Guide to Recycling Introducing the “big” bins
Yellow Bin = Mixed Recyclables DO’s
DON’Ts
~ Glass ~ Clean cardboard ~ Plastic ~ Paper ~ Aluminium ~ Corrugated paper cups ~ Milk containers
~ China ~ Drinking glass ware ~ Food ~ Hand towel ~ Dairy ~ Polystyrene
Red Bin = Landfill (Garbage) DO’s
DON’Ts
~ Drinking glassware ~ Meat ~ Broken crockery ~ Plastic bags ~ Packing straps ~ Sticky tape ~ Glazed wrappers ~ Polystyrene
~ Liquids ~ Plastics ~ Aerosol cans ~ Paint tins ~ Chemicals ~ Anything recyclable
Blue Bin = Paper & Cardboard DO’s
DON’Ts
~ Office paper only ~ Clean cardboard
~ Waxed paper ~ Plastic and glass ~ Food ~ Liquid ~ Paper towel ~ Glazed wrappers ~ Drink cups ~ Food wrappers ~ Metal ~ Spiral binding
Green Bin = Organics DO’s
DON’Ts
~ Tea bags ~ Food ~ Paper Towel ~ Prunings
~ Liquids ~ Meat ~ Plastic ~ Metal ~ Glass ~ Dairy
Introducing the “desk” bins
Red Bin = Landfill (Garbage) DO’s
DON’Ts
~ Drinking glassware ~ Meat ~ Broken crockery ~ Plastic bags ~ Packing straps ~ Sticky tape ~ Glazed wrappers ~ Polystyrene
~ Liquids ~ Plastics ~ Aerosol Cans ~ Paint tins ~ Chemicals ~ Anything Recyclable
Blue Bin = Paper DO’s
DON’Ts
~ Office Paper Only
~ Waxed paper ~ Plastic and glass ~ Food ~ Liquid ~ Paper towel ~ Glazed wrappers ~ Drink cups ~ Food wrappers ~ Metal ~ Spiral binding