Even more plastic items are set to be recycled in Cornwall - cutting down on waste as well as benefitting the environment. 

A new rigid plastic recycling service has been introduced at seven of Cornwall's Household Waste Recycling Centres (HWRC) - including Falmouth.

It means that residents can now recycle a variety of previously non-recycled plastic items such as clean buckets, bins, storage boxes and containers, water butts, garden furniture, rigid plant pots, and crates. 

You can now take those items to be recycled to the following HWRCs:

• Bude 
• Connon Bridge 
• Falmouth 
• Launceston 
• St Austell 
• Truro  
• United Mines 

Collected plastic waste is recycled to produce high-quality secondary raw material for use in manufacturing new items for the construction industry as well as household goods and furniture.  

The Council's portfolio holder for neighbourhoods, Carol Mould, added:

"Adding rigid plastic to items that can now be taken for recycling to seven of our larger HWRCs means there is another way we can all cut down on waste and help recycle more. It gives us residents the opportunity to clear out the plastic items that are no longer needed whilst playing an important part in the sustainable production of new items." 

The service has been introduced at HWRC sites with suitable capacity and will be kept under review for roll out at other sites in the future.   

Click here to see more from Falmouth HWRC.