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 my brown lidded bin?

Download the recycling guide for a full list of what you can and can't recycle.  We've listed a few festive materials:

• Black plastic - no thank you! Black plastic cannot be accepted for recycling
• Bottle tops - no thank you!
• Bottles (plastic & glass) - yes please! (main body of bin)
• Cardboard - yes please! (insert)
• Cards - no thank you! Greeting and Christmas cards cannot be accepted for recycling
• Clingfilm - no thank you! Clingfilm cannot be accepted for recycling
• Clothes - yes please! (pink bag, presented alongside recycling bin)
• Disposable plates and cutlery - no thanks! Disposable plates and cutlery cannot be accepted for recycling
• Envelopes - no thanks! Envelopes cannot be accepted for recycling
• Foil (plates and cutlery included) - yes please (if washed, main body of bin)
• Jars - yes please! (main body of bin)
• Paper - yes please! (insert)
• Plastic carrier bags - no thanks! plastic carrier bags cannot be accepted for recycling
• Polystyrene - no thanks! Polystyrene cannot be accepted for recycling
• Ribbons - no thanks! Ribbons cannot be accepted for recycling
• Tins - yes please! (main body of bin)
• Wrapping paper - no thanks! Wrapping paper cannot be accepted for recycling

Green bin recycling

• All garden and food waste can go in to the 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. etc.)
• Real Christmas trees can go in to the green bin, just chop them up first
• Just remember there are no green bin collections between the 8th and 19th of January 2018

Last updated Tuesday, 14th November 2017

• Previous Christmas rubbish and recycling collections