Packaging and fibre recycling

How to dispose of paper and cardboard.

Clean, dry paper fibre is widely recyclable. Food contamination, coatings and local collection rules affect acceptance.

Recommended route

Paper and cardboard collection stream or recycling point.

Before disposal

  1. Keep paper clean and dry
  2. Flatten boxes
  3. Remove non-paper inserts when requested

Avoid

Do not place heavily food-soiled or wet paper in a clean paper stream.