| Bin type | Yes please | No thank you |
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| Recycling (usually red) |
- Plastic bottles (e.g. drinks, milk, toiletries, detergent, cleaning bottles with trigger sprays)
- Plastic pots (e.g. yoghurt, cream, snack, soup)
- Plastic trays (e.g. fruit punnets, meat/cake trays)
- Plastic tubs (e.g. ice cream, margarine, sweets tubs)
- Paper and card
- Cartons (Tetra Pak) cartons (e.g. juice, milk, soup cartons)
- Clean foil and foil trays
- Tins and cans (e.g. drink cans, food tins, biscuit or sweet tins – please rinse)
- Empty aerosol cans (e.g. deodorant, air freshener, hairspray, de-icer)
- Shredded paper (must be contained in a small cardboard box or envelope)
- Toothpaste tubes
| - Plastic bags, film and wrapping
- Black plastic trays
- Glass bottles and jars
- Kitchen towels, tissues or wet wipes
- Food waste
- Nappies and sanitary products
- Coffee cups
- Textiles (clothing, bedding, duvets)
- Polystyrene
- Trade or business waste
- Any other items
|
| Food waste bin | - All uneaten food, plate or bowl scrapings, out of date or mouldy food
- Dairy products (cheese, eggs, and egg shells, yoghurts)
- Bread, cakes and pastries
- Raw and cooked meat and bones
- Raw and cooked fish and fish bones
- Raw and cooked fruit and vegetables and peelings
- Rice, pasta and beans
- Tea and coffee bags and grounds
- Pet food
- Cooking oil – sealed in a plastic bottle and put inside your outdoor food waste bin
| - Packaging or trays of any kind (including compostable or biodegradable packaging)
- Large amounts of liquids such as milk
- Garden waste and cut flowers
- Pet waste, litter or bedding
- Any material that isn’t food
- Trade or business waste
|
| General rubbish(usually grey) | - Non-recyclable rubbish
- Nappies
- Hygiene waste (incontinence articles, catheters etc.)
| - Builders rubble or construction waste
- Soil
- Lawn cuttings, leaves and twigs
- Hazardous waste
- Trade or business waste
- Food waste
- Items that can go in your recycling bin or to a bring bank
- Other clinical waste
|
| Green bin or bag | - Grass and hedge cuttings
- Leaves, plants and weeds
- Untreated wood and branches up to 100mm thick
| - Food waste (including fruit and vegetables)
- Treated wood
- Turf or soil
- Garden furniture
- Pet bedding or litter
- Gravel or rubble
- Trade waste (including waste from a gardener or other contractor working on your property)
- Plastic bags and wrappers
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You can make recycling easier by putting your waste items and recyclables into different bins or bags within your home. Don’t forget your bathroom bins! If you can’t find the item you want to recycle on this list, use the scrapp app to look it up. We are working hard to expand the list of what can recycled, please check this page for updates.
Clinical and bulky waste
We provide free collections of clinical waste for residents treating themselves at home.
You can also arrange for a bulky waste collection.
Small electrical item collections
Put your item in a clear carrier bag next to your red recycling bin on your recycling collection day. We will collect one bag per collection. We only take items under 30cm x 24cm. Examples include kettles, toasters, irons, hair dryers, radios and small power tools. Take large items to the recycling centre (the tip) or arrange a bulky waste collection. If the item is in good working condition you could consider selling it or donating it to charity.
Batteries
We collect the following household batteries for recycling: AA, AAA, D, C 6v, 9v, button. Please place them in a clear plastic bag on the top of your recycling bin on collection day.
Other types of batteries can be taken to the recycling centre (the tip).