Many of the items you buy at Countdown can be recycled. For example: Meat trays and the plastic film that goes around them once rinsed. Rigid packaging in our bakery and deli.

Can meat trays be recycled NZ?

Plastic supermarket bags are not accepted. All rigid plastic bottles/packaging numbered 1-6 are accepted for recycling. Polystyrene and meat trays are not accepted.

What can I do with plastic meat trays?

All plastic containers can be recycled including plastic fruit punnets and takeaway containers. Plastic trays such as meat trays or soft food trays differ across councils. Rigid hard plastic trays can be recycled while soft polystyrene trays cannot, which means many councils say no to both.