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Recycling - fortnightly collection

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Wheelie bin or bag and box

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

Standard

Bag and box

What goes in your recycling bin

Yes please 

What goes in your recycling bin:

  • Paper and cardboard including:
    • newspapers
    • envelopes
    • directories
    • magazines
    • shredded paper (please only put in small quantities and place in an envelope or cardboard box. Larger quantities of shredded paper are accepted in the paper banks at your local household recycling centre)
    • cereal boxes
    • greetings cards (not with foil or glitter)
    • cardboard (including corrugated card)
    • cardboard inner tubes
    • cardboard tube-shaped containers (e.g. curved crisps, hot chocolate, gravy granules)
    • cartons (juice, soup, laundry detergent etc)
    • foil/foil trays (rinsed and scrunched into a tennis ball-sized ball)
    • take-away paper cups and lids (not the compostable ones)
  • 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)

No thanks

We do not accept:

  • aerosol cans that are not empty. (This is hazardous waste)
  • plastic carrier bags/film (including compostable/biodegradable types). Recycle plastic bags/film at supermarkets
  • plastic film
  • tissues and paper towels
  • greaseproof paper
  • disposable nappies
  • glass (use green glass box)
  • polystyrene 
  • business waste
  • crisp packets
  • clothes and textiles. Take to a recycling centre
  • plant pots and seed trays
  • food waste (use brown food waste bin)
  • garden waste. Sign up to our garden waste service or take to a recycling centre
  • clinical waste (such as syringes/medical sharps)
  • electrical items. Find out where you can recycle your 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 
  • bubble wrap
  • non-disposable metals (cutlery, cookware, tools, etc)

Please make sure aerosol cans are empty and not pierced. 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.

If a resident presents additional recycling, paper and card should be kept dry and stored in the wheeled bin. Tins, cans and plastic bottles can be collected from an extra container or recycling box.

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.

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