Recycling bin

Items that can go in the recycling bin

• Steel and aluminium cans (including aerosols such as empty fly spray cans)
• Glass bottles and jars (lids on)
• All firm and flexible plastic containers from the kitchen, bathroom and laundry (lids on) - Items such as soft drink bottles, takeaway containers, margarine containers, milk and juice bottles, yoghurt tubs, biscuit and sushi trays, detergent and shampoo bottles
• Paper and cardboard, including pizza boxes (flatten all boxes)
• Cartons i.e. long-life milk carton / poppers
• Aluminium foil and trays

Items that cannot go in the recycling bin

• Plastic bags
• Nappies
• Food packets and other soft plastics
• Batteries
• Gas bottles or disposable gas
• Canisters/cartridges (example from camping stoves)
• Plastics that are not containers, such as toys and toothbrushes (these cannot be recycled)
• Toothpaste tubes
• Wax coated cardboard
• Ceramics and crockery
• Non-recyclable glass and mirrors
• Polystyrene / Styrofoam
• General household waste
• Food scraps
• Grass clippings
• Textiles and fabrics
• Wire, scrap metal, cutlery and white goods
• Oil and paint (including empty motor oil containers)
• Chemicals and pesticides
• Rocks, soil and tree stumps
• Syringes and medical waste

What goes in the Recycling Bin? Yellow bin explained video transcript