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Accepted Materials by Wheelie Bin Type
Blue Bin Wheelie Bin Guide (Recyclables)
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) | |