Recycling Plastic in Thurso

[SunnyChick]

Is there anywhere you can recycle plastic (i.e. washing-up liquid containers and yoghurt pots), etc in or near Thurso?

I looked up Caithness recycling centre in Janetstown but plastic is not listed as something they recycle.... and I was a bit surprised.

[Bobinovich]

Was announced recently that we will soon (http://forum.caithness.org/showthread.php?t=46947) be able to...

[maidencaithness]

you could always try the local schools I know some of them use that sort of thing for "technology" or junk models as my daughter calls them, we save all ours now and give them to the school

[rainbow]

Apparently from August if you do not have a brown bin or paper box, then you will get a new bin that you have to put plastic/tin/paper/cardboard in. If you have a brown bin/paper box then you will have it for another year as the vehicles that uplift your recycling materials is still on lease for another year. The council will also be checking on your waste to make sure you recycle the relevant materials.
So to answer the original question you can recycle plastic from August in outlying rural areas - maybe the council will then introduce an additional skip at recycling points to allow for plastic recycling.

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Thurso College recycles plastic bottles.

[Tilter]

Thurso College recycles plastic bottles.

So does Dounreay.

[SunnyChick]

Thank you so much for all your helpful replies. I am definately going to avoid throwing plastic in the bin from now, and am delighted to be in a rural area and hopefully soon to get a new plastics bin! Cheers guys,:D

[tracyann]

You can put plastic bottles to homeaid and they take them to Nipster Farm where we recycle them.

Keep ears open as hopefully skips for plastic waste at HC recycling centres very soon!