Read our Questions and Answers about changes to your bin collections
Please put your bin out by 7.00am 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 is clearly labelled with your house number or name
Your blue bin is for paper, card, cans and plastic
Your blue bin is emptied every 2 weeks
- Please do not put items into plastic bags, just straight into the bin
- 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
- Shredded paper can be put into a recyclable item first, for example, a cereal box
Include:
- food, drink and aerosol cans
- clean plastic drinks, 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)
Please 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