What goes in each bin
Green bin or bag
What you can recycle
YES PLEASE!
- All glass bottles and jars
NO THANKS!
- Mirrors
- Sheet glass
- Drinking glasses
- PyrexLight bulbs
YES PLEASE!
- Food and drinks cans
- Aerosols
- Aluminium food trays and containers
- Biscuit and cake tins
- Clean sheet cooking foil
- Metal lids, tops and caps
NO THANKS!
- Paint tins
- Oil cans
- Shiny foil gift wrap
- Dirty foil
- Foil lined food packets
YES PLEASE!
- Plastic bottles
- Shampoo bottles
- All plastic food trays
- Yoghurt pots
- Margarine tubs
- Ice cream tubs
- Fruit punnets
- Detergent bottles
NO THANKS!
- Plastic bags
- Plastic film
- Polystyrene
YES PLEASE!
- Newspapers
- Magazines
- Office paper
- Directories
- Cereal packets
- Envelopes
- Junk mail and cards
- Catalogues
- Cardboard egg boxes
- Brochures
- Drinks cartons
- Shredded paper (placed in envelopes)
NO THANKS!
- Paper decorated with glitter, bows, jewels and other similar items
Please give your pots, tubs, trays, bottles and jars a rinse to remove any food waste!.
Brown bin or bag
- Household and food waste, and anything that can't be recycled
Please don't put the following in your brown bin:
- Asbestos
- Car batteries
- Chemicals
- Flammable items
- Fluorescent tubes
- Hazardous waste
- Hot ash
- Liquids
- Oil filters
- Paint
- Rubble or builders' waste
- TVs and monitors
Garden waste bag
- Branches up to 7cm in width (the width of a drinks can)
- Flowers
- Grass cuttings
- Hedge trimmings
- Plants
- Twigs
- Weeds
Please don't put the following in your garden waste bag:
- Food
- Japanese knotweed or ragwort
- Plant pots or trays
- Soil
- Vegetable peelings
- Any other non-plant material
Clinical waste
We can collect clinical waste from your home if you use the following:
- Needles (in sharps box)
- Dressings
- Catheter bags
- Incontinence pads
To arrange regular or one-off collections of yellow sacks or sharps boxes call 01752 668000.