Thanks Londondrz, but that was my exact query to Lewisham, if my yoghurt pot, meat packet, etc is pure PETE (type 1) or HDPE (type 2) why cant it be included alongside my bottles of the same type. What is so special about a bottle? There are also quite a lot of plastic bottles which aren't PETE or HDPE too (those that contain cooking oil etc) so I asked how they are recycled.

My suspicion is that most LAs, rightly or wrongly, dont trust people to identify the plastic type correctly from the logos on the packaging and have calculated that the percentage of recyclable waste that is included if it is restricted to bottles is higher than if they stated you could recycle any plastic as long as it is PETE or HDPE. Again, I asked if this was the case.

It is just a shame Lewisham chose to ignore the text of my email and just sent out a standard reply which amounted to what's at the end of the link you posted.

I'm afraid, out of stubborness, I ignore the bottle advice and include any plastic packaging as long as it is PETE or HDPE.