What goes in your bins

Your grey bin is for recycling only. It won't be collected if it contains rubbish.

Your recycling is collected once a fortnight, on the same day as rubbish collections but at a different time of day, in a grey wheeled bin with a caddy in the top.

Use the caddy for:

• glass bottles and jars (no window glass, no pyrex)
• if you have more glass than will fit in the caddy please use your nearest recycling site - or save it until the next collection
• do not remove your caddy - for safety reasons it won't be collected unless it is in the bin

Use the main part of the bin for:

• cardboard (please flatten)
• newspapers, magazines, junk mail and envelopes
• shredded paper (must be in a bag, no black bags please)
• telephone directories (including yellow pages)
• catalogues (no hard backs please)
• plastic bottles, pop, squash, milk, sauces, toiletries, household cleaners (please wash and squash items)
• drinks cans and food tins, including pet food tins (please wash and squash items)
• tetrapaks, e.g. juice cartons (please wash and squash items)
• aerosols
• plastic pots, tubs and trays, e.g. margarine tubs, yoghurt pots, punnets and food trays (wash and squash items)

Do not use your grey bin for:

• black plastic items, e.g. food trays, plastic bottles and yoghurt lids
• plastic films (cling film, bread wrappers, crisp packets, biscuit wrappers, vegetable wrappings, frozen foods, magazine wrappings)
• hard plastics (toys, kitchenware, electrical plugs, CD and DVD cases, stationery)
• textiles (no clothing or bedding please)
• Polystyrene
• batteries - many retailers and supermarkets have battery disposal points so please take your batteries to these points.