereal boxes and card from ready meals
- Egg boxes, toilet roll, and kitchen roll middles
- Files and folders without metal components
- Greeting cards (plain cards only, no glitter, fabric or embellishments)
Cartons/ tetra paks
- Food and drink cartons, such as milk, soups etc
- Crisp tubes, such as Pringles
Paper
- Newspapers, magazines, leaflets
- Catalogues and directories
- Office paper and envelopes
- Wrapping paper (plain paper only, no glitter, fabric or embellishments)
- Shredded paper (place in a box such as a cereal box or paper bag to prevent the paper from blowing down the street and only shred the part of the document that contains personal information rather than the whole document) Softback books and hardback books – ideally donate for reuse where possible
No kitchen paper/ tissues – these can’t be recycled
No photographs
No wallpaper
No tissue paper – this can’t be recycled
Items not accepted for recycling
- Food waste – place in your general waste
- Nappies – place in your general waste
- Textiles – unless your council allows the use of a dedicated collection bag, textiles including clothing, footwear, handbags, belts, towels, blankets, duvets, and pillows are not acceptable in your kerbside recycling collection. Please take them to your local charity for reuse or recycle at textile banks or your Recycling and Household Waste Site | Leicestershire County Council
- Clinical waste / needles / sharps – these cannot be recycled or disposed of in your general waste. To dispose of, consult your GP or Nurse to find out if the waste is clinical waste and how it can be disposed of or contact your District Council to arrange a clinical waste / sharps collection. Take any unwanted medicines to your local pharmacy.
- Waste electrical or electronic equipment (WEEE) – Electrical items, batteries and light bulbs are not acceptable in your kerbside recycling bin. Unless your council allows the use of a dedicated collection bag, these need to be taken to your Recycling and Household Waste Site | Leicestershire County Council or another dedicated collection point.
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