Can you recycle dishwasher & detergent packaging?
Cardboard boxes recycle; plastic pouches to soft-plastic points; pod wrappers dissolve.
Detergent cardboard boxes recycle with card (wipe out powder residue). Flexible pouches are soft plastics — supermarket collection or kerbside film where rolled out. Dissolvable pod film (PVA) goes in the machine, not the bin. Rigid bottles recycle normally.
Which bin does it go in?
Cardboard boxes recycle; plastic pouches to soft-plastic points; pod wrappers dissolve. Exact rules depend on your council — check its website or look up your postcode below.
Councils can use different containers and accepted-item lists.
Background: Recycling symbols explained.
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✓ Checked against current UK guidance: 14 Jul 2026. Spot an error or an out-of-date rule?