Please note that your bin(s) may differ in appearance.
Food waste - weekly collection
Kitchen caddy liners are available at most supermarkets and local shops.
7-litre kitchen caddy (keep indoors)
23-litre food waste bin (keep outdoors)
What can go in your food waste bin
| Yes please |
No thanks |
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All cooked and uncooked food, including:
- meat, fish and bones
- fruit and vegetables peelings
- cheese and dairy produce
- cakes, bread and pastries
- leftovers, including plate scrapings
- tea bags and coffee grounds
- pasta, rice and egg shells
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- carrier bags/plastic bags
- food packaging
- garden waste
- pet waste
- liquids
- oil or liquid fats
- paper cups of any kind
- wooden sticks/skewers
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Compostable caddy bags or newspaper can be used to line caddy. Find out more about food waste and where it goes.
Rubbish - fortnightly collection
Depending on your circumstances, each household has been allocated one of the following two options.
Standard: 140-litre black rubbish bin
Bag and box: Two authorised blue sacks per fortnight
What goes in your rubbish bin
| Yes please |
No thanks |
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Rubbish that cannot be recycled, including:
- disposable nappies
- plastic film and polystyrene
- broken glass (wrapped in paper)
- cold ashes
- pet waste (including cat litter)
- medical and sanitary waste
- disposable razors (wrapped in paper)
- tissues and paper towels
- foil-based wrapping paper
- glittery greetings cards
- disposable PPE (e.g. gloves, face masks and coverings)
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- garden waste
- hot ashes
- clinical (such as syringes)
- hazardous waste (such as paints, oils, chemicals, gas bottles and low energy light bulbs)
- commercial waste
- industrial, construction or landscaping waste (such as bricks, rubble, stony debris)
- electrical items
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Recycling - fortnightly collection
Depending on your circumstances, each household has been allocated one of the following two options.
Standard: 240-litre black wheelie bin with a green lid
Bag and box: Two boxes with lids for mixed recycling
What can go in your recycling bin
| Yes please |
No thanks |
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Paper and cardboard including:
- wrapping paper (not foil or plastic based)
- newspapers
- envelopes
- directories
- magazines
- shredded paper (small quantities)
- cereal boxes
- greetings cards (not with foil or glitter)
- cardboard (including corrugated card)
- cardboard inner tubes
Most hard plastics (any colour) from food, drink and household products, including:
- plastic bottles (including milk, soft drinks, shampoo, shower gel, cleaning products)
- plastic pots (including yoghurt, cream, soup)
- plastic tubs (including margarine, butter, ice cream)
- plastic trays (any colour, including fruit and vegetable punnets)
- plastic lids (they must be placed back on the plastic bottles, pots and tubs)
- tins and cans
- aerosols (including deodorant, hairspray, furniture polish)
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- plastic/carrier bags (including compostable/biodegradable types)
- plastic film
- tissues and paper towels
- disposable nappies
- food and drink cartons (soup, juice etc)
- paper cups
- glass (use green glass box)
- polystyrene
- foil/foil trays
- commercial waste
- crisp packets
- clothes and textiles
- plant pots and seed trays
- food waste (use brown food waste bin)
- garden waste
- clinical waste (such as syringes/medical sharps)
- electrical items
- batteries (use battery bag)
- photos
- wood
- general rubbish
- PPE (e.g. gloves, face-masks and coverings)
- cleaning cloths
- pump dispensers
- trigger sprays
- disposable wipes
- plastic toys
- tablet blister packs
- sweet wrappers
- toothpaste tubes
- roll-on deodorant
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Plastic items can be rinsed to remove excess food/liquid, but do not need to be cleaned thoroughly. Take care when handling items that previously contained raw meat and fish.
Box for glass
What can go in your glass box
| Yes please |
No thanks |
- glass bottles and jars
- metal bottle/jar lids (left on the bottle or jar)
- cosmetic jars
- perfume bottles
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- broken glass
- light bulbs
- oven-proof glass (e.g. pyrex)
- sheet glass and windowpanes
- plastic tops and lids
- general rubbish and recycling
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Never fill your glass box higher than the top of the box itself. Extra glass will be accepted at the kerbside provided it is placed in a sturdy container that can be easily lifted and emptied by a single person.
Reusable battery bag
Once full, please place your battery bag out alongside or on top of your recycling bin - never inside any bin.
What can go in your battery bag
| Yes please |
No thanks |
- household batteries, including AA, AAA, 'button' and rechargeable batteries
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- mobile phone batteries
- car batteries
- laptop batteries
- tablet batteries
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Garden waste - fortnightly collection
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Standard: 240-litre black wheelie bin with a brown lid
Sack: Authorised compostable paper sack (2 per collection)
Table of suitable and unsuitable materials to be placed in garden waste bin
| Yes please |
No thanks |
- hedge cuttings
- grass cuttings
- twigs and small branches
- plants
- cut flowers
- leaves
- small amounts of home-grown fruit and vegetables
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- any non-organic waste
- compostable bags/wrapping material
- branches with a diameter of more than 15mm
- logs and tree stumps
- invasive weeds (e.g. Japanese Knotweed, Ragwort)
- soil, bricks, rubble, stones, rocks
- plastics, such as compost bags, plant pots and seed trays
- ashes
- animal faeces and bedding
- any kind of paper cup
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Most items that cannot be recycled using the kerbside collection service can be taken to a household recycling centre.
Wrong stuff in the wrong bin?
If there is any reason why we cannot collect some or all of your waste, we will leave a tag or sticker on the container. Find out what our tags and stickers mean.
