Recycling

Silver Recycling Bin: Card sleeve or box

Household Waste Bin: Plastic tray, plastic wrappers, foil window

Why can't I recycle these items in kerbside bins?

Plastic trays and wrappers are made from mixed materials that our local recycling facility can't currently sort. Foil is not of a good enough quality to recover aluminium from and it is often greasy, which contaminates other recyclables.

Tip: Take soft plastics to supermarket collection points. Find your nearest location at Recycle Now

Do NOT put in kerbside bins

Domestic Batteries: Place domestic batteries in a bag on top of any bin on collection day

Electronics: Recycle at your local Recycling Centre

Why can't I recycle these items in kerbside bins?

They contain hazardous materials and can cause fires - specialist recycling is needed.

Tips: Donate electronics to charity, friends or family if in good, working condition. Batteries can also be recycled at supermarket collection points. Find your nearest location at Recycle Now 

Household Waste Bin: Metal biscuit, chocolate or sweet tins

Recycling Centre: Scrap Metal container 

Why can't I recycle these in kerbside bins?

Metal tins such as these are too large to reach the metal sorting machine at the materials recovery facility where our recycling is processed.

Tip: Reuse tins for storage.

Tear foil or glittery cards in two:

Silver Recycling Bin: Plain side

Household Waste Bin: Glitter or foil side

Why can't I recycle these items in kerbside bins?

Silver Recycling Bin: Outer card tube (no foil or glitter), paper gifts, bad jokes

Household Waste Bin: Foil or glitter outer card tube, non-paper gifts, the 'bang', paper hats, ribbon and string

Why can't I recycle these items in kerbside bins?

Foil - is bonded to the card and can't be separated during recycling.

Glitter - is made of tiny plastic or metal pieces that contaminate recycled paper.

Gifts - are often made from mixed plastics, which are difficult to recycle.

The ‘bang’ - contains a tiny explosive compound and mixed materials.

Paper hats - are made from tissue paper which is too thin and not good enough quality for standard recycling.

Ribbon or string - are usually made from plastic, metallic materials or paper, which can’t be recycled due to the material and size as they could get caught in the sorting machines.

Tips: Save ribbons to decorate gifts. Compost paper hats in your at-home compost bin. Tear off the gunpowder component from the ‘bang’ and recycle the paper strip.

Garden Waste Bin: Chop up and place in your brown bin

Christmas Tree Recycling Service: Book a collection (£5) with us here Christmas Tree Recycling

Recycling Centre: Garden Waste container

Do NOT put in kerbside bins

Recycling Centres: Recycle in the Electrical container

Why can't I recycle these items in kerbside bins?

They contain hazardous materials and can cause fires - specialist recycling is needed.

Tip: Donate to charity, friends, family, or to The Furniture Project in Ollerton if in good, working condition.

Household Waste Bin

Why can't I recycle these items in kerbside bins?

Silver Recycling Bin: Paper bag (no foil, glitter or plastic coating) 

Household Waste Bin: Paper bag with foil, glitter or plastic coating, string or ribbon handles

Why can't I recycle these items in kerbside bins?

Handles are made from mixed materials and are too small to get picked up by the sorting machines at the materials recovery facility. Foil and glitter contaminate recycling so are not accepted.

Tip: Save bags to reuse next year and reuse ribbon handles from broken bags as decoration for gifts.

Glass Recycling Bin (Teal Lid): Any colour bottles – leave metal lids and droppers (except ones from medicine) on

Black ROB Box: Any colour bottles – leave metal lids and droppers (except ones from medicine) on

Household Waste Bin: Plastic lids

Why can't I recycle these items in kerbside bins?

Plastic lids are made up of polymers that are not great for recycling and are too small to get picked up in the plastic sorting facility.

Tips: Reuse bottles as soap dispensers, storage containers, décor with fairy lights, or bird feeders. Reuse jars as pantry storage, meal prep, candles, or plants.

Household Waste Bin

Why can't I recycle these items in kerbside bins?

Plastic sweet and chocolate tubs can’t currently go in your recycling bin because they’re too big to reach the plastic sorting facility at the materials recovery facility.

Tip: Reuse tubs to store items in. Recycling schemes such as TUB2PUB set up collection points in many public houses in January.

Household Waste Bin

Why can't I recycle these items in kerbside bins?

Plastic wrappers and pouches (including ones made from paper) are not currently recyclable in kerbside bins due to their size as they will not reach the plastic sorting facility at the materials recovery facility.

Tip: Take soft plastics to supermarket collection points. Find your nearest location at Recycle Now

Household Waste Bin

Why can't I recycle these items in kerbside bins?

These items are often made from synthetic fibres (like polyester or nylon) which standard recycling facilities can’t process easily. They would also get tangled in sorting machines.

Tip: Reuse to decorate gifts next year.

Silver Recycling Bin: Card sleeve and boxes

Household Waste Bin: Plastic sleeve, trays, wrappers

Why can't I recycle these items in kerbside bins?

These plastics are not currently recyclable because they are made from a mixture of materials and range in size, which won't reach the plastic sorting facility at the materials recovery facility.

Tip: Recycle soft plastics at supermarket collection points. Find your nearest location at Recycle Now 

Household Waste Bin

Why can't I recycle these items in kerbside bins?

All takeaway packaging (clean or otherwise) can't go in the silver recycling bin because of a lack of consistency in manufacturing across materials, and they are often contaminated with food. 

Tip: Plastic takeaway packaging can be used to store items in the home.

Do NOT put electronic toys in kerbside bins

Household Waste Bin: Wooden, plastic, textiles, metal toys

Recycling Centres:

Toys made solely from metal can go in the Scrap Metal container.

Toys made solely from wood can go in the Wood and Timber container.

Toys with electronic components can go in the Electrical container.

Why can't I recycle these items in kerbside bins?

Electronic toys can’t go in kerbside bins because they contain hazardous materials and batteries that can cause fires, and they need specialist recycling. 

Toys can’t go in your silver recycling bin because they’re made from mixed materials and aren’t packaging.

Tip: Donate to charity, friends or family if in good, working condition.

Do the Scrunch Test to check if your paper is recyclable or not:

Scrunch paper into a ball. If it stays tight, recycle in the silver bin. If it springs back, bin it in household waste.

Silver Recycling Bin: Wrapping paper (no foil or glitter)

Household Waste Bin: Wrapping paper with foil or glitter, sticky tape

Why can't I recycle these items in kerbside bins?

Tip: Reuse as wrapping paper if you can. Cut up wrapping paper to make paper chains.