Recycling in Belper

There are many places in and around Belper where you can recycle items that are not collected as part of the service provided by Amber Valley. These are listed below with links where available. We will add to the list as we become aware of more recycling options -

Crisp Packets - St. Peters Church (Link - https://www.stpetersparishbelper.org.uk/recyclingatstpeters.htm)

Toothpaste Tubes - St.Peters Church (Link - https://www.stpetersparishbelper.org.uk/recyclingatstpeters.htm)

Batteries - Coop, Morrisons, Aldi, No-Match E-Cigs (King Street)

Printer Cartridges - No-Match E-Cigs

Plastic Bags - (Including bread bags, toilet roll covering, … for example) - Morrisons

Contact Lenses/Blister Packs - Boots Optician, INTU Shopping Centre, Derby

Bottle Tops - Lush, Derby

Asthma Inhalers - Morrisons pharmacy, W. R. Evans, Boots

IT Equipment - IT Collections, Derby (Link - https://www.itcollections.com/)

Types of plastic you can put in Belper Morrisons plastic bag recycling container:

Carrier bags

Plastic bread bags

Plastic cereal bags e.g. porridge bags

Plastic wrappers and ring joiners from multipacks of cans and bottles

Plastic wrappers from toilet roll and kitchen towel packs

Plastic freezer bags

Plastic magazine and newspaper wrap

Thin bags for fruit and veg at Morrisons

Bubble wrap

Belper St. Johns Chapel is now providing a pens recycling box in the porch at the entrance of the chapel.

- The chapel is open 9:30 until 12:30 weekdays

Also Tetrapaks can be recycled at No. 28 on the Market Place on the second and fourth Saturday of each month between 10AM and 1PM. Please wash and flatten them before depositing as they are taken to Loscoe or Ripley by volunteers and unwashed Tetrapaks can get a bit smelly.