Lismore

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:

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

Your recycling bags are put inside your blue bin

Please put all your recyclable materials inside the bags provided, tie the tops, and place them inside your blue bin for collection

Please rinse cans, cartons and plastics before putting them in the bags
Please leave the lids off bottles so they can be squashed, or squash them and put the lids back on
Please only use the opaque recycling bags provided - if you need more bags please phone us on 01546 605514
Shredded paper can be put into a recyclable item first, for example, a cereal box

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)