Please ensure all bottles, cans or jars, pots, tubs and tubes, food trays and food boxes are empty of any remaining contents and liquid.
| Accepted | Prohibited |
|---|---|
| Glass bottles and jars | Food Waste |
| Metal and tin food and drinks cans | Plastics bags and plastic wrapping/film |
| Plastic bottles (not black) | Crisp packets |
| Plastic tubs (margarine, butter, ice cream) | Pet food pouches |
| Plastic pots (yoghurt, flower, plant (not black) | Black plastic items |
| Plastic food trays and punnets | Vapes, batteries |
| Plastic inserts and packaging (not polystyrene) | Polystyrene |
| Toothpaste tubes | Rubber |
| Beverage and food cartons (juice and milk cartons, soup cartons, Tetra Paks) | Metals including frying pans, car parts, padlocks, bike parts - please dispose of these at your local HWRC |
| Sweet and biscuit tins (plastic) | Textiles - please take to HWRCs, charity shops or donate to others. |
| Sweet and biscuit tins (metal) | Window glass and ceramics |
| Aluminium foil (clean and scrunched) | Paint tins/tubs |
| Aluminium foil trays | Wallpaper |
| Aerosols (must be empty) | Facial tissues |
| Books | Hand Towels |
| Paper | Shredded paper |
| Cardboard | Takeaway coffee cups and lids |
| Newspapers | |
| Magazines | |
| Brochures | |
| Junk mail | |
| Paper Bags | |
| Cardboard boxes | |
| Cardboard food packaging (clean) | |
| Cereal boxes | |
| Egg Cartons | |
| Toilet & kitchen roll tubes | |
| Catalogues & directories | |
| Greetings cards | |
| Yellow Pages | |
| Envelopes (Including windows) | |
| Wrapping paper (not foil or plastic types) | |