My recycling bin

All recycling must be:

• Clean. Please rinse containers and do not leave in any food leftovers
• Dry. Please do not put liquids in your recycling bin
• Loose. Please do not put anything in plastic bags or bin liners 

Check what can be recycled

Paper and cardboard items

• Cardboard
• Catalogues 
• Envelopes including envelopes with windows 
• Greeting cards
• Leaflets
• Magazines
• Newspapers
• Packaging card
• Paper 
• Pizza boxes. These must be clean without food residue left inside.
• Junk mail without the plastic wrapping
• Shredded paper
• Telephone books
• Wrapping paper. This must be clean and without tape, ribbons and glitter.

Metal, tin and metallic items

• Aluminium cans and tins
• Aluminium foil
• Empty aerosol cans. No paint aerosols.
• Foil trays and containers. These must be clean.
• Steel cans and tins

Plastic containers

• Bathroom bottles. Keep the lids on. This includes trigger and pump spray bottles.
• Cream pots
• Drink bottles. Keep the lids on.
• Food trays and ready meal trays
• Fruit punnets
• Ice cream tubs
• Margarine tubs
• Milk bottles. Keep the lids on.
• Ready meal trays
• Soup pots
• Toothpaste tubes
• Vegetable punnets
• Yoghurt pots

Cartons

• Fruit juice cartons
• Soup and food cartons
• Milk cartons

Glass

• Bottles. Keep any lids on.
• Jars. Keep the lids on.