The latest July 2026 Newsletter from Recycle for Kenilworth.
On 5th October 2024, Warwick District became the first in
the country to have a permanent co-mingle kerbside collection service that collects 6 out of 7 types of plastics. Woohoo – value for our Council Tax! Thank you to every Kenilworth resident who supported this movement.
Key points about hard to recycle plastics and where you can recycle them:
- Pet / baby food pouches can be recycled at Kenilworth Waitrose or Sainsbury’s
- Cosmetics and self-care packaging can be dropped off at Kenilworth Boots
- Empty blister packs can be dropped off at Kenilworth Boots, the Kenilworth Centre and Treehouse Bookshop
See a full list of what can be recycled through the Council curb side collections. Please ensure the contents are CLEAN and DRY.
WHAT HAPPENS TO THE WASTE
I will collect or accept drop off the wastes, and quarantine them before sorting and sending to appropriate recycling facilities. The wastes will be recycled to become plastic packaging and/or furniture, etc.
WHERE DO THE FUNDS COME FROM
I donate all necessary collection bags and boxes & all the printing and administration time. Your donations (in whole) go to the Kenilworth Centre as it takes a high quantity of each waste type before attracting any pay out from the recycling companies. Where recycling scheme pays me points, I will convert them to cash and pay to the Kenilworth Centre. Where recycling scheme pays out cash, that will be transferred by BACS the Kenilworth Centre Bank account.
HOW ARE THE FUNDS USED
The Kenilworth Centre supports all aspects of the Kenilworth Community. In particularly I support the Mental Health of Children and Youths.
WHO IS IT FOR
Those who want to help the environment by diverting hard-to-recycle waste to be properly recycled.
Those who wants to save money on petrol and time on trips to recycling centres.
Those who wants help earn funds to give back to the Kenilworth local community.
May Lau fundraises on a private basis.
Thank you for your support.
We would like to thank May for all of the hard work she does to raise funds for the Charity.
The Laws are changing… here’s what’s happening:
- 2022 – The Government introduced the Plastic Tax – big National campaigns to minimise one-use plastics.
- 2025 – 2027 – Simpler Recycling – aim to standardise what is collected from residents and businesses Nationally. Warwick District Council is way ahead and with the co- mingle dry recycling collection, we have 3 bins instead of the 4th bin to collect paper and cardboard separately.
- 2025 – The UK Government has launched Packaging Extended Producer Responsibility (pEPR) to shift the cost of collecting, sorting and recycling/disposing of household recycling wastes to the producers, manufacturers and importers.
- 2026 – pEPR payments have started to filter through to local authorities. We are hoping that the council will be able to consider collecting empty blister packs from kerbside soon…
- 12th August 2026 is the date when the EU will enforce the PPWR (Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulations). This affects any regulated industry putting products in the EU and Northern Ireland. Products have to be made from recyclable packaging materials, and with adequate labelling how to recycle. It will automatically include the Pharmaceutical Industry… the impact will mean producers using more sustainable packaging materials… for example mono-materials rather than composite which are much more difficult to recycle.
- 2027 – UK will start the bottles and cans deposit and recycling scheme. The machines are being made and aimed to be in use from October 2027.