Recycling Shredding

[Prudie]

Are you allowed to put shredded paper in the normal paper/cardboard recycling? We are not allowed at work, it has to be collected by a separate company but I don't know why.

[Zacs-Master]

No probs.

[bravejordy]

To be honest, Prudie, I only have two wheelie bins - a green one for normal household waste and a grey one for recyclable stuff (I know some people have an extra bin for garden waste, but I only have a yard as oppose to a garden). Therefore, I have no choice but to put my bagged up shredded paper in with the normal household waste.

[DaisyNonna]

Only 2 bins here, refuse and recycling. No shredded paper. Buy sacks for garden waste. 60p. Too expensive to hire a garden waste bin with a rather small garden.

[baza]

I think the goal posts keep moving, shredded paper was permitted in the garden rubbish bin, now it's allowed in the recycle bin with glass ,plastic , paper and cardboard. According to the sign on the dust cart our council is one of the leaders in recycling.

[spudqueen]

In Lancashire we're told not to put shredded paper in the paper recycling. No idea why.

[heathfield]

Our council says 'No shredded paper', Their reason is that when they bale paper for recycling, it escapes too easily from the bales, and ends up all over the place.