Christmas waste and recycling

Don't let your rubbish affect your Christmas - make sure your recycling is collected by putting only correct materials in it.

• Download the recycling guide
• Find out when your collection will take place
• Make your festive food last - visit Love Food, Hate Waste
• Recycling festive materials in brown lid bin

Download the recycling guide for a full list of what you can and can't recycle.

Over the festive period, pop the following into your brown lid bin:

• Cardboard
• Paper
• Bottles
• Foil
• Jars
• Tins

Unfortunately, the following cannot go into your brown lid bin:

• Black plastic
• Bottle tops
• Cards
• Clingfilm
• Disposable plates and cutlery
• Envelopes
• Plastic carrier bags
• Polystyrene
• Ribbons
• Wrapping paper

Green bin recycling

• All garden and food waste can go in to your green bin
• Make the most of your leftovers by putting them in your green bin, it can then be turned in to compost - all types of food (cooked, raw, bones, egg shells, leftovers, gone off foods etc.)
• Real Christmas trees can go in to the green bin, just chop them up first

Last updated Monday, 1st October 2018

• Previous Christmas bin collection days