Don’t throw it out! Five hard-to-recycle items that you can actually recycle

Coffee machine pods are a combination of organic material (the coffee) and casing – whether that’s aluminium, plastic or a combination of the two. Composite: Getty

Throwing an item made of mixed but otherwise recyclable materials into the rubbish always feels a little bit wrong. Whether it’s pens, empty bottles of cleaning products, coffee pods or blister packs, recycling solutions do exist – they’re just not in your kerbside bin.

Blister packs