What to do with
Plastic plant pots
Most Local Authorities collect pots tubs and trays in the kerbside collection. If they do, then you should be able to put non-black plastic plant pots in with your normal home recycling collection.
Currently black plant pots are generally NOT collected for recycling because they cannot be detected by machinery used to sort plastics in the recycling process.
It is worth checking your local garden centre as some offer plant pot take back schemes.
To know if your Local Authority collects pots tubs and trays, check with them directly or enter your postcode below to be sure.
Find out if you can recycle other plastic pots, tubs & trays in your kerbside collection
Alternatively, enter your postcode into our Recycling Locator tool to find your nearest locations to recycle plastic plant pots.