Rinse black plastic pots, tubs and trays and put them in your black recycling bin.
In many parts of the UK black plastic can't be detected by the optical sorters and ends up landfilled — which is why it has a bad reputation. St Albans' recycling guidance accepts plastic pots, tubs and trays and does not list black plastic as an exception, so rinse them and put them in the black recycling bin.
Black plastic acceptance varies by facility — worth a final check against St Albans' own A–Z before promoting widely.
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