Safe disposal of small gas canisters

Due to the increasing number of gas canisters being put out with recycling, Somerset recycling crews have had to manually check recycling ahead of the automated sorting process to avoid fires.

This year alone, more than 1,000 gas canisters fires have been avoided.

The small canisters, mainly used for camping gas stoves, are often mistakenly put in the kerbside recycling
‘Bright Blue Bag’. The bag can be used to recycle empty aerosol bottles but should never be used to
dispose of gas canisters.

Gas canisters must be taken a local household recycling site.