Colonsay

There are changes to this service please check our Coronavirus pages for the latest situation. 

  • We are moving to 2-weekly bin collections from Monday 6th April where your general waste and recycling will be collected at the same time - find out more details here
  • All civic amenity sites (recycling centres) are currently closed
  • All public toilets are currently closed
  • There are changes to the processing of planning and building standards applications

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From Monday 6th April, we will be introducing 2-weekly bin collections. Your bins will be collected on the days that you would normally put out your recycling bags.

Find out full details of the new arrangements on our changes to bin services page

Recycling bags

What goes in your recycling bags?

Green bin

What goes in your green bin?

 

Grey bin

Find local recycling points

Missed bin

Report a missed bin collection

Read our Questions and Answers about changes to your bin collections

Please put your bin out by 8am on your collection day

 

Green binYour green bin is for general rubbish

Your green bin is emptied every 3 weeks

Please use your green bin for all the general rubbish that we can't recycle

YesInclude:

  • nappies
  • cling film, bubble wrap, or food contaminated plastics
  • non-recyclable plastics
  • polystyrene packing
  • items that can't be recycled

NoPlease don't include:

  • items that can be recycled
  • batteries and electrical equipment
  • rubble, soil, stone or bricks
  • bulky items

What goes in your recycling bags?

You no longer need to separate out the different types of recycling into different bags - you can now put all your paper, cardboard, tins, cans and plastics into the same recycling bag

 

Your recycling bags are for paper, card, cans and plastic

Your bags are collected every 2 weeks

  • Please rinse cans, cartons and plastics before putting them in the bin
  • Please leave the lids off bottles so they can be squashed, or squash them and put the lids back on

YesInclude:

  • food, drink and aerosol cans
  • clean plastic drinks, milk, detergent or cosmetic bottles, plastic pots, tubs and trays
  • paper, newspaper, brochures, magazines, envelopes, books
  • food packaging cardboard / packaging sleeves
  • cereal boxes
  • egg boxes
  • cardboard boxes / packaging
  • drinks cartons / tetrapaks
  • clean foil containers (takeaway food etc)

NoPlease don't include:

  • oil or paint tins
  • plastic bags or liners
  • other types of plastic packaging
  • tissues
  • metallic wrapping paper
  • paper and card contaminated with food
  • painted paper or card