Can you recycle shampoo and shower gel bottles?

Bathroom bottles — shampoo, conditioner, shower gel, handwash — are all kerbside-recyclable, and remembering the bathroom is one of the easiest ways to boost your recycling (around half of Britons forget bathroom items). Empty and rinse them; flip-top caps can stay on, but pump dispensers contain a metal spring and should go in general waste or be reused on the next bottle.

Tips

• Keep a small recycling bag in the bathroom
• Reuse pump tops on refill bottles

Which bin does it go in?

Recycling bin — empty and rinsed; pumps in general waste

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