Recycling collection points
Books, CDs, DVDs
- Old River Lane, Bishop’s Stortford
- Grange Paddocks, Bishop’s Stortford
- Bell Street car park, Sawbridgeworth
Brita water filter cartidges
Collected at Coopers and at Sainsburys stores in Thorley and Jackson Square. Alternatively you could avoid using them altogether. Kettles can be descaled with citric acid powder, available from Wilko.
Please check the links for full details of the items that can be taken. These schemes are managed by volunteers and it’s difficult to deal with sorting out anything that isn’t accepted.
Clothes and shoes
- Tesco car park, Bishop’s Park
- Sainsburys car park, Thorley
- Link Road car park, Bishop’s Stortford
- Old River Lane, Bishop’s Stortford
- Grange Paddocks, Bishop’s Stortford
- Patmore Close, opposite the fire station, Bishop’s Stortford
- Bell Street car park, Sawbridgeworth
H&M in Jackson Square accept clothing for selling on through the secondhand market, reuse as textiles, or recycling as fibres. They have a voucher scheme giving £5 to use towards your next purchase of £25 or more.
Contact lenses and blister packs – Acuvue Contact Lens Recycling Programme
- Boots opticians, South Street, Bishop’s Stortford
- Ashwell & Barrie, North Street, Bishop’s Stortford
Cosmetics and skin care – Personal Care Recycling Programme
Collection box at Birchanger Primary School
Crisp packets – KP Snacks Recycling Programme
This is just for crisp, pretzel, peanut and popcorn packets. No other items can be included, even if they are made of the same stuff, because the crisp companies won’t pay to recycle other product packaging. It really helps if the packets are flattened.
- At the Winter Night Shelter, at the rear of Holy Trinity Church, Bishop’s Stortford.
- Birchanger Primary School
Newspapers and magazines
For white paper / envelopes, newspapers, magazines, shredded paper, junk mail, catalogues, white phone books and leaflets.
- Old River Lane, Bishop’s Stortford
- Sainsburys car park, Thorley
- Grange Paddocks, Bishop’s Stortford
- Bell Street car park, Sawbridgeworth
Polythene bags
Collected in Waitrose, Sainsburys in Thorley and at Jackson Square, and Tesco in Bishop’s Park. Aldi will accept their own polythene bags returned for recycling.
Pringles tubes – Pringles Can Recycling Programme
- At the Winter Night Shelter, at the rear of Holy Trinity Church, Bishop’s Stortford
Printer ink cartridges
- Sainsburys in Thorley
- Sainsburys in Jackson Square provide Freepost envelopes to return cartridges for recycling. Ask at customer service or look by the ink cartridge shelves.
Respiratory inhalers
As part of the GSK Complete the Cycle scheme, inhalers are collected for recycling at Boots, Potter Street, and Tesco pharmacy in Bishop’s Park.
Sweets and confectionery wrappers – Confectionery Recycling Programme
Collection box at Birchanger Primary School
Toothpaste tubes – Colgate Oral Care Recycling Rrogramme
- GreenHerts, Church Street, Bishop’s Stortford
- At the Winter Night Shelter, at the rear of Holy Trinity Church, Bishop’s Stortford
- Birchanger Primary School
Things change: please let us know if any of this information could be improved or extended. Contact us