Your new recycling collection service
What can I recycle in my blue bin?
Your blue wheeled bin is for the collection of:
Paper
- Newspapers
- Magazines
- Office paper
- Telephone directories and Yellow Pages
- Brochures and catalogues
- Leaflets
- Envelopes (including window envelopes)
Cardboard
- Cereal boxes
- Cardboard packaging
- Large brown cardboard boxes
- Cardboard tubes
Foil and foil containers
Aerosol cans
Food tins and drink cans
- Soft drink cans
- Soup cans
- Food cans eg baked bean tins
- Large metal tins (such as empty biscuit and chocolate tins)
Cartons - e.g. Tetra Pak
Rigid plastic food and drink packaging
- Plastic bottles
- Plastic tubs, pots, trays and punnets
How to use your blue bin collection service
We need your help to ensure we collect good quality materials for recycling.
- Rinse food and drink packaging to remove food or drink residue
- Remove film lids or food tray liners from plastic trays or pots (place these in your grey bin)
- Ensure foil and foil containers are not contaminated by food residue
- Ensure aerosol cans are empty before recycling
- Remove any plastic wrapping from junk mail or magazines (plastic film should go in your grey bin)
- Flatten cardboard boxes and squash plastic bottles to save space (you can replace plastic bottle lids)
- Place all items directly into your bin - do not use plastic bags
- Do not put containers inside each other. For example: do not put plastic bottles inside cardboard boxes, or yoghurt pots inside food cans
- Try to keep cardboard and paper dry
