Recycling
What can and can’t be recycled
Can be recyled
Can't be recyled
Paper and card
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magazines
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catalogues
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telephone directories
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yellow pages
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envelopes (including those with windows)
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junk mail
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office paper
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coloured paper
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wrapping paper
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small quantities of shredded paper
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cardboard cereal boxes
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corrugated card
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egg boxes
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greetings cards
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wallpaper
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waxed paper
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foil backed card
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card with padding
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foil-lined packets/sweet wrappers and crisp packets
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bubble packs
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soiled paper/tissue
Plastics
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yoghurt pots
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food trays
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fruit punnets
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ice cream tubs
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margarine containers
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wax-lined, poly-lined and foil-lined cartons (e.g. milk cartons, Tetra Pak)
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water and fizzy drink bottles
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cooking oil and milk bottles
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shampoo, bath and shower bottles
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household cleaning, washing and fabric conditioner bottles
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all bottle caps
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plastic bags
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magazine wrappings.
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polystyrene packing or beads
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Tupperware containers
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plastic furniture
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black sacks
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liquid waste
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bio-degradable and degradable bags
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food waste
Drink cartons
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cartons (e.g. soup, milk, juice etc.)
Metals - tins and cans
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drink and food cans (rinsed)
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aerosol cans (fully emptied)
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aluminium foil (clean and dry)
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metal screw tops and jar lids.
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Paint tins and any other metals
Mixed glass - all colours
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drinks bottles
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food/spice jars
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jam/spread jars
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sauce bottles
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pane or toughened glass
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mirrors/broken glass
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light bulbs/fluorescent tubes
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crockery
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Pyrex
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broken drinking glasses