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Top Christmas Recycling Tips

Give back to your environment by recycling right this festive season. Remember the golden rule - clean, dry, and loose.

Wrapping paper

Done unwrapping your fantastic Christmas gifts? Place paper based wrapping paper in the recycling bin clean, dry, and loose. Shiny or metallic should be placed your general waste bin.

Sweet and biscuit wrappers

Indulge in those essential holiday sweets and cookies. Place all your empty sweet and biscuit wrappers into the recycling bin clean, dry and loose.

Paper/cardboard boxes

After the gift exchange frenzy, don't forget to recycle all the paper, cardboard boxes and Christmas cards! Place all paper and cardboard into the recycling bin clean, dry and loose.

Soft plastics

All soft plastic, which is any plastic you can scrunch in your hand can go into the recycling bin

Plastic trays

Layered in your tins of biscuits, chocolates and mince pies can all go in the recycling bin.

Glass bottles

Once you've enjoyed your drinks, make sure those empty bottles find their way to your local bottle bank, clean, dry, and loose.

Did you know?

Our latest consumer research is in and the Irish public is set to be more eco-conscious this Christmas!

  • 1 in 3

    Almost 1 in 3 adults in Ireland will upcycle items for Christmas gifts.

  • 78%

    of shoppers see sustainability as key gift buying factor.

  • 57%

    opting to put presents in reusable or recyclable gift bags.

  • 33%

    will buy gifts that can have a second life.

  • 66%

    of households plan to visit a recycling centre over the festive period.

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What goes in my bin?

Find out more below about what packaging can go in what bin and remember when it comes to recycling packaging must be clean, dry and loose.

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