If you’re in a block of flats, you’ll probably have large colour-coded bins.

You can also get a small kitchen caddy for food waste.

The bins are:

• blue for clean, dry paper and cardboard
• green and silver for glass bottles and jars, plastic packaging, cartons and cans

Blue recycling bins

We'll collect:

• newspapers and magazines
• letters, envelopes and junk mail (whole or shredded)
• cereal boxes and other dry food and medicine packaging
• paper bags
• cardboard boxes

We will not collect:

• food or drink cartons
• plastics (including bags), glass or foil
• foam cups, or used paper cups, plates and straws
• foil/glittery wrapping paper or gift bags

Green and silver recycling bins

We'll collect:

• bottles
• glass jars (with the lids removed)
• plastic food containers like yogurt pots, spread tubs and meat, fruit or ready meal trays
• food and drink cartons and cans
• plastic tubs or metal tins from sweets and cakes
• foil

We will not collect:

• mirrors or sheet glass (see dangerous waste)
• lightbulbs
• glass cookware (like Pyrex) or drinking glasses
• pet food pouches
• polystyrene
• other household plastics like plant pots or plastic bags
• nappies

Putting these in with your other recycling makes it more difficult and expensive for us to sort and could mean that we don’t collect your recycling.