PD container / PMD container

PD has been collected separately from households for a number of years. Some councils provide residents with a PD waste bin, while elsewhere you take it to communal containers on the street or in your neighbourhood.

These days, more and more businesses are separating PD too. And that's a good thing for several reasons:

• It's better for the environment
• It makes your business more sustainable (something many customers find important)
• Separating waste becomes cheaper

Make PD cheaper than residual waste

The PD container for businesses hasn't been around for very long, which makes this waste type relatively expensive for collectors to pick up at the moment. Since 1 January 2023, there has been a government contribution, which can make collection a lot more affordable. Would you like to know more? Just get in contact with us. The more businesses that offer PD separately, the cheaper it becomes to process, until it eventually costs less than residual waste. Just as with paper and cardboard is the case. Investing in a PD container means investing in lower waste costs for the future.

What can go in?

Plastic packaging Plastic bags Yoghurt, custard and ice cream pots Vegetable, fruit and meat trays Empty bottles (drinks, food, toiletries) Plastic film and blister packaging Medicine tubs Plant pots Nets from oranges or onions, for example.

Drinks cartons Empty cartons for soft drinks, fruit juice, water and wine Cardboard drinks cartons Milk, yoghurt and custard cartons

What can't go in?

• Packaging with contents still inside
• Blister strips (medicines/chewing gum)
• Crisp packets
• Sealant tubes
• Aerosol cans and paint tins
• Medical waste (e.g. syringes)
• Shopping bags
• Plastic that isn't packaging (toys, etc.)
• Coffee capsules
• Polystyrene foam
• Empty metal packaging
• Aluminium foil
• Aluminium trays
• Tins
• Drinks cans
• Covering film
• Steel syrup bottles