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What can I recycle and where?

Home » For residents » Recycling and Refuse » What can I recycle and where?

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Recycling containersYou can recycle lots of different items in your household recycling collections! We can collect and recycle: 

  • Plastic bottles, tubs, pots and trays
  • Glass bottles and jars
  • Aluminium food and drink cans
  • Steel cans
  • Clean foil
  • Paper
  • Cardboard
  • Textiles
  • Batteries and mobile phones
  • Compostable garden waste.

We provide two red boxes, a blue bag, a yellow bag and brown-lidded bin for your recycling. Use this page to find out how to recycle each item and which container or bin to put it in.

If you need more space for your recycling, you can order extra red boxes, blue bags and yellow bags at no additional cost. 

We collect your recycling on alternate weeks to the black bin. Find when your collections are due to take place.

Recycle even more with TerraCycle!

Did you know you can recycle lot of 'hard to recycle' items such as crisp packets, pet food pouches, stationery, dental products, make up and more?

Head to TerraCycle's website to find out more!

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