Workplace recycling: imagery for recycling signage and containers

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From 6 April 2024, it will become law for all businesses, charities and public sector organisations in Wales to sort their waste for recycling.

The new law also applies to all waste and recycling collectors and processors who manage household-like waste from workplaces.

Welsh Government is introducing this law to improve the quality and quantity of how we collect and separate waste.

Below, you can download all the bilingual material stream icons you might need to create stickers for your recycling and non-recyclable waste containers (bags, bins, boxes or caddies), and to use on signage, to help you inform your customers about what goes where.

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How to use the assets

If you’re using the icons as they appear here, then you don’t need to get approval from us. If you’d like to send us your artwork for feedback, please email us at WalesRecycles@wrap.org.uk.

It’s important any text accompanying an icon is clear and labelled correctly for your circumstances and the end application. If you’d like to change the wording on an icon, please send us your suggested amend for us to consider at WalesRecycles@wrap.org.uk.

If you can’t find a suitable icon within the existing collection, please email us at WalesRecycles@wrap.org.uk.

If you choose to further separate the materials you collect, for example, to collect card separate from paper, click here to view the full selection of material stream icons.

More support

For more support, tools and guidance to help you set up separate recycling facilities in your organisation, visit The Business of Recycling Wales website.

For more information about the Workplace Recycling Regulations, visit https://www.gov.wales/workplace-recycling.

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Icons for the materials that will need to be separated and collected separately:

Icons for the metals, plastics and cartons, should you choose to collect these separately (instead of combined/mixed):

Icons for other materials that will need to be separated and collected separately, if you produce this waste:

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Last updated
20 November 2024
File formats
zip
Materials
Electricals Food waste Glass Household waste Metals Other recyclables Paper & cardboard Plastics Textiles
Type
Bin sticker Recycling signage
Campaigns
Wales Recycles Material stream icons