Recycling Information and Advice

Each home in the scheme has received two 240 litre wheeled bins, a green bin for recyclable materials and a grey bin for rubbish. So what goes in each bin?

Please put all these items in you Green Recycling Wheelie Bin loose and not bagged:

   OK -   Paper - Newspapers and magazines, junk mail, letters and computer paper
   OK -   Cardboard - Cereal or other food boxes, egg boxes, toilet rolls etc)
   OK -   Plastic Bottles* - Milk, squash, bleach, or shampoo bottles, etc
   OK -   Metal Cans - Steel or aluminium food or drink cans etc (Please rinse)
   OK -   Empty Aerosol Cans - Deodorants, air fresheners etc

* Please remember to put plastic bottle tops in your Grey Rubbish Bin!

Please Do Not put these items in your Green Recycling Bin.

The following items can be put into either your Grey Rubbish Bin or recycled elsewhere

   X -   No General Rubbish.
   X -   No Glass (Please take these to a bring bank).
   X -   No Textiles (Please take these to a bring bank or charity shop).
   X -   No Plastics other than Bottles (Yogurt pots, Food Containers, Film/Bags etc)
   X -   No Shredded Paper, Envelopes or Wrapping Paper
   X -   No Aluminium Trays

All other rubbish should be bagged up and placed into your Grey Rubbish Bin.

Each bin is emptied on an alternating weekly basis and residents are asked to ensure their bins are ready for collection by 6.30 am.

Further Information

Full details relating to the scheme (including information on Assisted Refuse Collection & household clinical/medical waste) can be found in the leaflet below:-

wheeled_bin_information-3.pdf (76Kb)