A guide to waste and recycling

Your recycling boxes and reusable white sack are collected weekly.

Please put your recycling boxes and sacks out at your collection point by 7.30 a.m. on your collection day.

Reusable white sack

Your white sack is for household plastics and metal packaging.

Plastic packaging

• Detergent and soap bottles (no pumps)
• Cleaning product bottles
• Skin care product bottles
• Pop and water bottles
• Milk bottles
• Pots (e.g. yoghurt, soup)
• Tubs (e.g. margarine, ice cream)
• Trays and punnets (meat trays, takeaway trays, fruit and veg trays)
• Plant pots (not black ones)

Metal packaging

• Drink cans
• Food tins
• Biscuit or chocolate tins
• Aerosols (empty)
• Aluminium Foil
• Foil Trays (takeaway trays)
• Aluminium tubes ( e.g. tomato purée)
• Metal lids from jars and bottles

Empty all packaging and rinse clean. Replace bottle lids and tops, and flatten bottles where possible. You can leave labels on all packaging, but place film lids, absorbent pads etc. in your black sack.

Recycling Box 1

Recycling box 1 is for paper, glass bottles and jars, and cartons.

Paper

• Paper
• Magazine, brochures and catalogues
• White paper (e.g. computer paper, letters etc.)
• Telephone directories
• Envelopes (including those with windows)
• Book
• Shredded paper (loosely tied in a bag)

Glass bottles and jars

• Bottles of any colour (e.g. wine, beer, sauce, oil etc.)
• Jars of any colour (e.g. jam, sauce, baby food etc.)
• Non-food bottles and jars (e.g. perfume, aftershave, face creams)

Cartons

• Drinks cartons (e.g. juices, milk, plant-based milk
• Food cartons (e.g. soup, custard, flour)

Items must be sorted by material type within the box; so for example, place glass at one end of the box, cartons at the other and paper in the middle.

Paper must be free of dirt, food or paint. Dirty or greasy paper (such as chip shop wrappers) should go in your black sacks.

Metal lids and caps should go in the reusable sack. Empty and rinse all containers, and where possible, squash or fold containers to save space.

Recycling Box 2

Recycling Box 2 is for cardboard, batteries and printer cartridges, and clothes.

Cardboard

• Cardboard boxes (e.g. cereal boxes, dishwasher tablet boxes)
• Corrugated cardboard
• Online delivery boxes and cardboard envelopes
• Greeting cards - no glitter
• Egg boxes
• Brown paper

Batteries and Printer Cartridges

• All household batteries including 'button' batteries from watches, hearing aids etc.
• Battery packs from household tools such as Strimmers
• Battery packs from laptops or phones
• All household printer cartridges

Clothes

• Trousers and skirts
• Jumpers and cardigans
• Coats and jackets
• Shirts and t-shirts

Items must be sorted by material type within the box; so for example, place glass at one end of the box, cartons at the other and paper in the middle.

Cardboard must be free of dirt, food or paint. Dirty or greasy cardboard (such as takeaway pizza boxes) should go in your black sacks.

Pieces of cardboard can be placed alongside Box 2 if your box is full, as long as they are under 70 cm long.

Clothes must be clean and dry.

Batteries should be placed in a small clear tied bag, such as a sandwich bag or empty bread bag. Cover the contacts on lithium and button batteries with sticky tape to reduce fire risk.