Readers will be aware that Enfield Council no longer allows plastic bags in its recycling wheelie bins (with blue lids), but may not know that many kinds of plastic bags, including carrier bags, can be recycled at Morrisons in Palmers Green. There is a bin for this purpose in the aisle that you come out into after paying. Details of the types of bag that are accepted are shown on the Morrisons Blog (see the extract below).
What Can Be Recycled At Our Carrier Bag Recycling Points?
We accept...
Plastic Carrier Bags, Plastic bread bags, Plastic cereal bags and inner cereal bags, Plastic wrappers and ring joiners from multipacks of cans and plastic bottles, Plastic wrappers from toilet roll and kitchen towel packs, Plastic freezer bags, Plastic magazine and newspaper wrap (type used for home delivery only), Thin bags used for fruit and veg at supermarkets, Bubble wrap, Low-density polyethylene (LDPE) - resin ID code 4, Flexible plastic multi-pack can holders/rings
We don't accept..
Any Non-Polythene film (eg PP, PVC), Cling film, Food and drink pouches, Crisp packets, Film lids from ready meals and food trays
Sainsburys in Winchmore Hill (Green Lanes) also has a recycling point for plastic carrier bags, but their website doesn't give any more detail of exactly what they accept - most likely, exactly the same things as Morrisons. If anyone knows, please get in touch with the information, including where in the store the carrier bag recycling point is.
