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Your green kerbside box takes paper, glass, cans and household batteries. You can also recycle clothing and textiles: please leave these in a sealed, labelled bag beside your kerbside box.
If you need extra space you can use the blue bag for paper only.
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Leave your recycling out for collection in a clearly visible place at the edge of your property by 6:30 am on your normal collection day.
What can I recycle?
Paper
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Yes please:
• Newspapers printed on white paper
• Magazines (including glossies)
• Catalogues
• White paper (including printed)
• Junk mail
• White envelopes (even with plastic windows)
• Telephone directories (including Yellow Pages)
• Shredded white paper*.
*Leave shredded paper in a sealed, clearly labelled bag to prevent it from scattering. |
No thank you:
• Newspapers printed on coloured paper (eg pink)**
• Coloured paper**
• Brown envelopes**
• Wallpaper
• Card or cardboard**.
** Please put these items in your cardboard and plastic bottle bin/sack instead.
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Glass
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Yes please:
• Glass bottles and jars of any colour.
Please wash before recycling and remove corks, caps and lids. |
No thank you:
• Milk bottles
• Window or mirror glass
• Drinking glasses
• Light bulbs
• Ceramics. |
Tins and cans
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Yes please:
• Food and drink cans
• Biscuit or chocolate tins
• Fully discharged aerosol cans (remove as many plastic pieces as possible).
Clean before recycling. You do not need to remove labels. |
No thank you:
• Foil
• Paint cans
• Other metal objects such as cutlery or pans. |
Household batteries
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Yes please:
• All household batteries including spent rechargeable batteries
• Batteries from mobile phones, laptops, household appliances or tools
• Square and button batteries.
Leave household batteries in a sealed, clearly labelled bag. |
No thank you:
• Car batteries.
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Clothing and textiles
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Yes please:
• Clothing
• Shoes tied in pairs
• Hats, belts, bags, ties and accessories
• Textiles, rags, bed linen.
Leave clothing and textiles in a sealed, clearly labelled bag in or beside your kerbside box. |
No thank you:
• Wet or heavily soiled items
• Single shoes
• Duvets, pillows or cushions.
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When do kerbside recycling collections happen?
We collect every week, on your normal collection day.
When there is a Bank Holiday on a Monday, collections will be one day late. If your normal collection day is Friday your bin will therefore be picked up on the Saturday. Please Note: we do work on Good Friday so collections will be as normal on that day.
Kerbside recycling for flats
Using recycling boxes may be inconvenient for residents living in flats. As an alternative we can offer a "mini recycling centre". We currently have about 1,600 households benefiting from this kind of recycling.
Call us on 01372 732000 or email us if you think that you would find this solution more suitable to your needs.
Related pages
• What should I do if my recycling/refuse is not collected?
• Can I have an extra container?
• What should I do if my container is damaged or stolen?
• Is help available for the elderly or disabled?
