Other Plastics (7)

Plastic with the no. 7 resin code is a miscellaneous category for all other plastic products that do not fit into the six main category types.

For example, plastics in this category can be made up of any combination of 1-6 or another, less commonly used plastic[1].

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Examples of Other Plastics

  • Polycarbonate
  • Polylactide
  • Acrylic
  • Acrylonitrile Butadiene
  • Styrene
  • Fibreglass
  • Nylon
  • composite plastics e.g. crisp wrappers)

Applications

  • baby bottles
  • water cooler bottles
  • fibreglass and
  • tupperware

Other Plastics (7) are not recyclable in normal kerbside recycling collections.

Tupperware

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Water Cooler Bottles

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Nylon Tights

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Local Authority Waste

The Top 10 Authorities removing Other Plastic [7].

FY AUTHORITY OPERATOR ADDRESS TONNES
23/24 Stoke-on-Trent City Council Site details not known Unknown 13,383.0
23/24 Bromley LB Veolia E S Cleanaway ( U K ) Ltd Rainham Recycling And Reclamation Centre, Coldharbour Lane, Off Ferry Lane, Rainham, Essex 8,629.0
23/24 Thurrock Council Multiple destinations Multiple 6,952.0
23/24 Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council Ward Recycling Ltd Puddlers Road, South Tees Ind Est, Middlesbrough, Cleveland 6,230.0
23/24 Sevenoaks District Council Multiple destinations Multiple 4,585.0
24/24 Fife Not Available Not Available 4,579.0
23/24 Suffolk County Council Bolton Brothers Ltd Bramford Road, Gt Blakenham, Ipswich, Suffolk 2,491.0
23/24 Thurrock Council Biffa G S Environmental Limited Edmonton (Atlas) M R F, Atlas At Aztec 406, 12 Ardra Road, Enfield, London 2,325.0
23/24 East Riding of Yorkshire Council Van Werven U K Ltd Whitemoor Business Park, Cliffe Common, Selby, North Yorkshire 2,304.0
24/24 North Ayrshire Not Available Not Available 2,187.0