{"id":2774,"date":"2019-12-16T15:06:33","date_gmt":"2019-12-16T15:06:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/wasteandrecycling\/?page_id=2774"},"modified":"2021-08-04T15:21:48","modified_gmt":"2021-08-04T14:21:48","slug":"recycling-wrapping-paper","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/wasteandrecycling\/holiday-recycling\/recycling-wrapping-paper\/","title":{"rendered":"Recycling wrapping paper?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Wrapping paper is a difficult material to recycle as it contains thin fibres, is often dyed, laminated and glittery or has tape attached. For this reason, not all areas will be able to accept it for recycling this year.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>With this in mind, why not check out these fantastic <a href=\"https:\/\/www.recycledevon.org\/wrapping-paper-alternatives\" rel=\"noopener\">reusable and recyclable alternatives for wrapping paper? <\/a><\/p>\n<h2><strong>Find your Local Authority below for details on recycling wrapping paper in your area.<\/strong><\/h2>\n<h3><strong>East Devon<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Wrapping Paper with no glitter or foil can go in the <strong>green<\/strong> <strong>recycling box or bin.<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Exeter<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Brown paper will be accepted. <strong>Normal Wrapping paper <u>cannot<\/u> be recycled in your recycling collection. Please place wrapping paper in your general waste container.<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Teignbridge<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Wrapping Paper and brown paper with no glitter or foil can be recycled from home using your\u00a0<strong>green recycling box.<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Mid Devon<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Wrapping Paper and brown paper with no glitter or foil can go in the <strong>black recycling box or bag.<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3><strong>South Hams<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Normal wrapping paper will <strong>not<\/strong> be accepted.<strong> Brown Wrapping paper can go in the Blue Sack.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3><strong>West Devon<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Wrapping paper and brown paper <strong>cannot<\/strong> be recycled in your recycling collection. Please place wrapping paper in your general waste container.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Torridge<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Brown paper can be recycled in your Brown bag<strong>. <\/strong>Regular wrapping paper <strong>cannot<\/strong> be recycled in your recycling collection and must go in general waste.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Plymouth<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Wrapping paper that is free from glitter\/foil and brown paper can go in the <strong>green recycling bin.<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Torbay<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Wrapping paper that is free from glitter and foil can go in <strong>Recycling Box 1 with paper.\u00a0<\/strong>Brown paper can be recycled in <strong>Box 2 with Cardboard.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3><strong>North Devon<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Brown wrapping paper can be recycled in your brown bag. Normal wrapping paper <strong>cannot<\/strong> be recycled &amp; goes in the general waste container.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wrapping paper is a difficult material to recycle as it contains thin fibres, is often dyed, laminated and glittery or has tape attached. For this reason, not all areas will be able to accept it for recycling this year. With &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/wasteandrecycling\/holiday-recycling\/recycling-wrapping-paper\/\" aria-label=\"Continue reading Recycling wrapping paper?\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":748,"featured_media":0,"parent":2770,"menu_order":4,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-2774","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-05-11 18:05:31","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/wasteandrecycling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2774","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/wasteandrecycling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/wasteandrecycling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/wasteandrecycling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/748"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/wasteandrecycling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2774"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/wasteandrecycling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2774\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3680,"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/wasteandrecycling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2774\/revisions\/3680"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/wasteandrecycling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2770"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/wasteandrecycling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2774"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}