What to put in each bin
| Recycling bin (grey) |
General waste (maroon) |
Garden waste (blue) |
- Food/cereal boxes
- Cardboard
- Phone books
- Food tins and drink cans (place lids inside cans)
- Glass bottles and jars (remove caps and lids)
- Plastic – bottle shaped plastics only (remove tops, caps and lids)
- Envelopes
- Paper, newspapers and magazines
- Junk mail
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- Polystyrene
- Plastic tubs
- Juice cartons (Tetra Pak)
- Plant pots
- Foil trays / tin foil
- Plastic wrappers
- Food waste - includes fruit fallen from trees
- General waste and items that cannot be recycled.
Building materials or rubble are not accepted
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- Grass cuttings
- Shredded paper
- Flowers
- Prunings
- Hedge and tree clippings
- Twigs and branches
- Leaves
- Plants and weeds
- Untreated bark and wood chippings
- Pet bedding - wood chippings, sawdust, straw and hay (clean or soiled)
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Please note that all food waste, including any fruit that has fallen from the trees, should be placed in your maroon bin for collection.
