Box with orange sticker
Click on a material to see the items that will be accepted in this recycling box:
Yes please:
- Any cardboard packaging, please flatten or fold and place inside box
- One large piece of flattened cardboard will be taken away per collection
- Brown envelopes
- Cardboard cereal boxes
- Cardboard tubes
- Brown paper
- Egg boxes
- Greetings cards (without glitter)
No thanks:
- No dirty cardboard
- Greetings cards with glitter or embellishments
- No wet cardboard
Yes please:
- Glass bottles - any colour
- Glass jars - any colour
No thanks:
- No broken glass
- No drinking glasses
- No glass tableware
- No pyrex
- No window panes
- No light bulbs
Yes please:
- Please put cooking oil in a sealed, labelled container
Yes please:
- Please put engine oil in a sealed, labelled container
Yes please:
- Kettles, toasters and Irons
- Mobile phones, remote controls and chargers
- Electric toothbrushes
- Small radios, electronic toys and games consoles
- Small power tools i.e. drills
- Hairdryers, hair straighteners, curlers, hair trimmers and shavers
- Put electrical items in a labelled plastic carrier bag
No thanks:
- No larger electrical items, these will need to be taken to the Recycling Centre at Tor Park Road.
Box with green sticker
Click on a material to see the items that will be accepted in this recycling box:
*Note - For plastic film, wrappers and bags these can be recycled at participating supermarkets you find your closest collection point here
Yes please:
- Plastic bottles (please squash the bottles and replace the lid)
- Plastic pots (e.g. yoghurt pots, instant noodle pots)
- Plastic tubs (e.g. margarine and ice cream tubs)
- Plastic trays (e.g. meat and fish trays, fruit punnets and egg boxes)
- Foil
No thanks:
- No black plastic
- No plastic film or wrappers
- No plastic bags
- No plant pots or plastic toys
- No polystyrene
Yes please:
- Foil packaging
- Tin foil (please make sure it’s clean)
- Aluminium food trays
- Foil pet food trays
No thanks:
- No shiny plastic wrapping
- No crisp packets
- No biscuit or sweet wrappers
- No metallic wrapping paper
Yes please:
- Metal food tins
- Metal drinks cans
- Large tins (e.g. chocolate tins)
- Metal lids and caps from jars and bottles
No thanks:
- No metal saucepans
- No metal tools
- No metal car parts
No thanks:
- No gas canisters, these can be taken to the recycling centre
Please put batteries in a plastic bag, do not put them inside any other recycling items
Yes please:
- All household batteries
- Button batteries
- Hearing aid batteries
- Mobile phone batteries
- Laptop batteries
No thanks:
- Car and motorcycle batteries
Textiles should be placed in a supermarket size carrier bag and clearly marked. Limited to one bag per collection
Yes please:
- Clean, dry clothes and underwear
- Clean, dry sheets
- Clean, dry towels
- Pairs of shoes/trainers/boots
- Clean, dry curtains
- Accessories – purse / wallet / belts / hats / scarves / ties and jewellery
No thanks:
- No wet or dirty items
- No odd or single shoes
- No duvets or pillows
- No carpet
- No rags or fabric scraps
- No items with stuffing (eg cushions / soft toys)
- No ripped or damaged items that are not suitable for reuse
Blue bag for paper
Click on a material to see the items that will be accepted in this recycling bag:
Yes please:
- Newspapers
- Magazines
- Catalogues
- Shredded paper (please put in a clearly marked and loosely tied carrier bag. Limited to one bag per collection)
- White envelopes (no need to remove the window if it has one)
- Yellow Pages, phone books and directories
- Letter, leaflets and junk mail
- Coloured paper
No thanks:
- Brown paper – this goes in orange box with cardboard
- Brown envelopes – this goes in the orange box with cardboard
- Padded envelopes
- Gift bags
- Wrapping paper
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