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Rubbish (red ) Pay-as-you-throw, 140 litres What goes in this bin • Alkathene water piping • Cottonwool • tops • Tetra packs (all kinds) • • Dirty • Plastic cling film • Tinfoil • Asthma inhaler • Dryer lint • Plastic cutlery • Tissues • Baby wipes • Garden hose • Plastic fire lighter • Toothpaste • Baking (unused scraps) • Garden netting • Plastic packaging - no recycling number • Toothpaste pump • (PLA, compostable, • Garden pots • Plastic pesticide - recycling number 1 • Tuna pouches biodegradable) • Garden weeds - noxious or non-compostable or 2 in a triangle • Unwashed • Bread • Gib board • Plastic toys • Broken (wrap) • Glass (lamps, spectacles, window panes, • Video cassettes • Broken plates, cups, mugs (wrap) windshields, perfume, cosmetics) • 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 • • 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 • • Milk bottle tops • Rubber bands, hose • Chip bags • Milk - 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 ) • • Coffee cups (biodegradable) • Paint tins • Coffee cups (compostable) • Paper towels (bathroom) • Smoke alarms • Coffee cups (wax or plastic • Pet sand/ • Soft plastics (scrunchy plastics) lined) • Photos - black & white or coloured • Stripped wallpaper • Coffee pods • Pizza (lots of oil or food scraps) • Takeaway cardboard containers (waxed) • Compact disc (CD) and • Plastic bags • Tea bags - tea leaves removed • Corflute (plastic sign board) • Cork Rinse Try freezing Remember bottles and scraps until NO Lids first collection day Recycling (yellow lid) (blue Food scraps 240 litres ) 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