Food Packaging Material Disposal Matrix
| Location | ||||
| Material |
In Store Eating in the store or cafe |
Out & About Eating & drinking on the go or walking in a park or street |
At Home Eating at home, especially deliveries and takeaways |
In The Office Taken food back to work or had a takeaway at work |
| Bamboo | General waste bin or compostable pactor | General waste bin or compostable bin | General waste bin or compostable bin | General waste bin or compostable bin |
| Birchwood | General waste bin or compostable pactor | General waste bin or compostable bin | General waste bin or compostable bin | General waste bin or compostable bin |
| Corrugated paper | Paper recycling bin but ensure no grease stains | General waste bin or find nearest paper recycling bank | Paper or recycling bin but ensure no grease stains | Paper or recycling bin but ensure no grease stains |
| Foil | General waste bin | General waste bin | General waste bin | General waste bin |
| Lined paper | General waste bin | General waste bin. Do not put in paper cup recycling bin | General waste bin | General waste bin |
| PE lined (paper cups) | Paper cup recycling bin | Paper cup recycling bin | General waste bin | General waste bin |
| PET | Plastic recycling bin. Rinse & wipe clean before disposing of | Plastic recycling bin. Rinse & wipe clean before disposing of | Plastic recycling bin. Rinse & wipe clean before disposing of | Plastic recycling bin. Rinse & wipe clean before disposing of |
| PLA | Compostable packaging bin | Compostable packaging bin | General waste bin | General waste bin |
| PP | Plastic recycling bin. Rinse & wipe clean before disposal | Plastic recycling bin. Rinse & wipe clean before disposal | Plastic recycling bin. Rinse & wipe clean before disposal | Plastic recycling bin. Rinse & wipe clean before disposal |
| PS | General waste bin | General waste bin | General waste bin | General waste bin |
| Pulp paper | Paper recycling bin or mixed recycling bin, only if clean. Otherwise, general waste bin | Paper recycling bin or mixed recycling bin, only if clean. Otherwise, general waste bin | Paper recycling bin or mixed recycling bin, only if clean. Otherwise, general waste bin | Paper recycling bin or mixed recycling bin, only if clean. Otherwise, general waste bin |
| Recycled paper | Paper recycling bin or mixed recycling bin, only if clean. Otherwise, general waste bin | Paper recycling bin or mixed recycling bin, only if clean. Otherwise, general waste bin | Paper recycling bin or mixed recycling bin, only if clean. Otherwise, general waste bin | Paper recycling bin or mixed recycling bin, only if clean. Otherwise, general waste bin |
| RPET | Plastic recycling bin. Rinse & wipe clean before disposing of | Plastic recycling bin. Rinse & wipe clean before disposing of | Plastic recycling bin. Rinse & wipe clean before disposing of | Glass, metal or plastic recycling bin. Rinse & wipe clean before disposing of |
| Sugarcane Bagasse | General waste bin or compostable pactor | General waste bin or compostable bin. Rinse & wipe clean before disposing of | General waste bin or compostable bin. Rinse & wipe clean before disposing of | General waste bin or compostable bin. Rinse & wipe clean before disposing of |
| Unlined Paper | Paper recycling bin or mixed recycling bin, only if clean. Otherwise, general waste | Paper recycling bin or mixed recycling bin, only if clean. Otherwise, general waste | Paper recycling bin or mixed recycling bin, only if clean. Otherwise, general waste | Paper recycling bin or mixed recycling bin, only if clean. Otherwise, general waste |
| Bin Type | ||||||
| Material | Paper Recycling Bin | Plastic Recycling Bin | Mixed Recycling Bin | Paper Cup Recycling Bin | Compostable Packaging | General Waste |
| Bamboo | X | X | X | X | X |  |
| Birchwood | X | X | X | X | X | |
| Corrugated paper | |
X | |
X | |
|
| Foil | X | X | X | X | X | |
| Lined paper | X | X | X | X | X | |
| PE lined (paper cups) | X | X | X | |
X | |
| PET | X | |
|
X | X | |
| PLA | X | X | X | X | |
|
| PP | X | |
|
X | X | |
| PS | X | X | X | X | X | |
| Pulp paper | |
X | |
X | |
|
| Recycled paper | |
X | |
X | |
|
| RPET | X | |
|
X | X | |
| Sugarcane Bagasse | X | X | X | X | |
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| Unlined paper | |
X | |
X | |
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