Clean, dry and flattened
Ready for recycling.
Keep them clean, dry, flattened and ready for recycling.
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Keep them clean, dry, flattened and ready for recycling.
Keep your cardboard flat, dry and ready
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Keep your cardboardflat,dry andreadyto recycle.
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Not all cardboard can be recycled.
Greasy, food soiled or wet
Pop it in your general waste bin.
If it is greasy, food soiled or wet, pop it in your general waste bin. Look for grease marks, leftover food or wet patches.
Not sure where it goes? Before you pop something in your recycling bin, take a quick check.
Recycling checker
Why it matters
Greasy cardboard can contaminate good-quality recycling, making it harder to sort and process.
Keeping greasy cardboard out of your recycling bin helps protect the materials that can be recycled and means more of your recycling has the best chance of being given a new life.
Not sure where it goes?
Before you pop something in your recycling bin, take a quick check.
Our recycling checker makes it easy to find out what can be recycled at home and where to put the things that cannot.
Recycling checker