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· Large hard plastic items eg. childrens toys, plastic bins , laundry baskets. These plastics cannot
Killing Us Softly
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atest press release from Wicklow
County Council, issued on Thursday, June 3rd 2021…
· Soft plastic eg carrier bags, plastic film, pasta bags, cereal liners etc. These contain a mix of types of plastics with blended materials common. High rates of contamination are found due to food residues and the mix of content.
be handled by our baling equipment and often contain plastics types for which there is no market for recycling.
This decision has been taken as currently soft plastic is not a material that can be recycled and there is no outlet for large plastic items.