On 22/01/2020 17:33, T i m wrote:
On Wed, 22 Jan 2020 14:04:24 +0000, newshound
wrote:

On 22/01/2020 12:30, T i m wrote:

p.s. Since I saw it mentioned here, we care saving crisp / snack
packets as I believe Walkers will take them is 5kg batches. We are
looking for a good way to store them as they can take up a bit of room
unless compressed somehow (and we don't want to knot them up as I'm
not sure how they re-process them).



How long does it take to collect 5 kg of crisp bags?

We don't know yet, probably 'quite some time'. Actually, that was the
quantity required for free collection, I see they now have loads of
free dropoff points that I assume have no minimum limit.

And do they really
recycle them,

I don't know, I'd like to think so:

https://www.walkers.co.uk/recycle

"What happens to the recycled packets?

The crisp packets are cleaned and shredded to turn them into plastic
pellets.
These pellets are then transformed into park benches, plant pots,
watering cans and cool bags."

I have just bought some underlay and it appears to be made from recycled
plastic, as there are a few "solid" pieces in it.

SteveW