What Goes Where?
| Blue Bin: Plastic Bottles / Glass/ Cans / Small Metal Items (all items rinsed) / Paper |
Do Not Use For |
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Cardboard
- Card packaging
- Cereal boxes
Plastic
- All plastic bottles (inc. drinks, cleaning & toiletry, inc. lids)
- Yoghurt pots
- Margarine tubs
- Food trays/punnets
Glass - All colours/clean
- Jam / sauce jars
- Wine / beer bottles (inc. lids)
Cans and Small Metal Items
- Drinks & food cans
- Aerosols
- Tins / pots / pans / baking trays
- Metal cutlery
- Clean foil
- Metal takeaway trays
Paper
- Letters / bills
- Envelopes
- Leaflets / junk mail
- Greeting cards
- Newspapers / magazines
- Phone books / catalogues
- Wrapping paper (non foil)
- Shredded paper (needs to be placed in an envelope or paper bag)
|
- Plastic bags
- Cellophane/plastic wrapping
- Cling film
- Knives
- Crisp packets
- Polystyrene
- Hard plastics (plant pots/toys)
- Nappies
- Food waste
- Textiles*
- Electrical goods*
- Foil gift wrapping
|
| Grey/Green Bin: Garden Waste |
Do Not Use For |
- Grass
- Hedge cuttings
- Twigs / small tree cuttings
- Plants / weeds
- Hutch / bedding / straw
- Wood shavings
- Cold ashes
|
- Cardboard
- Kitchen waste
- Soil / turf*
- Wood
- Plastic bags or liners
- No side waste (extra bags etc)*
- Vacuum cleaner contents
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| Black Bin: General Waste |
Do Not Use For |
- Cooked food and meats
- Vegetable peelings
- Cat and dog waste
- Nappies / pads (triple wrapped)
- Plastic bags
- Polythene
- Cling film
- Polystyrene
- Wood
- Vacuum cleaner contents
|
- No side waste (extra bags)
- Soil / turf*
- Stone*
- Rubble*
- Car parts*
- Batteries*
- Light bulbs*
- Electrical goods*
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*These items can be disposed of at your local Household Waste Recycling Centre
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