What goes in each bin

What goes in your green recycling bin, or communal green bin

All items listed below can go in your green household recycling bin, or if you use communal green bins, the same things can be recycled in there too.

Glass - all glass bottles and jars can be recycled, whether they are clear, brown, green or blue
Plastics - drink bottles, shampoo bottles, food trays, yoghurt pots, margarine tubs, ice cream tubs, fruit punnets, detergent bottles
Paper and card - newspapers, magazines, office paper, directories, cereal packets, envelopes, junk mail and cards, catalogues, cardboard packaging, shredded paper
Metal - food and drinks cans, aerosols, aluminium food trays and containers, biscuit and cake tins, clean sheet cooking foil, metal lids, tops and caps
Kitchen recycling - plastic milk bottles, detergent bottles, spray cleaner bottles, washing up liquid bottles, yoghurt pots, margarine and ice cream tubs
Bathroom recycling - shampoo, conditioner and shower gel bottles.

Please give your pots, tubs, trays, bottles and jars a rinse to remove any food waste!
Please do not put any black bags in your green bin as these cannot be recycled
Please flatten or crush items like plastic milk bottles and cardboard boxes to make more room.l

All items listed below can go in your brown waste bin or communal waste bin.

Coffee cups
Food waste
Glass - mirrors, sheet glass
Lightbulbs
Nappies
Polystyrene
Shiny giftwrap - shiny foil gift wrap, cards with glitter and glue, dirty foil, foil lined food packets
Soft plastics - plastic bags, plastic film - if you can scrunch it up it cannot be recycled.

PLEASE DO NOT PUT ANY BATTERIES IN YOUR GREEN OR BROWN BIN.

You can put the following items in your garden waste:

Any type of battery (some local supermarkets also provide battery recycling services)
Chemicals
Electrical items
Flammable items
Fluorescent tubes
Hot ash
Oil filters
Paint
Rubble or builders waste
Old TVs and monitors.

Visit our Recycling centres page for more information.