Carton Recycling Trial

Published: 14 January 2025

Town & Parish Councils

Carton Recycling Trial

Under new Government ‘Simpler Recycling’ reforms, all English local authorities will be required to collect the same set of dry recyclables. From March 2026, we must include cartons in our kerbside recycling collections.

From February 2025 we will be running a trial to test the most efficient and cost-effective way to do this.

Approximately, 4700 households have been selected to take part. They will be contacted directly and given instructions and a pack of bags to collect their cartons.

The streets included have been selected according to which of our vehicles collects the recycling. This is so we can monitor the impact on the efficiency of our different sized collection vehicles.

Some streets from the following areas have been selected.

Bovey Tracey

Dawlish

Ipplepen

Kingskerswell

Kingsteignton

Newton Abbot

Matford

Rural outskirts of Manaton, Poundsgate, Moretonhampstead, Bridford and Christow

Participants in the trial will be able to recycle drinks cartons such as those used to contain juices, smoothies and milk and liquid food cartons such as those used to contain soup, custard and tomatoes and pulses.

The cartons we collect will be recycled at the only dedicated recycling facility in the UK, at West Yorkshire.

Further information can be found at www.teignbridge.gov.uk/cartonrecyclingtrial