Tiree bin collection

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)
• Further information on recycling plastics, including which plastic symbol numbers we accept, can be found in our Recycling section

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

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

Please don’t, under any circumstances, put potentially flammable items such as batteries or marine flares in your household wheelie bins.

• Batteries: these can be recycled safely at shops selling batteries or at our civic amenity sites - further information on recycling batteries.
• Marine flares: please contact your nearest marina who will be able to advise you on the correct disposal route.

Your grey bin is for glass

Your grey bin in collected every 4 weeks

• Please put the glass straight into the bin, not into bags or liners
• You can also put metal lids or caps back onto the bottles and into your grey bin, and there is no need to remove labels

Include:

• cooking sauce bottles
• cooking oil bottles
• wine bottles
• beer bottles
• soft drink bottles
• coffee jars
• food jars e.g pasta sauce, jam, baby food, pickles

Please don't include:

• pyrex and ceramics
• plates and cups
• window pane glass
• drinking glasses
• spectacles
• light bulbs
• mirrors
• corks or plastic lids