What goes in your bins or boxes
What goes in your bins or boxes
By making sure your rubbish is sorted into the right bin or boxes, you are helping us create a better quality product for recycling.
We won’t collect bins or boxes with the wrong types of rubbish or recycling in them.
Extra rubbish or recycling will not be taken, it will be put back in your container for the next collection.
We only accept the items listed below, anything else must be disposed of in your household waste or at the recycling centre.
Recycling bins or boxes
Grey bin – Plastics bottles, cans and glass
All household plastic bottles
- milk
- all drinks
- sauce
- washing up liquid
- bleach
- shampoo
- conditioner
- liquid soap
- bathroom and kitchen cleaning products
Empty household aerosols
- Shaving foam or gel
- Room fresheners
- Hairspray
- Deodorants
Plastic pots, tubs and trays
- Yogurt pots
- Ice cream and butter tubs
- Food trays
- Sweet tubs
Metal biscuit and sweet tins
Rinsed and squashed food and drinks cans
Rinsed glass bottles and jars (any colour)
Blue bin or blue box – Mixed paper and card
Cardboard boxes
Cardboard packaging (remove all polystyrene, bubble wrap and other packaging first)
Magazines (no plastic bags)
Junk mail (menus, leaflets etc)
Envelopes
Shredded paper (shred or tear up any personal or financial information)
Old receipts
Letters
Greeting cards and wrapping paper (no foil or glitter)
Scrap paper and note paper
Newspapers
Telephone directories
Orange box – Plastic bottles, tins and cans
All household plastic bottles
- milk
- all drinks
- sauce
- washing up liquid
- bleach
- shampoo
- conditioner
- liquid soap
- bathroom and kitchen cleaning products
Plastic pots, tubs and trays
- Yogurt pots
- Ice cream and butter tubs
- Food trays
- Sweet tubs
Empty household aerosols
- Shaving foam or gel
- Room fresheners
- Hairspray
- Deodorants
Metal biscuit and sweet tins
Rinsed and squashed food and drinks cans
Green box – Mixed glass bottles and jars
Rinsed glass bottles and jars (any colour)
No thanks – all these go in your green bin for household waste
Pizza or takeaway boxes
Books
Spiral wire on notepads (take off the wire and the note paper can go in)
Tetra-pak cartons (eg. Juice cartons)
Nappies and sanitary products
Food waste
Plastic bags and bin liners
Foil and foil trays
Paint cans or tubs, aerosols for paints, oils or solvents
Plant pots, Plastic bottles or containers from the garage or shed, such as creosote tubs
Sheets of glass, broken glass, mirrors or Pyrex
Garden waste
- Grass and hedge cuttings
- Plants and cut flowers from your garden
- Weeds and fallen fruit
- Twigs and small branches
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Contact details
Waste services hotline
Telephone: 01472 326288
Telephone opening times: Monday to Friday, 8:30am to 5pm, except bank holidays