Read our Questions and Answers about your bin collections
Please put your bin out by 7 am on your collection day
Your 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
Include:
- nappies
- cling film, bubble wrap, or food contaminated plastics
- non-recyclable plastics
- polystyrene packing
- items that can't be recycled
Please don't include:
- items that can be recycled
- batteries and electrical equipment
- rubble, soil, stone or bricks
- bulky items
- Only 1 green bin per household will be emptied (apart from some exceptions - find out more in our FAQs)
- Please ensure your bin in clearly labelled with your house number or name
Your blue bin is for paper and card
Your blue bin is emptied every 2 weeks
- Please put paper and cardboard in your blue bin.
- Please do not put items into plastic bags, just straight into the bin
- Shredded paper can be put into a recyclable item first, for example, a cereal box
Include:
- office and printer paper
- Cardboard packaging
- Newspapers and magazines
- Telephone directories
- Unwanted mail
- Envelopes (without the windows)
- books
Please don't include:
- tissues
- metallic wrapping paper
- paper and card contaminated with food
- painted paper or card
* From Tuesday 28th May these items will no longer need to go in bags, they can go directly into your blue bin *
Your recycling bags are for plastic and cans
- Please remove all caps and lids - there is no need to remove labels
Include:
- plastic bottles, tubs, pots, food trays (please rinse contents first)
- alumunium and steel cans and tins (please wash food and drink traces off first)
- Empty aerosols
- clean foil containers (takeaway food etc)
Please don't include:
- plastic contaminated with food or cleaning products