From October 1st 2019 recycling that contains contaminants will not be collected by the crews until the contaminants have been removed.

How to present your recycling

• Empty, rinse and dry all bottles, jars and containers and place lids back on

• Flatten cardboard* and cartons – keep it dry

• Place lids back on all bottles, jars and cartons

• Items should go in loose

• All packaging should be empty

*Large pieces of neatly flattened cardboard can be left by the side of your recycling bin

Brown bins are for certain types of recycling only. We accept:

• Plastic bottles, please put their tops on
• Plastic food containers, such as yoghurt pots/margarine tubs, please make sure they are clean.
• White and clear plastic ready meal trays and yoghurt pots - please note we do not accept black ready meal trays
• Newspapers and magazines
• Catalogues
• Junk mail and envelopes
• Wrapping Paper
• Greeting cards
• Telephone Directories e.g. Yellow pages
• Cardboard packaging
• Food tins and drink cans, please make sure they are clean
• Foil trays 
• Empty aerosols
• Drink and food cartons
• Glass bottles and jars, please make sure that they are clean
• Shredded paper
• Egg boxes
• Foil

We do not accept the following in brown bins:

• Black plastics - ready meal trays, meat packaging, black sacks, and any other black coloured plastic containers.
• Electrical items
• Textiles
• Batteries
• Food waste
• Wood
• Nappies
• Green waste
• Toys
• Ceramics
• Ornaments
• CDs and DVDs 
• Liquid filled bottles