Blue recycling bin

Paper recycling caddies (inner black boxes) are no longer needed

We are no longer supplying caddies with recycling bins to be used for paper. All of your paper recycling can now be placed in the main part of your blue recycling bin.

If you already have a caddy and no longer want to use it for your recyclable paper, you can repurpose it for other things - for example, storing gardening tools, cleaning products, or other household items.

What to put in your blue recycling bin

Note: Please don't put items into a plastic bag and then into your recycling bin, as plastic bags cannot be recycled. Please rinse out food and drink containers before you put them in your blue bin

• All white, grey and brown cardboard - such as cereal boxes, toothpaste boxes and ready meal boxes
• Food and drink cartons - such as empty juice cartons, milk cartons and food cartons
• Household plastic packaging - all plastic bottles and plastic food packaging such as yogurt pots and plastic milk cartons
• Empty food tins, clean foil, drink cans and aerosols - such as clean foil pie tins, baby milk formula tins, pet food tins and pop cans
• Glass bottles and jars - such as jam jars, perfume bottles and coffee jars
• Greeting cards without glitter
• Toothpaste tubes that are clean and empty
• Paper including newspapers, magazines, junk mail, telephone directories, catalogues, envelopes, printed paper and loose shredded paper.

Please DO NOT put these items in your blue bin:

• Any type of batteries - they can cause fires. Instead, take them to:
  • battery collection points in most supermarkets and many high streets, find out which local shops they are by visiting Recyclenow (opens new window).
  • local community centres and venues that have battery collection containers/tubes
  • the Household Waste and Recycling Centre, in the dedicated battery recycling bins, they should not be put in the general waste skip. Ask a site attendant if you're not sure
• Disposable vapes - they contain batteries and can cause fires. Instead please take them to:
  • the Household Waste and Recycling Centre and put them in the correct containers, they should not be placed in the general waste skip. Ask a site attendant if you're not sure
• Small electrical items containing batteries - they can cause fires. Instead, take them to:
  • the Household Waste and Recycling Centre and put them in the correct containers, they should not be placed in the general waste skip. Ask a site attendant if you're not sure
  • a shop that accepts electrical items - recycle your electricals shop locator (opens new window)
• Any electrical items
• Inhalers - used inhalers should be returned to a pharmacy to be disposed of safely
• Tissue paper or wallpaper
• Textiles, fabrics and shoes - such as old clothes, tea towels and towels
• Nappies
• Plastic films - such as cling film, bread wrappers, crisp packets, biscuit wrappers, vegetable wrappings and magazine wrappings, cellophane and bubble wrap
• Take away pizza boxes which have grease stains or food residue on the cardboard
• Hard plastic - such as toys, kitchenware, electrical plugs and CD or DVD cases
• Plastic guttering, plant pots and planting trays
• Glittery cards and other glittery items
• Styrofoam or Polystyrene packaging
• Wrapping paper
• Light bulbs
• Dog waste bags
• Food waste
• Garden waste - such as prunings and grass cuttings
• Paint tins
• Wood