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What goes in my bins and boxes?

  • What goes in my bins and boxes?

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    General waste bin

    For waste that you can't recycle including:

    • Blister packs for tablets
    • Broken glass
    • Bubble wrap
    • Cellophane wrapping
    • Crisp bags and containers
    • Nappies 
    • Period products
    • Plastic bags
    • Plastic cutlery
    • Takeaway drink containers
    • Tissues
    • Styrofoam
    • Wipes
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    Recycling bin

    • Aerosol cans
    • Aluminium foil (clean)
    • Biscuit tins
    • Dry and clean cardboard
    • Cardboard food boxes
    • Cartons (including TetraPak)
    • Empty plastic bottles, pots, tubs and trays
    • Food tins and drinks tins and cans
    • Magazines or catalogues
    • Paper (no tissues)
    • Soft back books
    • Toilet roll tubes
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    Compost bin

    • Bones
    • Bottle corks
    • Cold ashes
    • Eggshells
    • Food waste
    • Fruit and vegetable peelings
    • Grass cuttings
    • Hedge trimmings
    • Leaves, twigs and small branches
    • Paper napkins
    • Plants and flowers
    • Shredded paper
    • Takeaway pizza boxes (torn up)
    • Teabags and coffee grounds
    • Weeds
    • Wet paper and wet cardboard
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    Recycling boxes*

    Option one

    • Aerosol cans
    • Clean aluminium foil
    • Food and drink cans
    • Food and drink cartons (for example, milk or juice)
    • Plastic bottles, pots, tubs and trays

    Option two

    • Cardboard
    • Paper (no tissues)

    Option three

    • Glass bottles and jars

    Textiles - leave in a tied bag next to your recycling boxes.

    What you can't put in your recycling boxes:

    • Batteries
    • Hand tools
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    Wheelie boxes

    Top box

    • Cardboard
    • Paper (no tissues)

    Middle box

    • Aerosol cans
    • Clean aluminium foil
    • Food and drink cans
    • Food and drink cartons
    • Plastic bottles, pots, tubs and trays

    Bottom box

    • Glass bottles and jars

    Textiles - leave in a tied bag and place into any of your wheelie boxes.

    What you can't put in your wheelie boxes:

    • Batteries
    • Hand tools
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    Green food waste bin

    • Beans
    • Bread
    • Cakes
    • Cheese
    • Coffee grounds
    • Fish
    • Fruit
    • Meat
    • Pasta
    • Pastries
    • Rice
    • Teabags
    • Vegetables and vegetable peelings 
    • Any other leftover food
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    Glass recycling box

    • Glass bottles and jars

    *If you only have one or two boxes please rotate the materials you present each week, for example put out paper and cardboard one week, and glass the next week.

    If you have more recycling than will fit into your recycling boxes, you can leave a single additional tied bag containing one type of item next to your recycling boxes and we will collect it with the rest of your recycling.

    To order additional recycling boxes, go to order a bin.

  • If you have two recycling boxes and a green food waste bin.

    Please recycle your waste as follows:

    Black recycling box

    Red recycling box   

    Green food waste bin    
    Paper (no wallpaper) Cardboard Meat, fish and cheese 
    Plastic bottles Glass bottles and jars Fruit and veg 
    Plastic pots, tubs, trays   Textiles* Bread, cakes and pastries 
    Food and drink tins Batteries* Rice, beans and pasta
    Aerosols Hand tools Teabags and coffee grounds
    Clean aluminium foil*   Potato and vegetable peelings 
    Food and drink cartons (for example, milk or juice)   Any other leftover food

    *Please put in a separate bag.

  • If you have three stacked recycling boxes (wheelie box) and a green food waste bin.

    Please recycle your waste as follows:

    Blue recycling box

    Red recycling box

    Green recycling box

    Green food waste bin
    Paper (shredded paper*) 
    (no wallpaper)    		 Food and drink cans Glass bottles and jars
    (no broken glass)    		 Meat, fish and cheese 
    Textiles* Biscuit tins Cardboard Fruit and veg 
    Foil * Aerosol cans   Bread, cakes and pastries 
    Batteries* Food and drink cartons   Rice, beans and pasta
    Hand tools Plastic bottles   Teabags and coffee grounds
      Plastic pots, tubs and trays   Potato and vegetable peelings 
          Any other leftover food

    *Please put in a separate bag.
    Your general waste bin is only for waste that cannot be recycled, like plastic bags, wallpaper and cling film.

  • Disposing of needles and other sharps

    Sharps (needles, syringes and lancets) are clinical waste and must never be placed in a domestic bin of any type as they can cause injury to recycling and processing operatives. Sharps boxes are available on prescription or can be purchased from pharmacies.
     

  • Putting the wrong materials into your bins or boxes?

    If you put the wrong materials into your recycling bins or boxes, we won't be able to collect them.  It can contaminate our collection and all waste in the lorry may have to go to landfill. 

    We'll put a non-collection tag on it telling you why it wasn't collected.  Please remove the offending item, dispose of it correctly and put your bin or box out on the next collection date. 

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