Recycling collections

We collect recycling every fortnight.

To ensure collection, your recycling boxes and bag need to be presented ready for collection by 6am on your recycling collection day. If you're unsure which day your recycling is collected, find your next collection day here.

Please be considerate to neighbours by returning your containers to your property as soon as possible after collection.

What can I recycle?

Each household is allocated two green recycling boxes and one reusable recycling bag.
 

You can recycle paper and card in one box including:

• newspaper
• junk mail
• magazines/catalogues
• cardboard tubes
• envelopes
• egg boxes
• cardboard boxes/packaging (cardboard must be flattened and no bigger than 85cm x 45cm)
• greeting cards and wrapping paper (no glitter or foil)
   

You can recycle glass in one box including:

• glass bottles
• glass jars

Please make sure jars are rinsed through to remove food residue. Lids can be left on glass bottles and jars.

You can recycle all your plastic bottles (please leave bottle tops unscrewed*), pots, tubs, trays, aerosols, drink cans and food tins in your recycling bag including:

• milk bottles
• drink bottles
• shampoo/conditioner/shower gel bottles
• cleaning bottles
• metal sweet tins
• drink cans
• aerosols
• cream pots (without film lids)
• clear yoghurt pots (without film lids)
• spread/margarine tubs
• biscuit tray packaging
• takeaway tubs and ready meal trays (without film lids)
• clear fruit trays (without film lids)
• clean meat trays (without film lids)

Unfortunately, we cannot accept:

• black plastic trays
• plastic film - such as bread bags and tray coverings
• crisp packets
• plastic wrapping
• foil lids and trays
• flowerpots
• hot beverage pods (please take these to your nearest Household Waste Recycling Centre)
• tetra paks/cartons (these can be recycled at our mini recycling centres and Household waste recycling centres)

To ensure items can be collected, we just ask that all recycling is clean, with film and foil lids removed.

*Plastic bottle lids can be reattached after expelling any air or placed loose in the recycling bag.

Textiles/clothing can be left out in a clear/white sack labelled 'textiles' next to your green boxes for collection. We do not provide sacks for this. 

Put your used household batteries in a clear bag and place them on top of your black wheelie bin ready to be collected on your relevant collection day. Batteries we collect are: D, C, AA, AAA, AAAA (1.5-volt), A23 (12-volt), PP3 (9-volt), CR2032 (3-volt), and LR44 (1.5-volt). We also collect hearing aid batteries as long as they are removed from the device.

You can find a full list of what you can and cannot recycle on our Recycling Leaflet [3MB] .

What if my recycling has not been collected?

If there's an issue with your items, you will have been left a note explaining the problem. 

Reasons might include:

• large cardboard - cardboard must be flattened and no bigger than 85cm x 45cm
• textiles - please put your textiles in a clear sack or labelled bag (no black sacks or charity bags) - textiles should be placed next to your green boxes and bag
• wrong type of plastic - we only accept plastic as listed above.
• mixing your recycling materials - please separate the materials into the right containers
• shredded paper - unfortunately this cannot be recycled because it jams the machinery; however, it can be composted or reused for animal bedding (or alternatively put in your black bin)

As long as the problem has been sorted out, your recycling will then be taken on your next recycling collection day.

If you have not been left a note, occasionally we experience issues with roadworks, obstructing vehicles and flooding. If your recycling has not been collected, please check our Waste and Recycling Collection Updates which we update daily.

Replacement recycling boxes or bags

If you need a replacement recycling box or bag you can order a new container online.

If you put your recycling out for collection in clear sacks provided by us, please check our sack collection webpage for more information on your service.

You can find out what happens to your recycling after it has been collected on our 'Where Does Your Recycling Go?' webpage.