What goes in each bin
Blue bin - recycling
- aerosols
- biscuit and chocolate tins
- cardboard (all colours)
- card based egg boxes
- cardboard tubes - toilet and kitchen roll
- cartons - food, drink and similar containers - rinsed
- envelopes (including windowed)
- foil and aluminium food trays - rinsed
- food packaging card
- greetings cards (remove glitter and decorations)
- junk mails, catalogues
- newspapers and magazines
- office paper - white and coloured
- other paper - including clean paper bags
- pet food tins - rinsed
- plastic bottles - (including trigger spray bottles, pump spray bottles and roller ball bottles) rinsed of food, drink, personal care products, household cleaning products and cooking oil.
- plastic containers (rinsed) - food pots/trays, tubs, yogurt pots and margarine tubs. All colours except black.
- shredded paper - This must be contained either in a cardboard box such as a cereal box.
- steel and aluminium food and drink cans
- telephone directories - Yellow Pages and similar
Find out more about your Blue Bin here:
- batteries
- black plastic trays
- black sacks - empty or full
- bubble wrap
- car products
- card and aluminium takeaway container lids
- compostable or biodegradable plastic packaging
- corks
- corrugated plastic sheeting
- crisp packets
- DIY products
- domestic and commercial oil cans
- domestic insecticide containers
- electrical and electronic items
- foil laminate pouches - including pet food and drinks
- food waste
- glue containers
- hard back books
- light bulb and batteries
- metal paint tins
- nappies
- oil cans
- paint aerosols
- plastic carrier bags
- plastic packaging films and cling film - biscuit wrappers and crisp packets
- plastic plant and paint pots
- polystyrene - cups, pizza trays and packaging materials
- small UHT milk cartons and coffee pods
- takeaway pizza boxes and drink cups
- textiles and clothing
- toys, videos tapes, CDs and DVDs
- tubular steel - camping chair legs etc
- used kitchen roll/tissues
- wallpaper and photographs
- washing up bowls, cutlery and drainer trays
