Recycling & Glass Bin Collection
Collection day for recycling bin and glass bin.
Recycling: 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
Glass bin
Yes please
- Rinsed out glass bottles and jars of all colours (without corks or tops)
- Glass should be in a 38 litre box and weigh less than 5.5kg
No thanks
- Pyrex
- Light bulbs
- Glass panes
- Lead crystal glass
- Ceramics
- Non-glass items
- Broken glass (this should be carefully wrapped and put into your refuse bin)