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What goes in my bins and boxes?
It's important you put the right materials in your bins and boxes. If you don't know what's allowed in the recycling bin, compost bin or general waste bin, read the list for each bin. If you have recycling boxes, check the items we can accept in each box.
- Aerosol cans
- Aluminium foil (clean)
- Biscuit tins
- Cardboard food boxes
- Cartons (including TetraPak)
- Dry, clean cardboard
- Empty plastic bottles, pots, tubs and trays
- Food tins, drinks tins and cans
- Magazine and catalogues
- Paper (no tissues)
- Soft back books
- Toilet roll tubes
For materials that you can't recycle including:
- Tablet blister packs
- Broken glass
- Bubble wrap
- Cellophane wrapping
- Crisp bags and containers
- Nappies
- Period products
- Tissues
- Wipes
- Plastic cutlery
- Styrofoam
- Takeaway drinks containers
- 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
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
Textiles - leave in a tied bag next to your recycling boxes.
What you can't put in your recycling 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
Textiles - leave in a tied bag and place into any of your wheelie boxes.
What you can't put in your wheelie boxes:
- Bread, cake and pastries
- Fruit and vegetables
- Meat, fish and cheese
- Potato and vegetable peelings
- Rice, beans and pasta
- Teabags and coffee grounds
- Vegetables and vegetable peelings
- Any other leftover food
If you only have one or two boxes 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.
You can order additional recycling boxes.
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If you have two recycling boxes and a green food waste bin.
Please recycle your waste as follows:
Black recycling box
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Red recycling box
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Green food waste bin
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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* |
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Potato and vegetable peelings |
Food and drink cartons (for example, milk or juice) |
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Any other leftover food |
*Please put in a separate bag.
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If you have three stacked recycling boxes (wheelie box) and a green food waste bin.
Please recycle your waste as follows:
Blue recycling box
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Red recycling box
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Green recycling box
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Green food waste bin
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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 |
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Bread, cakes and pastries |
Batteries* |
Food and drink cartons |
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Rice, beans and pasta |
Hand tools |
Plastic bottles |
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Teabags and coffee grounds |
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Plastic pots, tubs and trays |
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Potato and vegetable peelings |
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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.
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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.
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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.