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Surveys have told us that you want the council to make it easier for you to recycle and that's exactly what this scheme does. Kerb-it will allow you to recycle with the minimum of effort on your part.

Households are provided with a special collection box. You can store newspapers, magazines, junk mail, white telephone directories, glass bottles and jars, steel and aluminium cans. These are collected once every fortnight on the same day as we empty your wheeled bin or collect your sacks. 

Should you require a second or replacement kerb-it box, you can request this from our contact centre on 0191 520 5503

The following items can now be accepted in your Kerb-it box:

Greetings cards (without glitter or plastic), Yellow Pages and brochures, grey or white card packaging such as cereal boxes, toothpaste boxes and the cardboard sleeves from ready meals (but not food containers) etc.

The Kerb-it team cannot take brown cardboard or any white card if it is coated with plastic or wax, such as drinks cartons, or anything contaminated with food.

The team will still collect newspapers, magazines, catalogues, envelopes, shredded paper, glass, aerosols and cans.

Our 'bring' recycling sites, located across the city, are still available to access your paper, bottles, cans, clothes and books.

You may find these links to External Sites useful.