Rubbish and recycling

Please ensure that items are cleaned and lids removed. Lids can be placed in your recycle bin/bag.

Please note: broken glass bottles and jars can be placed directly into your blue-lidded recycling wheelie bin. However, if you have a bag for your recycling collection, broken glass must be wrapped in paper and placed in your rubbish bag to prevent injury.

Please remove lids, rinse and squash containers. The lids can be recycled as well.

The grade is indicated inside the recycling symbol (triangle) on the item. Examples of bottles/containers in each grade are:

- soft drink bottles

- milk, cream and detergent bottles

- food and cleaning material bottles

- flexible squeeze bottles

- icecream, yoghurt, margarine and chinese takeaway containers, strawberry punnets

- shampoo, conditioner and moisturiser bottles, dip containers

- squeezable tomato sauce containers

 Read more about the recycling symbols and what they mean.

All cardboard and paper (including window envelopes and Tetra Pak cartons eg juice and milk cartons) except those items listed under What can't be recycled

• broken glass. Please note: broken glass bottles and jars can be placed directly into your blue-lidded recycling wheelie bin. However, if you have a bag for your recycling collection, broken glass must be wrapped in paper and placed in your rubbish bag to prevent injury.
• window, mirror, frosted, crystal and reinforced glass
• light bulbs
• pyrex and arcoroc tableware

• all except those graded one to seven from the kitchen, bathroom and laundry
• meat and food trays
• cling film
• disposable nappies
• polystyrene cups
• fuel oil containers - the fuel oil contaminates the plastic container
• plastic bags - read more about why plastic bags can't be put out for recycling
• toys, buckets, baskets
• any container or bottle larger than 4 litres. The truck's compactors are unable to deal with the size of the container or thickness of the plastic

• aluminium foil and food containers eg meals on wheels containers
• paint tins
• fuel oil containers
• fridge parts
• garden tools
• aluminium pots and pans

• shredded paper
• paper that has plastic, wax or other greaseproof coating eg
  • carbon paper
  • photocopy paper wrappers
  • food wrappings/containers - as food is a contaminant

Shredded paper can not be put out for recycling as it will clog the machines at the Materials Recycling Facility. Household quantities of shredded paper can be used in the garden compost as a mulch. Businesses with large quantities will need to contact a private collector.