What you can put in your bins

• paper, magazines, newspapers, envelopes, junk mail, catalogues and non plastic / metallic wrapping paper
• glass (leave lids on glass jars and bottles)
• cans including cleaned out food tins and drinks cans
• flattened cardboard food boxes, egg cartons, cereal boxes and cardboard packages (remove plastic padding)
• kitchen or toilet roll inner cardboard
• plastic drinks bottles (keep lids on, do not flatten)
• plastic shampoo and cleaning bottles
• cleaned out plastic food containers including yogurt pots, fruit punnets, ice cream tubs

• black bin bag rubbish
• nappies
• cat litter or dog poo
• food waste
• garden waste (subscribe to a garden waste subscription) 
• large items such as furniture (book a bulky item collection)
• tissues
• clear and coloured plastic bags e.g. carrier bags, sandwich bags and black bin liners
• wet or dirty paper or cardboard, wallpaper
• laminated or waxed paper
• crisp packets
• sweet wrappers
• hard plastics such as Tupperware 
• plastic bags, cling film or bubble wrap
• plastic pots that are not clean or are soiled with food such as food trays or tins
• cardboard that has been soiled with food such as pizza boxes
• textiles, clothes, toys, shoes or suitcases (take these to your local charity shop or textile recycling bank)
• window glass, broken glass, light bulbs,  fluorescent tubes, Pyrex and ceramics
• any liquids
• wood
• scrap metal
• masks and disposable gloves
• coat hangers 
• small electrical items including batteries

We will not collect contaminated recycling bins. If your recycling's contaminated, we'll collect it with the general waste and you'll be sent a warning. See our A-Z of recycling to find out how to dispose of your unwanted items correctly and sustainably.

Household rubbish and items that can't be recycled.

• batteries
• car and cooking oil
• gas canisters 
• DIY waste and rubble
• liquids
• metal
• recyclable items (find out what you can recycle)
• food waste
• textiles (find your nearest textile recycling bank)
• small electrical items (find your nearest small electrical item recycling bank)
• garden waste (sign up to a garden waste subscription) 
• large items such as furniture or large electrical items (book a bulky item collection)
• hazardous waste such as paint, chemicals and car batteries (book a hazardous waste collection)

• vegetable and fruit waste and fallen fruit
• food scraps (cooked and uncooked)
• bread
• cheese
• egg shells
• tea bags and coffee grounds

• nappies
• garden waste or soil (subscribe to garden waste collections)
• household waste
• packaging e.g. food and drink cartons
• liquids e.g. milk, oil, liquid fat
• plastics of any kind including bin liners and plastic bags
• stones or rubble
• kitchen towel or tissue
• cat litter and dog poo (please put pet waste in your household waste bin)

1. Line your kitchen caddy with compostable bags, clear bags or newspaper. 
2. Put all your leftover, mouldy or out-of-date food in your kitchen caddy. 
3. When your caddy is full, tie the liner, or wrap your waste in newspaper, and put it in your outside food waste bin. 
4. Keep the lid of your food bin locked to keep out foxes and other pests. 
5. Leave your food waste bin at the edge of your property on, or by, the pavement before 6am on your weekly collection day.  

• grass clippings and leaves
• plants and prunings
• garden weeds
• small tree branches
• hedge trimmings
• fallen fruit

• household waste
• food waste
• bricks, stone or rubble
• soil
• plastic - including plant and flower pots and bags
• nappies
• cat litter
• ceramics
• dog poo
• garden furniture
• hosepipes 
• timber
• polystyrene
• potting mix
• non-garden waste
• Japanese knotweed (you will be breaking the law if you dispose of invasive species via garden waste - check government advice on invasive species disposal).