Recycling bin or boxes
How to recycle
- Empty and rinse items to remove any food residue before recycling
- Do not use any type of plastic bag or bin liners. Place the items loose in the bin or box
- Do not stack items of different materials inside each other for example plastic yogurt pots inside a cardboard cereal packet
We do not accept any of the following in the recycling bin:
- food - this is collected separately. Use your food caddy
- garden waste - this is collected separately using a paid for service
- alternatively, you can compost at home or take to your local HWRC
- textiles - take textiles to textile banks, charity shops or use a charity kerbside collection bag
- batteries and small electricals - use the separate collection provided for small electrical items
- vapes - do not put single use vapes in any bin
- these need to be returned to the place of purchase or taken to your local HWRC
View a full list of where to recycle certain hazardous waste items.
Paper and card
You can put in:
- newspaper, magazines and paper (including shredded paper)
- food and drink cartons
- all cardboard and flattened boxes
- please try to keep cardboard as dry as possible (but don't put in plastic bags)
- non-metallic wrapping paper
- envelopes (including windows), junk mail, leaflets and flyers
- telephone directories, catalogues and books
- clean paper bags
- books
- Kitchen and toilet roll cardboard tubes, tissue boxes
Do not put in:
- nappies
- kitchen roll and tissue paper
- glittery cards and wrapping paper/metallic wrapping paper
- envelopes with plastic padding (Jiffy bags)
- greaseproof paper
- wallpaper
- oils and liquids
- wood
- please take to your local HWRC
Plastics
You can put in:
- plastic bottles with lids
- other plastic tubs, trays, punnets and pots (such as yoghurt, pots, margarine tubs, ice cream tubs)
Do not put in:
- Carrier bags, bread bags, heavy duty plastic bags/bin liners of any kind
- soft plastics such as bags containing frozen foods e.g. peas and chips, sandwich bags, cling film or bubble wrap
- tear-off cellophane lids
- please remove and dispose of these and recycle the container e.g. throw away the lids on yogurt, cream pots, oven/microwave ready foods and food trays i.e. sliced meat containers
- plastic plant pots and plastic toys
- please take to your local HWRC
- plastic film/cellophane wrapping, sweet/biscuit wrappers
- crisp packets
- polystyrene
- nappies
- thick or hard plastics such as washing up bowls
- empty paint tins - take paint and paint tins to your local HWRC
- barrels or kegs
- metallic wrapping paper
- cosmetic products (such as cotton buds and face wipes) are not recyclable and cannot be flushed down the toilet
- CD's/DVD's and cases
Cans, foil and aerosols
You can put in:
- all foil, foil cases and foil wrappers. Please wash off food and collect into the size of a tennis ball to aid recycling
- food and drink cans
- empty aerosols and lids
- crushed large tins (e.g. sweet and biscuit tins)
Do not put in:
- baking trays - please take to your local HWRC
- saucepans - please take to your local HWRC
Glass
You can put in:
- all glass bottles and jars
- spectacles/glasses
- broken glass bottles and jars wrapped in paper
- perfume/ aftershave glass bottles
Do not put in:
All the below can be taken to your local HWRC
- window glass
- pyrex glass
- light bulbs
- drinking glasses
- crockery and ceramics
- mirrors
- tiles
Last updated 05 February 2024