Recycling bins and clear sacks
How to recycle
- Empty and rinse items to remove any food residue before recycling
- Place items loose within your bin or clear sack
- Do not stack items of different materials inside each other for example plastic yogurt pots inside a cardboard cereal packet
- Extra recycling can be left in clear bags (not black bags) next to your recycling bin
We accept any of the following:
- plastic bottles (with lids on)
- plastic pots, tubs, trays and tubes (no pouches)
- glass bottles and jars (with lids on) - place any broken bottles or jars inside your wheeled bin or clear sack (wrapped to prevent splitting the bag)
- food and drink cartons
- foil and foil trays
- empty aerosols
- paper and card
- cardboard
- tins and cans
We do not accept any of the following in the recycling bin:
- food - this is collected separately. Use your food caddy
- garden waste - this is collected separately using a paid for service - alternatively, you can compost at home or take to your local HWRC
- textiles - take textiles to textile banks, charity shops or use our doorstep collection service
- batteries and small electricals - use the separate collection provided for small electrical items and battery disposal
- vapes - do not put vapes in any bin these need to be returned to the place of purchase or taken to your local HWRC
- nappies, pet waste and sanitary items - place these in your rubbish bin
- polystyrene and hard plastics eg plastic toys and washing up bowls - use your rubbish bin
- glass cookware and ceramics
- pots, pans and baking trays
- plastic bags, wrapping and film
- light bulbs
View a full list of where to recycle certain hazardous waste items.
Preparing your bin
Keep the lid closed so waste does not escape before collection. If the lid is open, the bin may not fit on the lift and we will not empty it.
Do not overfill your bin. If waste is packed too tightly, the lorry may not empty it completely. We will not return for bins that are only partly emptied.
You can put in:
newspaper, magazines and paper (including shredded paper)
food and drink cartons
card, cardboard and flattened boxes
please try to keep cardboard as dry as possible (but don't put in plastic bags)
non-metallic wrapping paper
envelopes (including windows), junk mail, leaflets and flyers
telephone directories and catalogues
clean paper bags
cardboard tubes from toilet and kitchen rolls
Do not put in:
nappies
kitchen roll, tissues and tissue paper
glittery cards and wrapping paper/metallic wrapping paper
envelopes with plastic padding (Jiffy bags)
greaseproof paper
wallpaper
oils and liquids
wood
please take to your local HWRC
Plastics are numbered using the RIC (resin identification code) which is a number system that indicates the type of plastic a product is made from.
The code can be found on most plastic products inside a small triangle of chasing arrows and will be numbered 1 to 7.
You can place any of the following in your recycling bin. These items are typically made from plastics numbered 1, 2 and 5:
- plastic bottles with lids
- other plastic pots, tubs, trays and tubes (such as yoghurt pots, margarine tubs, ice cream tubs, toothpaste tubes) as long as they are empty and clean
You cannot place any of the following in your recycling bin. These items are typically made of plastics numbered 3, 4, 6 and 7:
- plastic bags and wrapping (such as carrier bags, fruit and vegetable bags, frozen food bags, bread bags, cereal bags, cling film, bubble wrap and flower bags)
- tear off cellophane lids- please remove and dispose of these and recycle the container e.g. throw away the lids on yoghurt, cream pots, oven/microwave ready foods and food trays i.e. sliced meat containers
- plastic plant pots and plastic toys- please take to a local recycling centre that accepts hard plastic
- plastic sweet/biscuit wrappers
- crisp packets
- polystyrene
- nappies
- thick or hard plastics such as washing-up bowls- take to a local recycling centre that accepts hard plastic
- barrels or kegs
- metallic wrapping paper
- cosmetic products (such as cotton buds and face wipes) are not recyclable and cannot be flushed down the toilet
- CD’s/DVD’s and cases
You can put in:
all foil, foil cases and foil wrappers. Please wash off food and collect into the size of a tennis ball to aid recycling
food and drink cans
empty aerosols and lids
crushed large tins (e.g. sweet and biscuit tins)
Do not put in:
baking trays and saucepans - please take to your local HWRC
You can put in:
all glass bottles and jars
broken glass bottles and jars wrapped in paper
perfume/ aftershave glass bottles
Do not put in:
All the below can be taken to your local HWRC
window glass
pyrex glass
light bulbs
drinking glasses
crockery and ceramics
mirrors
tiles
Last updated 08 October 2026