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Do I need to label the cap?

Caps and lids under 40mm in diameter are too small to be captured for recycling. Consumers should be asked to place caps back on bottles to ensure the cap can be captured with the main packaging component. When this label is used the cap or lid should not be labelled separately. The only exception is plastic caps over 40mm on metal aerosols which must be labelled separately to indicate to the consumer that they should not remain attached to the aerosol. Caps under 40mm on aerosols do not need to be labelled.