Weekly Recycling Collection
Reusable White Sack
This is for plastics and metals.
Household Plastics | Household metals |
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Detergent and soap bottles - please remove the pumps | Drink cans |
Cleaning product bottles | Food tins |
Skincare product bottles | Biscuit or chocolate tins |
Drink bottles | Aerosols (empty) |
Milk bottles | Aluminium foil |
Pots for yoghurt, soup, butter etc. | Foil trays (takeaways, disposal cooking trays) etc. |
Tubs for ice cream, margarine etc. | Aluminium tubes (e.g. tomato purée) |
Trays and punnets for meat, takeaways, fruit etc. | Metal lids from jars and bottles |
Plant pots (not black ones) |
All packaging should be empty and rinsed. Please put lids back on plastic bottles and flatten them wherever possible. You can leave labels on packaging but any film lids, absorbent pads etc. should go in your black bin.
Remember, no plastic films, bags or black plastics please.
Recycling Box 1
This box is for paper, glass bottles and jars.
Paper | Glass Bottles and Jars |
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Mixed paper | Bottles of any colour or size |
Magazines, brochures, newspapers etc. | Jars of any colour or size |
White paper - letters, printer paper etc. | Non-food bottles and jars - e.g. perfume, face creams etc. |
Envelopes (no plastic) and junk mail | |
Shredded paper (loosely tied in a bag) |
Please sort items by material type in the box - place paper at one end and glass at the other.
Metal and plastic lids and caps should go in your reusable sack.
Recycling Box 2
Recycling box 2 is for all types of cardboard, printer cartridges and batteries:
- Cardboard boxes (e.g. cereal boxes, dishwasher tablet boxes)
- Corrugated cardboard
- Online delivery boxes and cardboard envelopes
- Greetings cards - no glitter
- Egg boxes
- Brown paper
- Food and drink cartons
- Printer cartridges and batteries (placed in a small bag)
Cardboard must be free of dirt, food or paint. Dirty or greasy cardboard (such as takeaway pizza boxes) should go in your grey bin.
Order more supplies
If you need new stickers for your recycling boxes you can order them at the link below:
If you need a replacement container please use the link below: