Make sure you recycle right

Here are some handy recycling tips:

Empty, Clean and Loose

All containers need to be empty, clean and loose in the bin (not bagged). All lids must be put in the rubbish.

Look for the Triangle

Plastic bottles and containers have a plastic code, usually on the bottom inside a triangle. This code tells us the type of plastic it is and whether or not it can be recycled. We can only accept plastic types 1, 2 and 5.

Paper and Cardboard

Paper and cardboard needs to be flat not crumpled up and must be clean with no food or food-staining. We can accept clean and empty pizza boxes in the recycling. Those with oil or food on the cardboard can go in your organics bin, worm farm or compost, otherwise put them in the rubbish.

Coffee Cups are a No-No

Take-away coffee cups and lids cannot be recycled.

To ensure your bin gets emptied and to avoid contamination of recycling:

Keep items loose

Don’t squash bottles, tins or cans

Put all lids in the rubbish

Make sure everything is clean

Repeated contamination may result in withdrawal of your kerbside collection service.

We can’t take any paper smaller than a standard envelope, lids from any containers, or plastic containers smaller than a yoghurt pottle. We also can’t take containers that are larger than 3 litres.

Clothing or bedding, appliances or tools, toys, polystyrene, machine parts, soft plastics, and more…

None of these can be processed so don’t put them in your recycling bin. If you have any reusable items, drop them off to a charity or our Southbrook resource recovery park. Mobile phones, scrap metal, whiteware and clean polystyrene packaging can also be dropped off for free at Southbrook. Soft plastics can be taken to a shop with Soft Plastics Recycling.

Rubbish is Rubbish!

Rubbish, including nappies, plastic strapping, food scraps must go in the rubbish bin.

We can’t accept:

Plastics numbered 3, 4, 6 & 7

No containers larger than 3L or smaller than 150ml

Soft plastics or any plastic you can scrunch into a ball

Takeaway cups and liquid cartons

Paper smaller than an envelope

Compostable items

Clothes and toys

Nappies

Polystyrene

Pans and foils

Window glass, crockery & light bulbs

Batteries

General rubbish or food.