A number of residents have told me that they are still unsure about which household items can be recycled in the bins provided by the Council.
The following is the official Council guide to what you can, and can't, put in your three wheelie bins and the paper recycling bag.
Grey bin
Anything that cannot be recycled as shown in the tables below goes in the grey wheelie bin. It is recommended that all items are first tied in plastic bags.
Blue bag
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YES PLEASE |
NO THANKS |
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Newspapers |
Cardboard |
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Magazines |
Telephone directories |
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White office paper |
Yellow pages |
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Brochures |
Christmas cards |
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Junk Mail |
Envelopes |
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Catalogues |
Sticky labels |
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Glossy Magazines |
Non-paper items e.g. plastic |
Blue bin
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YES PLEASE |
NO THANKS |
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Glass bottles |
Window and sheet glass (these can be recycled at the Household Waste Recycling Centre) |
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Glass jars and containers |
Aerosols
Foil (this can be recycled at the Household Waste Recycling Centre) |
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Drinks cans |
Plastic items pots, tubs and plastic bags |
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Food cans |
General rubbish |
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All plastic bottles; pop, milk, detergent etc.
(please rinse) |
Textiles |
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Hazardous items paint, oil or pesticides |
Green bin
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YES PLEASE |
NO THANKS |
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Leaves |
Vegetable peelings, fruit peels and cores |
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Hedge trimmings |
Tea bags |
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Dead flowers |
Any plastic, glass or metal |
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Weeds |
Salad material |
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Grass cuttings |
Soil, stones, bricks |
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Wood shavings and bark |
Raw and cooked meats |
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Christmas trees |
Dairy products |
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Cardboard and brown paper |
Cooking Oil |
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Manmade fibres |
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Ash. Nappies. Dog Dirt |