The majority of homes with kerbside access now receive the recycling (blue lid) bin and recycling (blue) bag bin collection service.
Your recycling (blue lid) and (blue) bag collection service are collected on alternate weeks. To get more in your recycling bin/bag flatten or squash your recycling items.
Things you can put in your recycling (blue lid) bin:
- food and drink cans
- plastic packaging (including yogurt and margarine pots, plastic food trays and plastic bottles)
- glass bottles and jars
- aerosol cans (empty)
Things you can put in your recycling (blue) bag:
- paper
- cardboard and card
- cartons
- plain wrapping paper - (unless it is shiny, or contains foil or metallic particles)
Please note that we cannot accept the following materials, as we can't recycle them:
- black bags and carrier bags
- clothing - consider taking them to your local charity shop or put out with a charity textile collection
- textiles - including curtains, duvets, pillows or other bedding
- hard plastics, including toys, coat hangers, empty paint tins, plastic plant pots etc
- food waste - this should go in your brown food waste container, to be recycled separately
- wood
- nappies
- electrical items including irons, toasters, hair dryers etc
- carpets, mats, rugs
- footwear, including boots and shoes
- crisp packets
- polystyrene plastic
- cuddly toys
- kitchenware
- bubble wrap
- car parts
- wrapping paper which is shiny, or contains foil or metallic particles
- gas bottles or cylinders (including small helium balloon cylinders - these can be taken to the tip at Shidas Lane
Please see the list of additional items that can be recycled at the Household Recycling Centre.
Please note that we can’t empty recycling bins/bags when they contain items that can’t be recycled and we will work with residents to help get it right.
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