Recycling Bin Collection

Collection day for recycling bin.

Yes please – make sure it’s clean, dry and loose

• Paper – newspapers, magazines, junk mail, computer paper, envelopes (including windowed envelopes), catalogues and directories, paper bags
• Cardboard – cereal packets, food boxes, greetings cards, kitchen and toilet roll holders, corrugated card
• Plastic bottles – food and drink bottles (e.g. milk, cooking oil, squash and fizzy drinks), detergent bottles (e.g. washing up liquid, cleaning fluids, bleach and fabric softener), toiletries (e.g. shampoo, shower gel and liquid soap), bottle tops
• Tins and cans – rinsed food tins including pet food tins, rinsed drinks cans, sweet and biscuit tins
• Aerosols – food e.g. cream and oil, deodorant, hairspray (without a skull and crossbones or black cross on an orange background on it)

No thanks

• Shredded paper, gift wrap, plastic-coated (laminated) paper, paper towels, tissues and napkins, wallpaper
• Plastic or foam packaging left inside cardboard boxes (please dispose of this in your green bin), pizza boxes (due to food debris)
• Plastic bottles containing liquid, spray and pump dispensers
• Paint tins, partially full food/pet food tins or dirty tins, other metals or metal packaging.
• Aerosol lids, full or partially full aerosols
• Other plastic packaging – e.g. yogurt, margarine or ice cream tubs, carrier bags/bin liners, polystyrene, cellophane, food trays etc.
• Cartons – e.g. fruit juice, soup and milk cartons, Tetrapak
• Domestic waste
• Garden waste
• Textiles – e.g. clothes, shoes, linen etc.
• Glass Bottles or jars