What goes into my blue bin?

Please help us to recycle more by putting the following items into your blue bin.

Paper products including:

• Newspapers
• Magazines
• Brochures
• Leaflets
• Paperback books
• Soft-backed catalogues
• Envelopes including window envelopes
• Unwanted mail (no cellophane)
• Telephone directories (including Yellow Pages)
• Office paper
• Copier, fax and note paper.

Cardboard and cartons including:

• Cereal boxes
• Ready meal sleeves (no food trays)
• Cardboard egg boxes (no polystyrene types)
• Food and drink cartons e.g. fruit juice cartons, soup, milk or custard cartons
• Toothpaste boxes
• Insides of kitchen rolls and toilet rolls
• Cardboard packaging (no polystyrene or other plastic packaging)
• Boxes from toys, games and household goods (no plastic packaging).

Plastic bottles (clear and coloured) including:

• Fizzy drinks - Coca-Cola, Irn-Bru, etc.
• Water - Highland Spring, Evian, etc.
• Beer, lager or cider (no liquids)
• Detergent - Persil, Bold, etc.
• Household cleaners - Mr Muscle, Domestos, etc.
• Fabric softener - Comfort, Lenor, etc.
• Washing up liquid - Fairy, etc.
• Shampoo & conditioner
• Liquid hand wash
• Cosmetics.

Please remember to remove all lids from plastic bottles, labels do not need to be removed.

Plastic tubs including:

• Yoghurt pots
• Butter/margarine tubs
• Clear plastic fruit tubs

All tubs need to be rinsed out to remove all food residue

Aluminium drinks cans and foil including:

• Fizzy drinks cans - Coca-Cola, Irn-Bru, etc.
• Beer cans - Tennents, Guinness, etc.
• Cider cans - Woodpecker, Strongbow, etc.
• Aerosol cans - Hairspray, Deodorant, etc.
• Clean Aluminium foil pie cases
• Clean Aluminium foil cake cases
• Clean Aluminium fast food trays
• Clean tin foil
• Metal lids

Steel food tins including:

• Soup tins
• Baked bean tins
• Vegetable tins - Tomatoes, mixed veg, etc.
• Fish tins - Tuna, salmon, etc.
• Meat tins - Corned beef, Fray Bentos, etc.
• Pet food tins
• Baby food tins
• Biscuit tins

Please rinse any food or drink from bottles, cans and tins to reduce any contamination.

Please do NOT place into your blue bin:

• Glass
• Food waste
• Plastic bags
• Plastic film and black plastic food trays
• Polystyrene or other plastic packaging material
• Paint tins
• Foil wrapping paper
• Hard backs from catalogues or books (inner pages can be recycled)
• Photographs
• Paper/kitchen towels
• Cardboard contaminated with food e.g. Pizza take-away boxes.