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Wrapping paper and cards

Not all wrapping paper can be recycled.

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.

Thin, poor quality wrapping paper does not contain quality fibres for recycling.

Sticky tape attached to wrapping paper makes it very difficult to recycle - please remove all tape.

Check whether paper is plastic/foil coated or not by scrunching it up. Click on the photo below to find out more!

If it stays scrunched, it’s probably fine to recycle and can be place in your paper recycling collection bag.  If it springs back into shape, it means it is covered in plastic and cannot be recycled.

Try to buy wrapping paper made from recycled materials. Sometimes this isn’t so easy to find in the shops, but this website is helpful: Recycled Paper Supplies.

Greeting cards Most cards are paper based and can be recycled, along with their envelopes, either in your paper recycling collection or at your nearest household recycling centre or at collection banks in supermarket car parks. Any embellishments such as ribbons, stickers or glitter cannot be recycled so should be removed first by simply tearing off that section. Batteries should also be removed from musical cards and disposed of at battery recycling points.

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