If you’re in a block of flats, you’ll probably have large colour-coded bins.

You can also get a small kitchen caddy for food waste.

The bins are:

• blue for clean, dry paper and cardboard
• green and silver for glass bottles and jars, plastic packaging, cartons and cans

Put all recycling in the bin loose. Do not put items inside plastic bags, as these will not be collected.

Blue recycling bins

We'll collect:

• newspapers and magazines
• letters, envelopes and junk mail (whole or shredded)
• cereal boxes and other dry food and medicine packaging
• paper bags
• cardboard boxes

We will not collect:

• food or drink cartons
• plastics (including bags), glass or foil
• foam cups, or used paper cups, plates and straws
• foil/glittery wrapping paper or gift bags
• plastics carrier bags and black sacks

Green and silver recycling bins

We'll collect:

• glass bottles and jars (metal lids can also be recycled, but separately)
• plastic bottles
• plastic food containers like yoghurt pots, spread tubs and trays that hold meat, fruit or ready meals
• food and drink cartons and cans
• foil (scrunched into a ball) and foil food trays
• plastic tubes eg toothpaste, icing tubes
• metal tubes eg tomato puree tubes
• plastic tubs or metal tins from sweets and cakes

We will not collect:

• mirrors or sheet glass (see dangerous waste)
• lightbulbs
• glass cookware (like Pyrex) or drinking glasses
• pet food pouches
• polystyrene
• other household plastics like plant pots or plastic bags
• nappies
• plastics carrier bags and black sacks

Putting any of these items in with your recycling makes it more difficult and expensive for us to sort and could mean we don’t collect your recycling. Please put them into your general waste bin or take them to the reuse and recycling centres for recycling or disposal. Batteries, electrical items and lightbulbs should never be placed into your general waste bin.