What do you do with some items that you can’t recycle at home or what happens if your bins are overflowing before collection? WRAP’s new Recycling Locator tells you what you can recycle and where in your area. 

Most of us have groaned when cleaning up after a party when we realise our recycling bin is full and there’s another week to go before it’s collected. Or we find ourselves wondering what to do with certain things, like used batteries. WRAP (Waste & Resources Action Programme) have recently launched their new Recycle Now website with a handy tool, called the Recycling Locator. Simply enter your postcode and you will see a map showing places in your area which allow you to recycle items and what you can recycle at each location. The tool also allows you to filter by what you need to recycle, including; car oil, building materials, clothes, plastic bottles, printer cartridges, glass, food waste, garden waste, Christmas trees and much more. 

We think this is a great tool which will encourage people to recycle as many items as possible and make sure things aren’t just thrown in the main refuse bin because no one knows where something can be recycled. 

Don’t forget that if you’re unsure about what you can put in your refuse bin, recycling or food waste bins, visit your council’s website or get in touch with them as they will be able to tell you what you can and can’t put in them.