Terracycle
Terracycle at The Garden Cattery

Hard-to-recycle items can be recycled through the Terracycle scheme at The Garden Cattery, supporting Hallswood Animal Sanctuary. Our collection bins are in the car park, and can be accessed from 8am to 8pm Monday to Saturday. Please ensure all items are rinsed clean, sorted, and bagged before being placed into the correct bin.

We have recently updated the items that can be recycled, and the bins they should be placed into. The updated list can be found below. Please be aware that sometimes different schemes share a collection bin. As these are recycled via different schemes, please make sure to sort these into different bags before placing them in the bins.

  • Bin 1 (small red bin):
    Laundry and dishwasher tablet and capsule outer packaging, plastic air fresheners, and cleaning wipe packaging
  • Bin 2 (small black bin):
    Toothbrushes, toothpaste tubes, and floss packaging
  • Bin 3 (small blue bin):
    Lavazza Eco Caps
  • Bin 6 (small black bin):
    Biscuit wrappers (including rice cakes, mini cheddars and cake bars)
  • Bin 7 (small green bin):
    Pringles tubes
  • Bin 8 (small black bin):
    Bread bags
  • also in Bin 8 (small black bin):
    Cheese packaging

For more information about exactly what can and can’t be recycled, please see below:

  • Home cleaning: flexible laundry and dishwasher washing capsules and pods packaging, flexible plastic wipe packaging used for home cleaning, tinted rigid plastic tubs used for home cleaning products, tinted plastic fabric conditioner bottles and caps, plastic air freshener containers, plastic air freshener cartridge caps, plastic car air fresheners; excluding glass air freshener cartridges, electric plug-in air fresheners, aerosols, transparent plastic bottles and caps, caps from home cleaning and dishwashing products, packaging from other kinds of products.
  • Toothbrushes and toothpaste tubes: any brand of plastic toothbrushes, any brand of electric toothbrush heads, any brand of plastic toothbrush outer packaging, any brand of toothpaste tubes and caps, any brand of toothpaste cartons, any brand of floss containers and outer packaging; excluding non-plastic toothbrushes, electric toothbrushes, interdental brushes, dental floss, mouthwash bottles, breath sprays, packaging for dentures and denture-related products.
  • Coffee packets and pods: Lavazza Eco Caps compatible with Nespresso and Lavazza A Modo Mio coffee machines; excluding Lavazza capsules that are not Eco Caps, any other brand of capsules, any outer packaging, and coffee bags.
  • Biscuit wrappers: all brands of non-savoury biscuit wrappers, all brands of cracker wrappers, all brands of cake bar wrappers; excluding hard plastic and cardboard inserts (these can be recycled in your normal kerbside recycling bin).
  • Pringles: Pringles tubes of any size, including the plastic lids and seals; excluding other kinds of tubes.
  • Bread bags: any brand of bread loaf bags; excluding packaging for baguettes, bread rolls, bagels, crumpets, wraps, pitta breads, naan breads, garlic breads, brioches, pastries including croissants and pains au chocolat, teacakes, fruit loaves, scones, doughnuts, cookies, muffins, cakes, cake bars and slices, pancakes, and waffles.
  • Cheese packaging: any brand of individual plastic cheese wrappers, sliced cheese protective film, flexible plastic cheese pouches, and plastic nets for mini cheeses, and labels from Cathedral City Minis 6-packs; excluding plastic cheese tubs and trays, cardboard cheese boxes, paper and aluminium cheese wrapping, wooden cheese boxes, cheese wax, wax paper, cheese slice dividers, squeezy cheese tubes, and labels from other products.

Some items that can no longer be recycled via the Terracycle schemes can still be recycled elsewhere:

  • Soft plastic packaging including pet food pouches and crisp packets can be recycled at larger Tesco stores, including Norwich Harford Bridge and Thetford.
  • Medicine blister packs can be recycled at Superdrug.
  • There are various schemes for recycling used printer cartridges.