If you live in a block of flats that has more than 10 units then you will have a range of recycling bins outside your block in a designated bin area. The frequency of communal collections depends on the location of the property. Please contact SWISCo for more information on our collection dates.

Space can vary at different sites, so not all flats will have the same recycling facilities. Click on a material to see what your recycling facilities could include:

  • Newspapers
  • Magazines
  • Yellow Pages, phone books and directories
  • Catalogues
  • Leaflets and junk mail
  • All types of envelopes
  • Shredded paper (please put in loosely tied bag)
  • No brown or coloured paper
  • Plastic bottles (e.g. fizzy drinks, water, shampoo, milk, detergent bottles.)
  • Plastic pots (e.g. yoghurt pots, instant noodle pots.)
  • Plastic tubs (e.g. margarine and ice cream tubs)
  • Plastic trays (e.g. fruit punnets, take away trays, meat and fish trays.)
  • No black plastic containers
  • No plastic film (e.g. cling film)
  • No plastic bags
  • No plant pots or plastic toys
  • No polystyrene
  • Metal food tins
  • Metal drinks cans
  • Large tins (e.g. Quality Street)
  • Metal lids and caps from jars and bottles
  • No metal saucepans
  • No metal tools
  • No metal car parts
  • All mixed coloured and clear glass bottles
  • All mixed coloured and clear glass jars
  • No broken glass
  • No drinking glasses
  • No glass tableware
  • No pyrex
  • No window panes
  • No light bulbs
  • Any cardboard packaging, please flatten or fold
  • Cardboard cereal boxes
  • Cardboard tubes
  • No dirty cardboard
  • Food and drink cartons
  • Fruit juice cartons

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