What goes in my recycling boxes?

If where you live isn’t suitable for wheelie bins, we’ll give you boxes instead.

They are:

green for clean, dry paper and cardboard
black and maroon for plastic packaging, glass, cans and cartons

And of course, you’ll have a brown food waste box.

Contact us if you need any replacement boxes.

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

Green boxes

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 (flattened)

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

Black and maroon boxes

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
nappies
other household plastics like plant pots or plastic bags
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.