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Rubbish (red lid) Pay-as-you-throw, 140 litres What goes in this bin • Alkathene water piping • Cottonwool • Plastic bottle tops • Tetra packs (all kinds) • Aluminium foil • Dirty recycling • Plastic cling film • Tinfoil • Asthma inhaler • Dryer lint • Plastic cutlery • Tissues • Baby wipes • Garden hose • Plastic fire lighter • Toothpaste tube • Baking paper (unused scraps) • Garden netting • Plastic packaging - no recycling number • Toothpaste pump • Bioplastics (PLA, compostable, • Garden pots • Plastic pesticide bottles - recycling number 1 • Tuna pouches biodegradable) • Garden weeds - noxious or non-compostable or 2 in a triangle • Unwashed containers • Bread bags • Gib board • Plastic toys • Broken glass (wrap) • Glass (lamps, spectacles, window panes, • Video cassettes • Broken plates, cups, mugs (wrap) windshields, perfume, cosmetics) • Plastics bottles and containers - recycling • Washing powder plastic scoop number 3-7 in triangle • Bubble wrap • Ice cream containers • Water filter unit • Plate glass (wrapped) • Cables • Leather • Waxed paper • Polystyrene • Candles • Lids • Wet paper • Cardboard (non-dairy or juice) • Light bulbs (irridescent) • Pringles chip tubes including lid • Window glass (wrapped) • Cardboard Tetra Paks • Margarine containers • PVC spouting • Yogurt containers • Cardboard yogurt containers • Meat packing trays - polystyrene • Pyrex glass • Zip-lock bags • Cat biscuit bags • Metallic wrapping paper • Ring binder/folder • Cellophane • Milk bottle tops • Rubber bands, hose • Chip bags • Milk cartons - nut, soy, oat • Sanitary pads and tampons (wrap) • Chocolate wrappers • Mirrors (broken) - please wrap • Shopping bags, supermarket bags (excluding • Cigarette packaging • Nappies - disposable (please wrap in other paper bags) • Clothes packaging or a bag) • Shrink wrap • Coffee cups (biodegradable) • Paint tins • Coffee cups (compostable) • Paper towels (bathroom) • Smoke alarms • Coffee cups (wax or plastic • Pet sand/litter • Soft plastics (scrunchy plastics) lined) • Photos - black & white or coloured • Stripped wallpaper • Coffee pods • Pizza boxes (lots of oil or food scraps) • Takeaway cardboard containers (waxed) • Compact disc (CD) and case • Plastic bags • Tea bags - tea leaves removed • Corflute (plastic sign board) • Cork Rinse Try freezing Remember bottles and scraps until NO Lids jars first collection day Recycling (yellow lid) Glass recycling (blue Food scraps 240 litres crate) 45 litres 23 litres What goes in this bin What goes in this bin • Aerosol cans (empty) • Tin food cans (clean) • Alcohol bottles - RTDs, gin, whiskey (lids • Banana peel • Aluminium cans (clean) • Toilet paper rolls removed) • Bones (Beef, Chicken, Pork) • Aluminium containers (clean) • Toothpaste boxes • Bottles, lids removed (wine, beer, • Bread - mouldy, hard, crusts kombucha) • Baby formula tins (lid and scoop removed) • Water bottles - plastic with recycling • Coffee grinds • Bioplastics (recycling number 1 and 2 only) number 1 or 2 in triangle • Glass bottles - brown, green, clear, brown, • Cooked food - leftovers, mouldy, rotten • Books (hard back) blue, opaque (no lids) • Cut flowers - dead, dried • Books (soft cover) • Glass bottles and jars (food and beverage • Dairy products - cheese, yogurt, sour cream • Brochures (remove wrapping) only, clean with no lids) • Cardboard (flattened) • Egg shells • Catalogues (remove plastic wrapping) • Fat - cooled or congealed • Cereal boxes (remove inside bag) • Fish carcass and bones • Christmas wrapping paper (not cellophane • Food scraps or metallic) • Fruit peelings, pips & cores • Egg cartons • Kitchen paper towels • Janitorial plastic bottles - recycling number • Pasta, rice, leftover food 1 or 2 only • Junk mail - plastic wrapper removed • Rotten meat or food • Magazines • Seafood shells - mussels, clams, scallops • Meat packing trays - plastics (# 1 or #2 in • Tea leaves - bag and string removed triangle) • Organic vacuum dust (pet hair and wool • Milk bottles - plastic (rinsed and lids carpet) - no bits of plastic, glass or removed) synthetic fibres • Newspaper • Paper - bags, brochures, pamphlets, flyers, junk mail, torn • Paperback books • Phonebooks • Pizza Boxes (Little oil present with food scraps removed) • Soft drink bottles - plastic, all colours • Steel cans (clean) • Takeaway plastic containers