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| Pink Recycling Sack
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Please ensure all items are clean and free from food waste.
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Paper:
- Wrapping paper
- Junk mail, leaflets & brochures
- Envelopes
- Shopping catalogues
- Newspapers & magazines
- Telephone directories
- Shredded paper
- Soft backed or paper backed books
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Cardboard:
- Sleeves from ready meals
- Cereal boxes
- Drink cartons and 'tetra paks'
- Greeting cards
- Small pieces of packing cardboard
- Confectionary boxes
- Toilet roll tubes
- Large cardboard boxes (to be flattened and left next to or under your pink sack)
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Steel and aluminium:
- Food and drink cans (no need to remove labels)
- Ready meal and pie foil trays
- Takeaway containers
- Cooking foil
- Metal jar lids
- Sweet, biscuit and cake tins
- Empty aerosol cans
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Household Plastic Packaging:
- Bottles (lids can either be left on or removed and placed in the sack separately)
- Tubs, trays, yoghurt pots and takeaway containers
- Film wrap & bubble wrap
- Carrier bags (no degradable or biodegradable bags please)
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Glass:
- Unbroken glass bottles or jars (all different colours. No need to remove labels)
- Broken glass wrapped in thick newspaper or in a cardboard box
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| Please see Pink Recycling Sack Scheme for more information. |
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Clear Textile Recycling Sack
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Clean and dry textiles:
- All clothing
- Worn or torn clothing (but clean)
- Paired shoes
- Handbags
- Curtains
- Unsoiled duvets & pillows
- Sheets & pillow cases
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| Please see Clear Textile Recycling Sack Scheme for more information. |
| Blue Food Waste Bin
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Cooked/uncooked food:
- Bread, biscuits and pastries
- Cheese
- Fish (including bones)
- Meat (including bones)
- Tea & coffee grounds
- Fruit & vegetables (including peelings)
- Noodles, rice and pasta
- Eggs (including the shells)
- Leftovers and plate scrapings
- Out of date food (please remove packaging)
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| Please see Blue Food Waste Bin Scheme for more information. |
| Black Refuse Sack
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Non recyclable items:
- Unpleasant wastes such as disposable nappies or incontinence pads
- Polystyrene
- Kitchen roll
- Tissues & wipes
- Pet bedding, faeces & cat litter
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| Please see Black Refuse Sack Scheme for more information. |
| Garden Waste Sack/Bin
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The following items can be included in either the wheeled bin or garden waste sacks depending on which scheme you have signed up to.
- Grass cuttings
- Leaves
- Tree, shrub and rose prunings
- Branches up to 30 cm (12 inches) long and 2.5 cm (1 inch) diameter
- Cut flowers
- Weeds
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| Please see Garden Waste Scheme for more information. |
Last updated: 28th October 2011