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YES please |
NO thank you |
| glass bottles and jars | broken or sheet glass |
| newspapers and magazines | cards and cardboard |
| envelopes | |
| junk mail | |
| directories | |
| white office paper | coloured office paper |
| carrier bags |
Please rinse the glass bottles and jars, and take off the lids.
Please do not put any plastic items or food and drink tins, cans or cartons in the green box.
These items are separately sorted at the kerbside, for the following reasons:
| YES please | NO thank you |
| PLASTIC | |
| drinks bottles | polystyrene |
| milk bottles | clingfilm |
| shampoo bottles | food trays and packaging |
| cleaning products bottles | sandwich packaging |
| bottle tops | carrier bags |
| yoghurt, margarine, ice cream containers | |
| plant pots and trays | |
| plastic toys/gadgets | |
| bubble wrap | |
| glass of any kind | |
| CANS/TINS | |
| aluminium drinks cans | food-soiled items |
| aluminium foil | metal lids and bottle tops |
| metal food tins | aerosols |
| CARD/CARDBOARD | |
| clean cardboard | drinks cartons (tetrapak) |
| greetings cards | |
| cardboard labels | |
| inner tubes from toilet and kitchen paper | |
| LOW GRADE PAPER | |
| junk mail | kitchen and tissue paper (even clean) |
| brochures and catalogues | jiffy bags |
| wrapping paper | glued or painted paper |
| art paper | |
| coloured office paper | |
| directories (inc Yellow Pages) | |
| envelopes (inc windows) |
Please remember not to put glass in the blue box
Please rinse and squash the plastic bottles and cans. You can put the lids back onto the bottles.
These items are compacted on the lorry to save space and reduce environmental and financial costs of transporting. They are taken to a Materials Recycling Facility (MRF) where they are separated and sent on for reprocessing.
For information on garden waste please see our Garden Waste page
For information on recycling materials that cannot be collected at the kerbside please visit our Bring Banks page
Please contact us using the contact details on the right hand side of the page.
| Free of Charge | Purchase |
| First 2 Green Boxes | 2 additional Green Boxes; £7 each |
| First 2 Blue Boxes | 2 additional Blue Boxes; £7 each |
| Blue Recycling Bin; £35 each | |
| First Green Waste Bag | 4 Garden Waste Bags; £7.50 each |
Page last reviewed 1 Sep 2008