Which councils collect soft plastics from home?
As of 24 Oct 2026. Worked out from each council's own published rules.
Plastic film and bags, like crisp packets, bread bags and wrappers. Here's which councils collect them from your home, and where they go if yours doesn't.
England
46 of 286 councils collect soft plastics from home.
Collected from home (46)
- Babergh
- Blaby
- Bolsover
- Braintree
- Cambridge
- Charnwood
- Chelmsford
- Cheshire East
- Colchester
- Cornwall
- East Cambridgeshire
- East Hertfordshire
- East Suffolk
- Eastbourne
- Exeter
- Harborough
- Hastings
- Hinckley and Bosworth
- Ipswich
- Isle of Wight
- Leeds
- Lewes
- Maldon
- Melton
- Mid Suffolk
- Newcastle-under-Lyme
- North Hertfordshire
- North Lincolnshire
- North Somerset
- North Warwickshire
- Nottingham
- Oadby and Wigston
- Oxford
- Peterborough
- Rugby
- Rutland
- Solihull
- South Cambridgeshire
- South Derbyshire
- South Gloucestershire
- Stratford-on-Avon
- Warwick
- Wealden
- West Oxfordshire
- West Suffolk
- Wigan
Not collected from home (240)
| Council | Where they go instead |
|---|---|
| Adur | Banks or drop-off points |
| Amber Valley | Rubbish bin |
| Arun | Banks or drop-off points |
| Ashfield | Rubbish bin |
| Ashford | Rubbish bin |
| Barking and Dagenham | Rubbish bin |
| Barnet | Banks or drop-off points |
| Barnsley | Banks or drop-off points |
| Basildon | Rubbish bin |
| Basingstoke and Deane | Banks or drop-off points |
| Bath and North East Somerset | Banks or drop-off points |
| Bedford | Rubbish bin |
| Bexley | Banks or drop-off points |
| Birmingham | Banks or drop-off points |
| Blackburn with Darwen | Rubbish bin |
| Bolton | Banks or drop-off points |
| Boston | Rubbish bin |
| Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole | Banks or drop-off points |
| Bracknell Forest | Banks or drop-off points |
| Bradford | Rubbish bin |
| Breckland | Banks or drop-off points |
| Brent | Rubbish bin |
| Brentwood | Rubbish bin |
| Brighton and Hove | Banks or drop-off points |
| Bristol | Banks or drop-off points |
| Broadland | Banks or drop-off points |
| Bromley | Rubbish bin |
| Bromsgrove | Rubbish bin |
| Broxbourne | Banks or drop-off points |
| Broxtowe | Rubbish bin |
| Buckinghamshire | Banks or drop-off points |
| Burnley | Rubbish bin |
| Bury | Rubbish bin |
| Calderdale | Banks or drop-off points |
| Camden | Banks or drop-off points |
| Cannock Chase | Rubbish bin |
| Canterbury | Rubbish bin |
| Castle Point | Rubbish bin |
| Central Bedfordshire | Banks or drop-off points |
| Cheltenham | Rubbish bin |
| Cherwell | Banks or drop-off points |
| Cheshire West and Chester | Rubbish bin |
| Chesterfield | Rubbish bin |
| Chichester | Banks or drop-off points |
| Chorley | Banks or drop-off points |
| City of London | Rubbish bin |
| Cotswold | Rubbish bin |
| County Durham | Banks or drop-off points |
| Coventry | Banks or drop-off points |
| Crawley | Banks or drop-off points |
| Croydon | Banks or drop-off points |
| Cumberland | Rubbish bin |
| Dacorum | Rubbish bin |
| Darlington | Rubbish bin |
| Dartford | Rubbish bin |
| Derby | Banks or drop-off points |
| Derbyshire Dales | Banks or drop-off points |
| Doncaster | Rubbish bin |
| Dorset | Banks or drop-off points |
| Dover | Banks or drop-off points |
| Dudley | Rubbish bin |
| Ealing | Banks or drop-off points |
| East Devon | Banks or drop-off points |
| East Hampshire | Rubbish bin |
| East Lindsey | Rubbish bin |
| East Riding of Yorkshire | Rubbish bin |
| East Staffordshire | Rubbish bin |
| Eastleigh | Rubbish bin |
| Elmbridge | Banks or drop-off points |
| Enfield | Banks or drop-off points |
| Epsom and Ewell | Rubbish bin |
| Erewash | Banks or drop-off points |
| Fareham | Banks or drop-off points |
| Fenland | Rubbish bin |
| Folkestone and Hythe | Banks or drop-off points |
| Forest of Dean | Rubbish bin |
| Fylde | Rubbish bin |
| Gateshead | Banks or drop-off points |
| Gedling | Rubbish bin |
| Gloucester | Banks or drop-off points |
| Gosport | Rubbish bin |
| Gravesham | Rubbish bin |
| Great Yarmouth | Banks or drop-off points |
| Greenwich | Banks or drop-off points |
| Guildford | Banks or drop-off points |
| Hackney | Rubbish bin |
| Halton | Banks or drop-off points |
| Hammersmith and Fulham | Banks or drop-off points |
| Haringey | Rubbish bin |
| Harlow | Rubbish bin |
| Harrow | Rubbish bin |
| Hart | Banks or drop-off points |
| Havant | Banks or drop-off points |
| Havering | Rubbish bin |
| Herefordshire | Banks or drop-off points |
| Hertsmere | Rubbish bin |
| High Peak | Rubbish bin |
| Hillingdon | Banks or drop-off points |
| Horsham | Banks or drop-off points |
| Hounslow | Banks or drop-off points |
| Hull | Rubbish bin |
| Huntingdonshire | Banks or drop-off points |
| Hyndburn | Rubbish bin |
| Isles of Scilly | Banks or drop-off points |
| Islington | Rubbish bin |
| Kensington and Chelsea | Rubbish bin |
| King's Lynn and West Norfolk | Banks or drop-off points |
| Kingston upon Thames | Rubbish bin |
| Kirklees | Banks or drop-off points |
| Knowsley | Rubbish bin |
| Lambeth | Banks or drop-off points |
| Lancaster | Banks or drop-off points |
| Leicester | Rubbish bin |
| Lewisham | Banks or drop-off points |
| Lichfield | Banks or drop-off points |
| Lincoln | Rubbish bin |
| Liverpool | Banks or drop-off points |
| Luton | Banks or drop-off points |
| Maidstone | Rubbish bin |
| Malvern Hills | Banks or drop-off points |
| Manchester | Rubbish bin |
| Mansfield | Rubbish bin |
| Merton | Banks or drop-off points |
| Mid Devon | Banks or drop-off points |
| Mid Sussex | Banks or drop-off points |
| Middlesbrough | Banks or drop-off points |
| Milton Keynes | Rubbish bin |
| Mole Valley | Banks or drop-off points |
| New Forest | Rubbish bin |
| Newark and Sherwood | Rubbish bin |
| Newcastle upon Tyne | Banks or drop-off points |
| North Devon | Banks or drop-off points |
| North East Derbyshire | Banks or drop-off points |
| North East Lincolnshire | Rubbish bin |
| North Kesteven | Banks or drop-off points |
| North Norfolk | Rubbish bin |
| North Northamptonshire | Banks or drop-off points |
| North Tyneside | Banks or drop-off points |
| North West Leicestershire | Banks or drop-off points |
| North Yorkshire | Banks or drop-off points |
| Northumberland | Rubbish bin |
| Nuneaton and Bedworth | Rubbish bin |
| Oldham | Banks or drop-off points |
| Pendle | Rubbish bin |
| Plymouth | Rubbish bin |
| Portsmouth | Banks or drop-off points |
| Preston | Rubbish bin |
| Reading | Banks or drop-off points |
| Redcar and Cleveland | Banks or drop-off points |
| Redditch | Rubbish bin |
| Reigate and Banstead | Banks or drop-off points |
| Ribble Valley | Rubbish bin |
| Richmond upon Thames | Banks or drop-off points |
| Rochdale | Rubbish bin |
| Rochford | Rubbish bin |
| Rossendale | Rubbish bin |
| Rother | Rubbish bin |
| Rotherham | Rubbish bin |
| Runnymede | Banks or drop-off points |
| Rushcliffe | Rubbish bin |
| Rushmoor | Rubbish bin |
| Salford | Rubbish bin |
| Sandwell | Banks or drop-off points |
| Sefton | Banks or drop-off points |
| Sevenoaks | Rubbish bin |
| Sheffield | Banks or drop-off points |
| Slough | Banks or drop-off points |
| Somerset | Banks or drop-off points |
| South Hams | Banks or drop-off points |
| South Holland | Banks or drop-off points |
| South Kesteven | Banks or drop-off points |
| South Norfolk | Banks or drop-off points |
| South Oxfordshire | Banks or drop-off points |
| South Ribble | Rubbish bin |
| South Staffordshire | Rubbish bin |
| South Tyneside | Banks or drop-off points |
| Southampton | Banks or drop-off points |
| Southend-on-Sea | Banks or drop-off points |
| Southwark | Banks or drop-off points |
| Spelthorne | Banks or drop-off points |
| St Albans | Banks or drop-off points |
| St. Helens | Banks or drop-off points |
| Stafford | Rubbish bin |
| Staffordshire Moorlands | Rubbish bin |
| Stevenage | Rubbish bin |
| Stockport | Banks or drop-off points |
| Stockton-on-Tees | Banks or drop-off points |
| Stoke-on-Trent | Rubbish bin |
| Stroud | Banks or drop-off points |
| Sunderland | Banks or drop-off points |
| Surrey Heath | Banks or drop-off points |
| Sutton | Rubbish bin |
| Swale | Rubbish bin |
| Swindon | Banks or drop-off points |
| Tameside | Rubbish bin |
| Tamworth | Banks or drop-off points |
| Teignbridge | Banks or drop-off points |
| Telford and Wrekin | Rubbish bin |
| Tendring | Banks or drop-off points |
| Test Valley | Rubbish bin |
| Tewkesbury | Banks or drop-off points |
| Thanet | Rubbish bin |
| Three Rivers | Rubbish bin |
| Thurrock | Banks or drop-off points |
| Tonbridge and Malling | Banks or drop-off points |
| Torbay | Rubbish bin |
| Torridge | Rubbish bin |
| Tower Hamlets | Banks or drop-off points |
| Trafford | Rubbish bin |
| Tunbridge Wells | Rubbish bin |
| Uttlesford | Rubbish bin |
| Vale of White Horse | Banks or drop-off points |
| Wakefield | Rubbish bin |
| Walsall | Rubbish bin |
| Waltham Forest | Rubbish bin |
| Wandsworth | Banks or drop-off points |
| Warrington | Banks or drop-off points |
| Watford | Rubbish bin |
| Waverley | Banks or drop-off points |
| Welwyn Hatfield | Rubbish bin |
| West Berkshire | Banks or drop-off points |
| West Devon | Banks or drop-off points |
| West Lancashire | Rubbish bin |
| West Lindsey | Banks or drop-off points |
| West Northamptonshire | Banks or drop-off points |
| Westminster | Rubbish bin |
| Westmorland and Furness | Banks or drop-off points |
| Wiltshire | Banks or drop-off points |
| Winchester | Rubbish bin |
| Windsor and Maidenhead | Banks or drop-off points |
| Wirral | Rubbish bin |
| Woking | Banks or drop-off points |
| Wokingham | Banks or drop-off points |
| Wolverhampton | Rubbish bin |
| Worcester | Banks or drop-off points |
| Worthing | Banks or drop-off points |
| Wychavon | Rubbish bin |
| Wyre | Rubbish bin |
| Wyre Forest | Banks or drop-off points |
| York | Banks or drop-off points |
Not enough data yet: Bassetlaw, Blackpool, Epping Forest, Hartlepool, Medway, Newham, Norwich, Redbridge, Shropshire, Tandridge.
Scotland
6 of 32 councils collect soft plastics from home.
Collected from home (6)
- East Ayrshire
- East Dunbartonshire
- Fife
- Glasgow City
- Perth and Kinross
- Scottish Borders
Not collected from home (26)
| Council | Where they go instead |
|---|---|
| Aberdeen City | Banks or drop-off points |
| Aberdeenshire | Banks or drop-off points |
| Angus | Banks or drop-off points |
| Argyll and Bute | Banks or drop-off points |
| City of Edinburgh | Banks or drop-off points |
| Clackmannanshire | Banks or drop-off points |
| Dumfries and Galloway | Rubbish bin |
| Dundee City | Rubbish bin |
| East Lothian | Rubbish bin |
| East Renfrewshire | Rubbish bin |
| Falkirk | Rubbish bin |
| Highland | Banks or drop-off points |
| Inverclyde | Rubbish bin |
| Midlothian | Rubbish bin |
| Moray | Rubbish bin |
| Na h-Eileanan Siar | Rubbish bin |
| North Ayrshire | Banks or drop-off points |
| North Lanarkshire | Rubbish bin |
| Orkney Islands | Rubbish bin |
| Renfrewshire | Rubbish bin |
| Shetland Islands | Rubbish bin |
| South Ayrshire | Banks or drop-off points |
| South Lanarkshire | Rubbish bin |
| Stirling | Rubbish bin |
| West Dunbartonshire | Rubbish bin |
| West Lothian | Banks or drop-off points |
Wales
3 of 21 councils collect soft plastics from home.
Collected from home (3)
- Ceredigion
- Rhondda Cynon Taf
- Vale of Glamorgan
Not collected from home (18)
| Council | Where they go instead |
|---|---|
| Blaenau Gwent | Rubbish bin |
| Bridgend | Rubbish bin |
| Caerphilly | Banks or drop-off points |
| Cardiff | Banks or drop-off points |
| Carmarthenshire | Banks or drop-off points |
| Conwy | Rubbish bin |
| Denbighshire | Banks or drop-off points |
| Flintshire | Rubbish bin |
| Gwynedd | Banks or drop-off points |
| Merthyr Tydfil | Banks or drop-off points |
| Monmouthshire | Banks or drop-off points |
| Neath Port Talbot | Banks or drop-off points |
| Newport | Banks or drop-off points |
| Pembrokeshire | Rubbish bin |
| Powys | Recycling centre |
| Swansea | Banks or drop-off points |
| Torfaen | Banks or drop-off points |
| Wrexham | Rubbish bin |
Not enough data yet: Isle of Anglesey.
Northern Ireland
0 of 11 councils collect soft plastics from home.
Not collected from home (11)
| Council | Where they go instead |
|---|---|
| Antrim and Newtownabbey | Banks or drop-off points |
| Ards and North Down | Banks or drop-off points |
| Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon | Rubbish bin |
| Belfast | Rubbish bin |
| Causeway Coast and Glens | Rubbish bin |
| Derry City and Strabane | Rubbish bin |
| Fermanagh and Omagh | Banks or drop-off points |
| Lisburn and Castlereagh | Rubbish bin |
| Mid and East Antrim | Rubbish bin |
| Mid Ulster | Rubbish bin |
| Newry, Mourne and Down | Rubbish bin |
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Sources
- Each council's own website. Our item pages and council pages link the council page each answer comes from.
- Find your council on GOV.UK