How Do I Dispose Of?
Find your item below:
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Animal waste - General waste/non-recyclable bin (grey)
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Baking tins/trays - Tins and trays that are in good condition can be taken to your local charity shop. Any that are not in good condition can be taken a household waste recycling centre for scrap metal
Batteries - Find where you can get them recycled local to you e.g. retailers and supermarkets, using the recycle your electricals website. You can also take them to the household waste and recycling centre
Bedding (duvets and pillows) - Household waste and recycling centre
Bedding (sheets, blankets, duvet covers, pillow cases) - Textiles banks, household waste recycling centre
Bicycle tyres - Household waste recycling centre
Bicycles - Take to a second-hand cycle shops or charity shops if in working order or take to your local household waste recycling centre
Biscuit tins - Recycling bin (green). Metal and plastic biscuit tins are both accepted
Black plastics - Such as ready meal trays - general waste/non-recyclable bin (grey)
Bones - Food caddy
Books - Charity shops or household waste recycling centre
Bottle tops - Recycling bin (green)
Bread bags - General waste/non-recyclable bin (grey) or supermarket plastic film collection points
Bricks - Household waste recycling centre (take to the soil and rubble container)
Bubble wrap - general waste/non-recyclable bin (grey) or supermarket plastic film collection points
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Cans (food and drink) - Recycling bin (green). Please rinse to prevent contamination. Squash cans to save space in your bin
Car batteries - Household waste recycling centre
Cardboard - Recycling bin (green). Flatten cardboard boxes to save space in your bin. Large volumes of cardboard can be taken to your local household waste recycling centre
Carpets - Household waste recycling centre
Carrier bags - General waste/non-recyclable bin (grey) or at selected supermarkets
Cartons - Some food cartons are able to be placed in your recycling bin (green) however if it is tetrapak it needs to go in your general waste/non-recyclable bin (grey), flatten cartons to save space in your bin
Cat food - General waste/non-recyclable bin (grey)
Cat food pouches - General waste/non-recyclable bin (grey)
Cat litter - General waste/non-recyclable bin (grey)
Catalogues - Recycling bin (green)
CDs - Working CDs can be donated to a charity shop. Broken CDs need to either go in your general waste/non-recyclable bin (grey) or taken to your local household waste recycling centre
Cellophane - General waste/non-recyclable bin (grey)
Cereal boxes - Recycling bin (green). Flatten boxes to save space in your bin
Christmas cards - Recycling bin (green)
Christmas Trees - Garden bin (brown) if signed up for the service, if not you can use the Pilgrims Hospice Christmas Tree Recycling Scheme or take to your local household waste recycling centre
Cling film - General waste/non-recyclable bin (grey)
Clothes and textiles - If in good condition take them to your local charity shop. You can also take them to the household waste recycling centre or textile banks
Coat hanger - General waste/non-recyclable bin (grey)
Coffee cups - General waste/non-recyclable bin (grey). The plastic lid can go in your recycling bin (green). Some coffee shops run coffee cup take back schemes for recycling
Coffee grounds - Food caddy or home composting
Computer/computer monitors - If it still works, selected charity shops that accept electrical items. If it doesn't work, household waste recycling centre or find where else you can recycle it local to you e.g. shops, using the recycle your electricals website
Conditioner bottle - Recycling bin (green). Please rinse to prevent contamination
Contact lens - General waste/non-recycling bin (grey)
Cooking oil - Household waste recycling centre, please don't pour cooking oil down the drain as it may cause a blockage
Corks - General waste/non-recyclable bin (grey)
Cotton buds - General waste/non-recyclable bin (grey)
Crisp packets - General waste/non-recyclable bin (grey)
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Dishwasher - Our large item collection service or the household waste and recycling centre
Dog food - General waste/non-recyclable bin (grey)
Disposable nappies - General waste/non-recyclable bin (grey)
Drill - Household waste recycling centre or selected charity shops that accept electrical goods
Drink cartons - Recycling bin (green)
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Egg boxes (plastic & cardboard) - Recycling bin (green)
Egg shells - Food caddy
Electrical cable - Household waste recycling centre or find where else you can recycle them local to you e.g. shops, using the recycle your electricals website
Engine oil - Household waste recycling centre
Envelopes - Recycling bin (green)
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Facial wipes - General waste/non-recyclable bin (grey)
Fire extinguishers - Household waste recycling centre
Flowers - Garden waste bin (brown) if signed up for the service
Fluorescent tubes - Household waste recycling centre
Foil (sheets, trays, takeaway containers) - Recycling bin (green). Clean foil only.
Food waste - Food caddy
Freezers - Our large item collection service or a household waste recycling centre
Fridges - Our large item collection service or a household waste recycling centre
Fruit skin/peel - Food caddy
Fruit punnet - Recycling bin (green)
Furniture - Our large item collection service or a household waste recycling centre
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Glass bottles - Recycling bin (green), rinse to prevent contamination
Glass jars - Recycling bin (green), rinse to prevent contamination
Glass - broken glass such as wine glasses or pyrex jugs should be wrapped up and put in your general waste/non-recyclable bin (grey)
Greetings cards - Recycling bin (green)
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Hair - General waste/non-recyclable bin (grey)
Hairdryers - If it still works, selected charity shops which accept electrical items. If it no longer works, a household waste recycling centre, or you can find where else you can recycle it local to you e.g. shops, on the recycle your electricals website
Hair straighteners - If it still works, selected charity shops which accept electrical items. If it no longer works, a household waste recycling centre, or you can find where else you can recycle it local to you e.g. shops, on the recycle your electricals website
Hedge trimmings - Garden waste bin
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Irons - If it still works, selected charity shops which accept electrical items. If it no longer works, the household waste recycling centre, or you can find where else you can recycle it local to you e.g. shops on the recycle your electricals website
Ink cartridges - Household waste recycling centre or selected supermarkets
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Jiffy bags - General waste/non-recyclable bin (grey)
Junk mail - Recycling bin (green)
Juice cartons - Recycling bin (green). Rinse to help prevent contamination and flatten cartons to save space in your bin
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Kitchen roll - General waste/non-recyclable bin (grey), kitchen roll cardboard tubes/inners can go in the recycling bin (green)
Knives - Household waste recycling centre (take to metal container)
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Large electrical items - Our large item collection service or a household waste recycling centre
Leaves - Garden waste bin (brown) if signed up for the service or a household waste and recycling centre
Light bulbs (low-energy and LEDs) - Household waste recycling centre or selected supermarkets
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Margarine tub - Recycling bin (green)
Mattresses/toppers - Our large item collection service or a household waste recycling centre
Meat - Food caddy
Medicines - Take your unused or out of date medicine to your local pharmacy to be disposed of correctly
Metal screw cap (e.g. from wine bottle) - Recycling bin (green)
Milk bottles - Recycling bin (green)
Milk cartons - Recycling bin (green),rinse to help prevent contamination and flatten to save space in your bin
Microwave - If it still works, selected charity shops which accept electrical items. If it no longer works, a household waste recycling centre, or you can find where else you can recycle them local to you e.g. shops, on the recycle your electricals website
Mobile phones - If it still works, selected charity shops which accept electrical items or shops. If it no longer works, a household waste recycling centre, or you can find where else you can recycle them local to you e.g. shops, on the recycle your electricals website
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Nails - General waste/non-recyclable bin (grey)
Nappies (disposable) - General waste/non-recyclable bin (grey)
Needles/sharps - Syringes, needles and other sharp instruments must be put into sharps boxes and disposed of via a pharmacy or GP surgery. Do not put them in any of your bins
Newspapers - Recycling bin (green)
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Paint - Household waste recycling centre
Paper - Recycling bin (green)
Paper plates - General waste/non-recyclable bin (grey) if used and dirty, or your recycling bin (green) if clean
Pesticides - Household waste recycling centre
Pizza box - Recycling bin (green), remove any excess food that may be in the box before placing in the bin
Plants - Garden waste bin (brown)
Plastic bottles - Recycling bin (green). Rinse to prevent contamination and squash to save space in your bin
Plastic container - Recycling bin (green)
Plastic cutlery - General waste/non-recyclable bin (grey)
Plastic plant pots - General waste/non-recyclable bin
Plastics - single use - Supermarkets have collection points to take them for recycling or use your general waste/non-recyclable bin (grey)
Plastic trays - Recycling bin (green) for clear, white or light-coloured trays, rinse to prevent contamination. Black plastic trays need to go in your general waste/non-recyclable bin (grey)
Plastic tubs - Recycling bin (green), rinse to prevent contamination
Polystyrene - General waste/non-recyclable bin (grey)
Potato peelings - Food caddy
Printer and toner cartridges - Household waste recycling centre, selected supermarkets accept cartridges for recycling
Pumpkins - Food caddy
Pyrex - While pyrex ovenware is a type of glass - it has been specially treated in the manufacturing process to withstand high temperatures, which makes it non-recyclable so place it in your general waste/non-recyclable bin (grey)
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Rubber gloves - General waste/non-recyclable bin (grey)
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Saucepans - If in good condition they can be taken to your local charity shop. If not, household waste recycling centre
Sawdust – Small amounts tied up in a bag placed in your general waste/non-recyclable bin (grey)
Scrap metal - Household waste recycling centre
Sellotape - General waste/non-recyclable bin (grey)
Shampoo bottles - Recycling bin (green), rinse to prevent contamination
Shoes - If still in a good condition take to your local charity shop. You can also take to a textiles bank and a household waste recycling centre
Single use plastics - General waste/non-recyclable bin (grey)
Soil/compost - Household waste recycling centre
Straws -General waste/non-recyclable bin (grey)
Styrofoam - General waste/non-recyclable bin (grey)
Sweet tins - Recycling bin (green), metal and plastic sweet tins are accepted
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Telephone directory - Recycling bin (green)
Televisions - If it still works, selected charity shops which accept electrical items. If it no longer works, the household waste recycling centre, or you can find where else you can recycle it local to you e.g. shops on the recycle your electricals website
Tetrapak - General waste/non-recyclable bin (grey)
Textiles - If in good condition take to your local charity shop. You can also take to the household waste recycling centre or textile banks
Tins - Recycling bin (green)
Tissues - General waste/non-recyclable bin (grey)
Toasters - If it still works, selected charity shops which accept electrical items. If it no longer works, the household waste recycling centre, or you can find where else you can recycle it local to you e.g. shops, on the recycle your electricals website
Toilet roll tubes - Recycling bin (green)
Toothbrush - General waste/non-recyclable bin (grey) or Teracycle Colgate points
Toothpaste tubes - General waste/non-recyclable bin (grey) or Teracycle Colgate points
Tyres - car and motorbike tyres are accepted at the household waste recycling centre at a charge of £2.50 per tyre
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Vegetable peelings - Food caddy or home compost
Vegetable oil - Cooking oil and fat shouldn’t be poured down sinks as it can cause blockages. Small amounts of cooking oil, fats, plate scrapings of fatty food can be placed in your food caddy
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Wet wipes - Baby wipes, cosmetic wipes, bathroom cleaning wipes and moist toilet tissues are not recyclable and are not flushable either even though some labels say they are. They should always be placed in your general waste/non-recyclable bin (grey)
Window glass - Household waste recycling centre
Wood - Household waste recycling centre
Wrapping paper - Non-foil/shiny and glitter free wrapping paper can be placed in your recycling bin (green), please remove as much sellotape as possible and ribbons and bows. If it contains glitter, foil or is shiny then it should be placed in your general waste/non-recyclable bin (grey)
