What Can I Recycle?

You can recycle

Please remember

• food tins
• drink cans
• aerosol cans
• sweet/ biscuit tins
• metal jar lids

• rinse tins and cans
• push sharp lids inside tins

Tip - labels can be left on.
Tip - no need to squash.

Mixed glass
bottles
and jars

• glass bottles
• glass jars

• rinse bottles and jars
• no corks or caps

Tip - labels can be left on.
Tip - all colours accepted.

Plastic bottles
and containers

All plastic bottles e.g.

• drinks bottles
• milk/ juice bottles
• detergent/ fabric conditioner bottles
• cleaning/ bleach bottles
• toiletry bottles

Plastic containers e.g.

• yoghurt pots
• margarine/ ice cream tubs
• fruit/ vegatable punnets
• plastic meat/ fish trays
• cream/ custard pots
• cake/ pastry trays

• rinse bottles and containers
• no black plastic
• no tops, lids, pumps, film, foil etc

Tip - labels can be left on.
Tip - no need to squash.

• newspapers/ magazines
• phone directories
• catalogues/ brochures
• junk mail/ leaflets
• letters
• greetings cards
• envelopes

• keep paper flat
• remove plastic wrappers

Tip - you can compost your shredded paper at home

All cartons e.g.

• milk/ juice/ smoothie cartoons
• fabric conditioner cartons
• soup/ chopped tomatoes cartons
• custard cartons

• rinse cartons

Tip - no need to squash.
Tip - plastic spouts can be left on.

• thin cardboard boxes e.g. cereal boxes, ready meal boxes
• corrugated/ thick cardboard boxes
• egg boxes
• kitchen/ toilet roll tubes

• flatten cardboard boxes and tubes
• remove inner packaging