The easiest way to check if an item is recyclable or not is to look for the numbered triangle. If it says 1, 2, or 5 and it’s from an item you ate out of, drank from, cleaned your body or your house with, add the plastic container to your recycling. It is essential to check each item because there are no hard and fast rules around which items are type 1, 2 or 5. For example, yogurt pots can be made from plastics #5 or #6 while some biscuit trays can be a #1 or #3. If the number is a 3, 4, 6 or 7 then it needs to go into your rubbish bin. Sometimes plastics don’t have a number on them. These are unidentified plastics and also need to go into your rubbish bin.