Blue bin

What you can put in your blue bin

There's no need to squash containers, but it could help save space in your bin.

Paper

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

Plastic food and drink packaging

• Plastic bottles, plus lids
• Plastic tubs, pots, trays and punnets

More information on this

• What doesn't go in your blue bin
• Deposit Return Scheme