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You can download and print a PDF leaflet showing what goes in each of your containers, or see the information on this web page.
Food waste bin
Watch the video: How to use the food waste collection service (YouTube).
- Bread and bakery goods
- Dairy products
- Fruit and vegetables
- Tea bags
- Coffee grounds
- Peelings, egg shells, bones
- Rice, pasta
- Fish and meat
| - line your kitchen caddy with a
compostable liner or wrap food in newspaper - no plastic bags
- no packaging
- no liquids
- no oil or liquid fat
- no kitchen roll
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Garden waste bin or sacks
Garden waste collection is a paid-for service.
- Grass cuttings
- Leaves
- Hedge trimmings
- Prunings and twigs
- Weeds
- Plants
- Small branches or bark
- Fallen fruit
- Cut flowers
| - No branches more than 22cm diameter
- No Japanese Knotweed
- No flower pots
- No flower trays
- No hardcore, grit, bricks or rubble
- No stones or bricks
- No soil
- No wire, string, plastic or metal
- No animal bedding
- No food waste
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Recycling boxes
- Aerosols
- Aluminium foil
- Cans and tins
- Food and drink cartons
- Glass - bottles and jars
- Lids - plastic and metal
- Plastic bottles, pots, tubs and trays
| - Empty and rinse all containers
- Squash plastic bottles
- Remove film lids from pots, tubs and trays
- No paper or card
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Blue-topped wheelie bins or clear bags
If you have no outside space we may supply you with clear bags for your paper and card.
Paper and card. This includes: - magazines
- newspapers
- junk mail
- catalogues
- envelopes (including with windows)
- card and cardboard packaging
- egg boxes
- toilet and kitchen roll tubes
| - Tear up and flatten large boxes
- No disposable paper masks
- No food-soiled pizza boxes
- No food or drink cartons
- Put shredded paper in a paper envelope or paper bag (this stops it from clogging the sorting machines)
- No tissue paper
- No plastic bags
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Purple bags or communal recycling bins
If you have no outside space we may supply you with purple bags for your recycling.
- Aerosols
- Aluminium foil
- Cans and tins
- Food and drink cartons
- Glass - bottles and jars
- Lids - plastic and metal
- Plastic bottles, pots, tubs and trays
- Paper and card
| - Empty and rinse all containers
- Wash and squash items
- Tear up and flatten large boxes
- Remove film lids from pots, tubs and trays
- Put shredded paper in a paper envelope or paper bag (this stops it from clogging the sorting machines)
- No tissue paper
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Blue striped bags
If you have no outside space we may supply you with blue striped bags for your recycling.
- Aerosols
- Aluminium foil
- Cans and tins
- Food and drink cartons
- Glass - bottles and jars
- Lids - plastic and metal
- Plastic bottles, pots, tubs and trays
| - Empty and rinse all containers
- Wash and squash items
- Tear up and flatten large boxes
- Remove film lids from pots, tubs and trays
- No paper or card
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Black-topped wheelie bins, black bags or red bags
If you have no outside space, you may need to use black sacks for your rubbish, or we may supply you with red striped bags.
| Non-recyclable household waste | - Tie your sacks securely
- No building or DIY waste
- No clinical waste such as syringes, dressings and pads
- No garden waste - we offer a separate garden waste collection service or you can take it to the Garth Road recycling centre (tip)
- No hazardous waste such as vehicle batteries, gas cylinders, paints, chemicals, oils, asbestos, tyres, electrical appliances, fluorescent tubes and light bulbs.
- No dead animals – we offer a collection service for dead animals
- No paint tins - allow the paint to dry before taking tins to the Garth Road recycling centre (tip)
- No commercial waste
- No cooking oil - this can be recycled at the Garth Road recycling centre (tip)
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Tied carrier bags (textiles and shoes)
Put textiles and shoes in one tied plastic carrier bag beside or on top of your bins or boxes. Look up your collection days to find out if you have a textiles collection: it will be listed as a separate service.
- Clothes
- Linens
- Shoes (tied in pairs)
- Clean, dry items only
| - No more than one bag per collection
- Use only normal-sized carrier bags: no large bags or sacks
- No cushions
- No duvets
- No curtains
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Untied carrier bags (batteries)
Put batteries in one untied plastic bag beside or on top of your bins or boxes. Look up your collection days to find out if you have a batteries collection: it will be listed as a separate service.
- AA
- AAA
- C
- D
- 6v
- 9v
- Button
- Mobile phone batteries
| - No more than one bag per collection
- Use only normal-sized carrier bags: no large bags or sacks
- No car batteries
- No children's ride-on toy batteries
- No sealed lead acid/gel batteries
- No motorbike batteries
- No industrial batteries
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Types of plastic and how to dispose of them
- bottles including water bottles and milk bottles
- tubs including yoghurt pots, margarine tubs, cream cheese tubs, fruit punnets and pots from dips and sauces
- household products including cleaning products, bleach bottles, cleaners with trigger spray, liquid soap bottles, shampoo and conditioner bottles
| - plastic sheeting around new furniture
- polystyrene disc under pizzas
- plastic film lid to film container
- plastic prepared salad bag
- plastic rings on multipack of cans
- plastic pouches of baby or pet food
- plastic carrier bags - many supermarkets collect these
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Other ways to dispose of your rubbish
You can take many types of waste to the Household Reuse and Recycling Centre at Garth Road or local recycling banks.
Special collection services are available for clinical waste and hazardous waste.
Visit Recycle Now: Recycle an item to find out how to correctly dispose of your household items.
