Make sure you recycle right

Here are some handy recycling tips:

Empty, Clean and Loose

All containers need to be empty, clean and loose in the bin (not bagged). All lids must be put in the rubbish.

Look for the Triangle

Plastic bottles and containers have a plastic code, usually on the bottom inside a triangle. This code tells us the type of plastic it is and whether or not it can be recycled. We can only accept plastic types 1, 2 and 5.

Paper and Cardboard

Paper and cardboard needs to be flat not crumpled up and must be clean with no food or food-staining. We can accept clean and empty pizza boxes in the recycling. Those with oil or food on the cardboard can go in your organics bin, worm farm or compost, otherwise put them in the rubbish.

Size Does Matter

We can only take paper that’s envelope sized or larger; and plastic containers sized from 100 mls to 3 litres – no smaller than a yoghurt pottle, no larger than 3 litres, no lids.

Coffee Cups are a No-No

Take-away coffee cups and lids cannot be recycled.

Clothing or bedding, appliances or tools, toys, polystyrene, machine parts, soft plastics, and more… None of these can be processed so don’t put them in your recycling bin. If you have any reusable items, drop them off to a charity or our Southbrook resource recovery park. Mobile phones, scrap metal, whiteware and clean polystyrene packaging can also be dropped off for free at Southbrook. Soft plastics can be taken to a shop with Soft Plastics Recycling. Rubbish is Rubbish!

Rubbish, including nappies, plastic strapping, food scraps must go in the rubbish bin.