Can you recycle padded envelopes and jiffy bags?

Traditional jiffy bags mix paper with bubble-wrap lining and cannot be separated, so they go in general waste. Newer all-paper padded envelopes (padded with shredded or corrugated paper — check by tearing a corner) can go in kerbside recycling. Plastic bubble-lined mailers can be reused many times or taken to soft-plastic collection points if they are entirely plastic.

Tips

• Tear a corner: paper padding recycles, bubble lining doesn't
• Reuse intact mailers for your own parcels

Which bin does it go in?

General waste, unless paper-padded — reuse them first

Before throwing it away, see reuse, repair and donation routes.

Background: The 10 recycling mistakes that ruin lorry-loads.

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