Bracknell

Residents living in Bracknell Forest, Reading and Wokingham can now recycle their empty juice, milk and wine cartons at several new Tetra Pak bring banks.

The Bracknell banks were installed as part of the re3 waste partnership with Tetra Pak Ltd and the carton industry body ACE UK (Alliance for Beverage Cartons and the Environment).

The new recycling points mean that for the first time ever, residents can take milk, wine, chopped tomato and soft drink cartons to the banks instead of throwing them into the bin.

The recycling banks are at several locations across the Bracknell area, near to shopping and amenity centres, so residents can drop off their recycling when they do their shopping.

The new recycling points can be found at:

* Albert Road Car Park, Albert Road, Bracknell
* Sainsburys, Bagshot Road, Bracknell
* Waitrose, College Town, Sandhurst

Once the cartons are collected and processed at a recycling mill they are recycled into a number of different products, including plasterboard liner, high-strength paper bags and envelopes.

Bracknell Residents should wash and squash paper-based liquid food and drinks cartons before putting them into the bins. No plastic, card, cans, glass, plastic bags or foil should be placed in the carton bins – separate recycling banks are available for other materials.

Cllr Mrs Dorothy Hayes, Bracknell Forest Borough Council's Executive Member for the Environment, said: "We are always looking at ways to help residents recycle even more of their waste, so I am delighted that we will now have tetra pak banks in Bracknell Forest.

"Bracknell Forest residents already recycle about 40 per cent of their rubbish, and I hope this new service will help increase that figure even more."

For a full list of recycling banks in Bracknell Forest, visit www.bracknell-forest.gov.uk/env-waste-and-recycling

Bracknell Forest Borough Council