Recycling - Blue bin
What goes in your blue bin?
Your blue bin is for clean, dry plastics, cans and cartons.
Place all items directly into your bin – do not use plastic bags. There's no need to squash containers, but it could help save space in your bin.
Yes
- Plastic food and drink packaging
- Plastic bottles, plus lids
- Plastic tubs, pots, trays and punnets
- Food tins and drink cans
- This includes large metal tins such as biscuit tins.
- Aerosol cans
- Cartons e.g. milk and juice Tetra Pak
- Foil and foil trays and containers
No
Should go in your green bin:
- Paper, Card or Cardboard
Should go in your grey bin:
- Soft plastic (e.g. polystyrene, plastic bags, sweet wrappers, crisp packets). You may also be able to take to a supermarket that accepts in store collections
- Hard plastic (e.g. coat-hangers, toys, plant pots)
- Toothpaste tubes
- Food contaminated packaging such as coffee cups and pizza boxes
- General household rubbish
- Nappies
Should go in your food caddy:
- Food waste
Should go in your glass recycling box:
- Glass bottles and jars
Should go into brown bin:
- Garden waste
Should go to a recycling centre:
- Batteries and vapes
- Electrical items
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