YES (Green Recycling Bin)
Everything made from paper and/or
card!
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NO Soiled paper or tissue
Newspapers, magazines, journals
Letters, envelopes, junk mail
Cereal boxes, cardboard sleeves
Catalogues, directories
Paperback books
White office-type paper
Greetings card / Wrapping paper
Toilet and kitchen roll tubes
Shredded paper
Padded envelopes
Juice cartons / UHT milk cartons
Waxed cartons
Foil-lined cartons
TetraPak cartons
All cartons, both waxed and foil-lined
All plastic packaging including plastic
bottles AND pots, tubs and trays
All tins, cans, aerosols AND
aluminium foil
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Food tins, drinks cans
Golden syrup tins
Shoe polish tins
Cake and chocolate tins
Beer bottle tops
(ideally inside a tin or can)
Jar or bottle lids
(i.e. from jam jars, wine bottles)
NO Paint tins
NO Crisp packets
All glass bottles and jars
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Plastic bottles (and lids!)
Fruit & vegetable trays and punnets
Meat and fish trays (no polystyrene)
Plastic bags
Yoghurt pots
Margarine / butter / ice cream tubs
NO Pyrex or ovenware dishes
NO Cut glass crystal
NO Light bulbs
Wine bottles
Beer bottles,
Jam jars
Sandwich spread jars
Pickle jars
Baby food jars
Sauces bottles and jars
Coffee jars
NO (Grey Refuse Bin)
A-Z of examples
Aerosols
Aluminium Foil
Cans (Aluminum & Steel)
Cardboard (waxed/plastic coated)
Cardboard boxes (plain)
Cardboard tubes
Cards (birthday/Christmas etc)
Cartons (juice, milk etc)
Cereal boxes
Catalogues
Detergent/washing power boxes
Directories
Egg Cartons (plastic or cardboard)
Envelopes
Foil-lined cartons (TetraPak)
Glass bottles/jars
Kitchen roll tubes (cardboard)
Junk Mail
Magazines
Margarine tubs
Newspapers
Paper bags
Paper (plain)
Paper plates
Phone books
Plastic bottles & tops (preferably squashed)
Plastic egg cartons
Plastic containers (i.e pots, tubs & trays)
Plastic carrier bags
Shredded paper (loose)
Telephone directories
Toilet roll tubes
Yellow Pages
Yoghurt pots
Animal bedding
Animal waste
Cellophane
Cling film
Contents of vacuum cleaner
Crisp packets
Dead flowers
Dog ends
Hard plastic
Light bulbs
Material
Nappies/sanitary items
Old/broken spectacles
Plastic toys (small)
Polystyrene (Expanded)
Pyrex dishes, cut glass & broken
crockery
Razors
Toothbrushes
Toothpaste tubes
Used makeup
Used cleansing wipes
(Wax) candle stumps