Recycling - What you can put in
Please see below for a list of what you can put in your recycling green bins with orange lids, and orange sacks.
Types of cardboard - please flatten or tear into smaller pieces
- Card sleeves
- Cardboard boxes (polystyrene removed)
- Cereal boxes
- Egg boxes
- Greetings cards (without glitter)
Mixed paper - no shredded paper
- Brochures and leaflets
- Junk mail and envelopes
- Newspapers and magazines
- Telephone directories
- Other white household paper
Plastic packaging - empty, rinsed and squashed
- Fizzy drink and water bottles
- Plastic detergent and shampoo bottles
- Cleaning bottles
- Plastic milk bottles
- Yoghurt pots
- Plastic punnets and trays
Tins and cans - empty and rinsed
- Aluminium and steel cans
- Drink cans and tins
- Food tins and cans
- Metal lids
- Empty aerosol cans (i.e. deodorant sprays)
Glass – clean and dry (no broken glass)
- Milk bottles
- Wine and beer bottles
- Perfume bottles
- Glass jars i.e. sauces
Aluminium foil – rinsed, clean and dry
- Scrunched up tin foil
- Tin foil food trays