What goes in your bins (flats)
Dry mixed recycling wheelie bins

Find out how to sort your waste correctly so more of it can be reused, recycled, and kept out of landfill.

We will collect:

Plastic bottles:

  • Plastic milk bottles
  • Fizzy drink bottles
  • Water bottles
  • Shampoo bottles
  • Bottles from household cleaning products
  • Bleach bottles

Plastic pots:

  • Yoghurt pots
  • Cream pots
  • Soup pots
  • Salad pots

Plastic tubs:

  • Margarine tubs
  • Ice cream tubs

Plastic trays:

  • Meat trays
  • Fruit trays or punnets
  • Biscuit trays

Plastic bags:

  • Carrier bags
  • Bread bags
  • Freezer bags
  • Fruit and vegetable bags
  • Multi-pack crisp bags and packets
  • Salad and sandwich bags

Plastic film and wrapping:

  • Plastic nets & labels (e.g. for citrus fruits)
  • Plastic film from magazines and newspapers
  • Wrapping from food products
  • Wrapping around multi-packs of cans
  • Wrapping around toilet rolls
  • Cling film
  • Plastic cereal liners 
  • Plastic film from ready meals
  • Tetra Paks Pringle and similar crisp tubes

Other items:

  • Plastic plant pots
  • Bubble wrap 
  • Clean Cat and Dog Food Pouches 
  • Worn out white garden sacks
  • Broken or unusable food recycling caddy (rinse first)
  • Broken or unusable recycling box (rinse first)
  • Paper (including shredded paper)
  • Plain and coloured wrapping paper
  • Newspapers
  • Magazines
  • Catalogues
  • Brochures
  • Comics
  • Junk mail
  • Yellow page/directories
  • Cereal packets
  • Tea packets
  • Cardboard boxes, flattened*
  • Food boxes (not foil backed or waxed)
  • Egg boxes Brown paper (in card bag)
  • Wrapping paper (paper-based in card bag)
  • Brown envelopes
  • Washing powder boxes
  • Dishwasher tablet boxes
  • Cleaning product boxes
  • Kitchen/toilet cardboard tube
  • Greeting cards
  • Cigarette packets (with the foil removed)
  • Envelopes (remove plastic window if applicable)
  • Metal cans and tins (tinned food and drink)
  • Metal lids
  • Foil
  • Aerosol cans
  • Biscuit Tins
  • Baby Milk Tins

Items we do not collect:

  • Pesticide or chemical bottles 
  • Tassimo Pods
  • Blister packs: Packaging for tablets
  • Hard plastics: Children's toys
  • Milk crates
  • Polystyrene, including: Polystyrene food trays (e.g. take-away boxes)
  • Expanded polystyrene packaging​ (e.g. Loosefill polystyrene used for padding in packaging)
  • Electronic items 
  • Plastic strapping or rope (e.g. polyrope, lock lashing straps) 
  • Video/cassette tapes or CD/DVD cases 
  • Washing up bowls
  • Large items such as garden furniture
  • Used tissue
  • Used kitchen roll
  • Wallpaper
  • Waxed paper
  • Waxed card
  • Wrapping paper (foil or plastic)
  • PE coated paper and cardboard
  • Cardboard contaminated with leftover food such as greasy pizza boxes
  • Tetra Paks
  • Knives
  • Badly soiled metal items
  • General non-recyclable household waste
  • Garden furniture