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Now that all of your presents are unwrapped - remember to squash down any cardboard packaging before popping it in the orange bin and tear up bigger boxes so you can fit more in!
Make more space in your recycling bin by taking large boxes to the Household Waste Recycling Centre on Barkers Lane, just make sure any polystyrene is taken out first. Check the opening times below.
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Wrapping paper is often dyed, laminated and/or contains non-paper additives such as gold and silver coloured shapes, glitter, plastics etc which cannot be recycled. This means some types of wrapping paper cannot be recycled. Try the scrunch test to see if yours can be recycled:
- scrunch the paper in your hand
- if it stays scrunched you can recycle it in your orange bin
- if it pops back, please make sure it goes into your black bin
Please remove sellotape, glitter and ribbon from wrapping paper which stays scrunched, before recycling it.
Don’t forget to keep recycling the usual suspects over Christmas and into the New Year. From plastic bottles, cans, empty aerosols and cartons they can all go into your orange bin.
To find out more about recycling in Bedford Borough visit our recycling webpages.
The Household Waste Recycling Centre on Barkers Lane, Bedford is open daily from 9am to 5pm. Last entrance to the site is 10 minutes before closing time.
The site will close at 1pm on Christmas Eve and New Year's Eve, and is closed on Christmas Day, Boxing Day and New Year's Day.
Visit our Household Waste Recycling Centre webpage for more information about the items you can take.
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