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. Please contact your district council to arrange a clinical waste collection.
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.