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Gift and toy packaging

Can I recycle it?

Gift and toy packaging often consists of different materials such as cardboard, paper and plastic. These will need to be separated before recycling.

Please remove plastic windows from cardboard boxes before recycling them. The plastic window should be put in your rubbish bin.

Which container?

  • Plastic and metal packaging sack (red sack)
  • Cardboard sack (orange sack)
  • Paper sack (blue sack)

When is my collection day?

Check your collection day

Household Waste and Recycling Centres

View our Household Waste Recycling Centres to find

  • location maps
  • opening times
  • materials accepted

You can also find your nearest centre by entering your postcode on our my area page.

For safety reasons, no public pedestrian access is allowed through the entrance or exit gates at any of our household waste recycling centres.

Only waste from households in Cornwall can be taken to these sites. Commercial waste is not accepted at any recycling centre.

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