Sustainable Henfield ask you to save some plastics which can’t be recycled in the blue-topped Council bins and take them to our recycling points in Henfield.  We send them to Terracycle where the plastic is made into other products, and they send money to our chosen charity – Henfield Haven.

For a downloadable list of what can be recycled and where, please click here

What we accept and who takes it What we don’t accept
Hamfelds (box by till in shop) accept Flexible dishwasher, laundry tablet/capsule/pod packaging,
Lenor tumble dryer sheets,
Surface cleaning wipes packaging, tinted rigid tubs and tinted fabric conditioner bottles and caps.
All trigger sprays
Soap pumps, caps and refill packaging
Shampoo & shower gel lids
NO cleaning bottles or glass containers,
Plug-in air fresheners
Baby wipes

Radmalls Funeral Services
(in a wheelie bin to side of building) accept:
Crisps and snack packs, any type & size Ideally fold in half and put into the larger crisp/snack packs. See clip here.
Nuts, popcorn, pretzels and pork scratching packets – Any type and any size including multipacks

This national scheme is closing on Easter Monday – 18th April 2022

Please take these crisp and snack packs to supermarkets with other ‘scrunchable’ plastic.

NO crisp packets folded into triangles or knotted
Post House Café (in a wheelie bin in garden) accept:
Chocolate and sweets plastic wrappers
Biscuit, cake or cracker plastic wrappers
Pringles Crisp Tubes including plastic lids and paper. Ideally please flatten tube as per this clip.
NO aluminium foil, cardboard, cellophane and paper wrappers.
Individual sweet wrappers, eg Quality Street or Ferrero Rocher

Goodness Henfield (box in shop) accept: Pens, felt tips, glue sticks, mechanical pencils, markers, highlighters, correction fluid containers

NO wooden pencils or wax crayons
Natasha Beauty Salon (in a bin outside) accept:
Makeup tubes: eg mascara, lipstick, blusher, lip gloss, bronzer, eye shadow containers
Face cream pots & lids.
Facial wipe packs.
Roll-on deodorants
Lids from aerosol deodorants
NO glass or metal containers, aerosols or plastic bottles,
Baby wipe packaging
Bespoke Interiors (inside shop) accept: Toothbrushes, toothpaste tubes & caps. Dental floss containers & plastic packagingNO pump toothpaste tubes, Electric toothbrush stems
Floss or dental sticks
4 Seasons Dry Cleaners (in a bin outside the shop) accept:
Branded bakery bags  eg loaves, rolls, wraps, bagels, crumpets, wraps or similar products
 

Katies Nuttery (in a bin outside the shop) accept:

Ella’s kitchen baby food snack packets

This national scheme closed on 15th March 2022.  Please take these (with lids removed) to supermarkets with ‘scrunchable’ plastic

 
Rushfields Garden Centre, Poynings (in a bin inside by exit) or Catholic Church (when open) (bin) accept:
Cheese pouches or individual cheese wrapper, eg cheddar. Sliced cheese protective film. Plastic nets for mini cheeses. Please rinse out and dry
 NO plastic tubs or trays, cheese boxes, aluminium cheese wrappers, wax and waxed paper, slice dividers or squeezy tubes.
Henfield Eye Care (inside shop) accept:
Contact lenses and their blister pack and foil
NO rigid gas permeable contact lenses or contact lens solution bottles

If you would like ideas of how to store this recycling at home please look at this clip: 11 Ways to Make Collecting Waste at Home Easy – The TerraCycle Blog

Who pays for the Recycling

We collect these waste streams via the Terracycle Free Recycling Programme.  There are now over 50 brands, manufacturers and retailers who pay for their plastic waste to be sent and processed into plastic pellets.  Below is a list of who pays for our recycling streams:

Recycling StreamManufacturer/Brand/Retailer
Air, home and laundryProctor and Gamble
Soap pumps and refill packsCarex and Baylis and Harding
Crisp and snack packsWalkers
Popcorn, pretzels, nutsKP Nuts
Biscuit, cracker and cake wrappersPladis
Confectionery wrappersNestles
PringlesPringles
Writing instrumentsBiC
Personal care and beauty productsGarnier
Makeup, tubes and beauty wipesBurts Bees
Dental care productsColgate
Bread loaf bagsWarburtons
Cheese wrappersCathedral City
Contact lenses, blister packs/foilsAcuvue

Terracycle then pays a certain amount straight to Henfield Haven according to the weight sent.  In November 2019, Terracycle reached the milestone of raising £1million for UK charities, schools and not-for-profit organisations. Our partner organisation ‘Recycling in Lancing’ has raised £50,000 over the last 14 years for local charities.

What sort of products from the recycled plastics?

The plastic is reduced in size by being shredded or ground, then melted and reformed into pellets, flakes or powder and sold to manufacturers to make other products.

Examples include: outdoor furniture and decking, plastic shipping pallets, watering cans, storage containers and bins, tubes for construction application, flooring tiles, playground surface covers and athletic fields, and many more.

Please come and be part of our Team

We have over 50 lovely volunteers who support our high street shops/businesses and collect, sort, pack and send it off.  If you would like to be part of our team, please do get in touch – SH2030@mail.com.  The more helpers we have the less we each have to do.

Thank you for continuing to help us keep this plastic out of landfill