To recycle, or not to recycle (and how) - an A - Z guide.

Click on the item below to find out which bin it belongs in, tips for recycling, where to recycle hard to recycle items, and why you should recycle!! 

• Aerosols
• Aluminium Foil
• Batteries
• Bed Linen and Blankets
• Biodegradable/Compostable packaging
• Biscuit/Chocolate Tins, Tubs, and Trays
• Blister Packs (e.g. paracetamol)
• Bubble Wrap
• Cardboard boxes
• Cardboard egg boxes
• Cardboard Sandwich Boxes
• Cardboard Sleeves
• Cardboard Tubes
• Cat litter (and other pet waste)
• Ceramics
• Christmas Trees (Fake)
• Christmas Trees (Real)
• Cleaner and Detergent Bottles
• Coffee Pods and Capsules
• Coffee Cups
• Contact Lens Products
• Cotton Wool/Cotton Buds/Sanitary Products
• Crisp and Sweet Packets
• Disposable Nappies
• Drinking Glasses and Vases
• Drink Cans
• Electrical Items
• Envelopes
• Flower Pots
• Foil Trays (e.g. pie pots and take-away, and BBQ trays)
• Food/Drink Cartons (e.g. soup, milk, juice)
• Food Tins (e.g. tins of beans, beans, rice pudding, and tinned fruit)
• Food Waste
• Garden Waste
• Gas Bottles
• Gift Bags
• Glass Drinks Bottles
• Other Glass Bottles
• Glass Jars
• Glass Cookware (e.g. pyrex dishes)
• Greeting Cards (With glitter, foil, and embellishments)
• Plain Greeting Cards (Without glitter, foil, and embellishments)
• Ink Cartridges
• Junk Mail (including flyers/leaflets)
• Kitchenware (e.g. pots, pans, and cutlery)
• Laminated Plastic Pouches (e.g. cat food, baby food, or microwavable rice packets)
• Lightbulbs/ Fluorescent Tubes
• Magazines
• Make-up/Beauty Products
• Mirrors
• Newspapers
• Padded Envelopes
• Paint/Solvent Tin (Empty or full)
• Paper (Any colour)
• Paper Towels, Napkins, and Tissues
• Parchment/Baking Paper
• Plastic Bags (Carrier, compostable, bread, salad, fruit/veg, or frozen food bags)
• Plastic Drink Bottles (e.g. juice, squash, or fizzy drinks)
• Plastic Film (e.g. from microwavable meals)
• Plastic Pots, Tubs, Trays, and Punnets
• Plastic Toiletries/Bathroom Bottles (e.g. shampoo, conditioner, shower gel, soap bottles)
• Polystyrene (e.g. cups or packaging)
• Pringle-style Tubes
• Rigid Plastics (e.g. toys and hangers)
• Shredded Paper
• Shrink Wrap and Ring Joiners (e.g. from multi-packs of tins or ring joiners from beer)
• Sweet, Biscuit, and Chocolate Wrappers and Packets
• Telephone Directories and Catalogues
• Textiles
• Toothpaste Tubes
• Wall Paper
• Wet Wipes
• Window Glass
• Wrapping Paper (With glitter, foil, and embellishments)
• Wrapping Paper (Without glitter, foil, and embellishments)

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