Our ‘Hard to Recycle’ locations around Buxton are:
- Sainsbury's
- Iceland
- Morrisons
- ROFA office on Victoria Park Road
- Buxton Methodist Church on the Market Place
- Bath Road Community Centre
- Some schools
- Devonshire Dome
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Keep a copy of this list of how to handle hard-to-recycle items for easy reference.
Please only put items in our bins that comply with the list of things we can recycle through this Terracycle scheme (see list below).
Twice a year we accumulate enough credit with Terracycle to allow us do make a donation to a local charity. We are a CIC so can’t keep the money. So far donations have included contributions to; Buxton Methodist Church Raise the Roof Appeal, Buxton Junior School, Zink and Serpentine Community Garden.
The website EverydayPlastic.org shows you 52 ways to reduce your plastics. One idea for every week of the year. Click on the button below to find out more:
Please do not leave bags etc on or beside our bins, it could be a trip hazard and result in us not being able to have the bins in the locations.
Crisp Snacks
Crisps, popcorn, nuts & pretzels packets, crisp substitutes e.g. lentil curls, tortillas, quavers, prawn crackers. Multi-pack bags of above.
No: meat snacking products, dried fruit packets or nutrient powder packets.
Where: Soft plastics bins (Morrison’s or Waitrose).
Biscuits
Sweet and savoury biscuits, crackers, cake, cereal bars, rice cakes, Twiglets, mini cheddars, Ryvita types.
No: confectionery wrappers.
Where: Transition Buxton hard to recycle bins.
Oral products
Toothpaste tubes, toothbrushes, electric toothbrush heads and covers, flossing sticks and interdental brushes, floss containers.
Where: Please take these items to Boots if you are able to. Need to register first.
Soft plastics
Crisp packets; confectionery wrappers; fruit, vegetable and salad bags; multipack film wrap; baby, pet food and microwaveable food pouches; carrier bags; clothing bags; bubble wrap; dishwasher tablet packaging; toilet roll and kitchen roll wrapping.
No: compostable or biodegradable bags.
Where: soft plastic bin at Morrisons or Waitrose.
Pringles
Pringles tubes (with steel base).
No: other brands or lids. Paper tubes go in brown bin.
Where: Transition Buxton hard to recycle bins.
Writing instruments
All brands of ballpoint, gel, fountain and eraser pens and mechanical pencils. Correction instruments, highlighters, felt tips, whiteboard and permanent markers.
Due to changes with the Terracycle scheme that our ‘Hard to Recycle’ bins are part of, we can no longer accept these. Please note these changes and recycle these things via other routes.
Cheese packaging
Any brand of flexible plastic cheese packaging, nets and pouches.
No: plastic cheese tubes and trays, squeezy cheese tubes.
Where: Transition Buxton hard to recycle bins.
Disposable gloves
Any brand of disposable gloves made from nitrile, vinyl and latex purchased for use at home.
No: non-disposable gloves. No gloves which have been used with harsh chemical or unhygienic substances.
Where: Transition Buxton hard to recycle bins.
Bread packaging
All brands of plastic bread bags, Warburtons wax wrap.
No: combined paper and film window bags.
Where: Transition Buxton hard to recycle bins.
Tea and Coffee packaging
All brands of flexible packaging for coffee bags, loose leaf tea packs and bulk bags of tea bags.
No: coffee bean and ground coffee pouches (these go in soft plastics bins).
Where: Transition Buxton hard to recycle bins.
Coffee pods
For details see podback.org.
Where: Bags available from Podback and can be handed in at ‘OneStop’ shop, Bench Road, Fairfield.
Home and laundry care packaging
Flexible packaging for: laundry washing capsules and pods, wipes.
No: dishwasher tablet packaging.
Where: Transition Buxton hard to recycle bins
Glass/Paper and Cardboard/Plastic/Metal
Bottles, tubs and trays/Food tins, drink cans, foil/Aerosols/Tetrapaks/Pringles lids and paper tubes.
Where: Brown bin at home.
Garden plant material and food waste
Where: Green-lidded bin at home.
Medicine Blister packs
Any empty drug blister pack.
Where: bin located at Superdrug, Springs shopping centre. Also at Boots (need to register first).
Batteries
All kinds of batteries.
Where: any shop selling batteries including supermarkets.
Brita Water Softener Cartridges
Any type of Brita cartridge.
Where: bin located in Argos, Spring Gardens.
Printer cartridges
All makes of PC printer cartridges.
Where: bin located in Rymans, Springs shopping centre.
Toothpaste tubes and other beauty, health and wellness product packaging
Where: Boots, Spring Gardens.
Note – need to register first, see:
Small Electrical appliances
Where: if working try a charity shop such as Blythe house. If not, take to B&Q, Waterswallows or book a home collection from HPBC.
