Recycling Boxes

  Each property has been provided with three boxes for recycling:

• 1 box for newspapers, magazines, junk mail, white directories and Yellow Pages.
• 1 box for glass bottles and jars
• 1 box for food & drinks cans, aerosols, cartons (e.g tetra paks) and all plastics (please rinse any item which has come into contact with raw meat).  Please note cling film or expanded foam-like plastics are not accepted.

 Please wash and squash.

If you need extra recycling boxes or lids please contact us.  Larger boxes are available for plastics/cartons/cans only.  Please do not use the larger boxes for paper or glass.

The recycling is collected fortnightly.  The boxes must be left at the property boundary by 7am on the day of collection (or by 6.30am for any Saturday collections). 

Please note that our crews often use wheeled bins to aid the recycling collection. This involves a crew member walking along the road with a wheeled bin and emptying recycling boxes into it from a number of houses, before the bin is then emptied. No material will be mixed in this instance, so the bin will only be used for one material at a time.

Please note that the brown bin should be out by 6am.

Download a full list of acceptable and non-acceptable items below.

If you live in a flat you may have different arrangements, such as communal bins on a rack system. If you are unsure about the arrangements either contact the Customer Service Centre on 01923 776611 or contact your Housing Association who will be able to advise you.

We will collect extra recycling if left next to the boxes in carrier bags (not black sacks). Please contact the Customer Services Centre on 01923 776611 (minicom 01923 727303) or e-mail enquiries@threerivers.gov.uk to request additional or replacement boxes.

Please use the online service to enquire about your collection day or contact the Customer Services Centre on 01923 776611 (minicom 01923 727303) or e-mail enquiries@threerivers.gov.uk

Elderly, infirm and disabled residents who have no other resident to help them move the bin may apply for an assisted collection. The bin must still be visible and the front of the property but does not have to be moved to the boundary. To apply for this service please download the Application Form below.