A to Z of Recycling : What can be recycled
Items suitable for recycling
If it's not on the list, then sorry, we can't take it.
These must be rinsed and washed out, and if possible squashed flat (we can then get more into our recycling collection vehicles and make fewer trips), and then put out clean, dry and loose in your blue box or recycling wheelie bin.
- Aerosol cans
- Aluminium foil
- Aluminium food and drinks cans
- Aluminium food trays
- Bleach bottles
- 'Bottle shaped' plastic bottles
- Brochures
- Cardboard and cardboard boxes (flattened and cut down to fit in your blue box eg: cereal boxes, soap powder boxes, ready meal sleeves, toilet rolls, etc)
- Catalogues
- Detergent bottles
- Envelopes
- Fruit juice cartons
- Gift wrapping paper from birthday or Christmas presents
- Glass bottles (all colours)
- Glass jars (all colours)
- Greetings cards (birthday cards, Christmas cards, etc)
- Junk mail
- Long life milk cartons
- Magazines
- Milk bottles
- Milk cartons
- Newspapers
- Office paper
- Shampoo bottles
- Soup cartons
- Steel food and drinks cans
- Telephone directories
- Yellow Pages
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Last Updated : Friday, December 3, 2010 (9:19)
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