What goes in my bins?

Overview

We encourage you to dispose of waste in the right way, so we can all reduce the amount of waste sent to landfill. Use this handy guide to help you dispose your waste responsibly.

A - C

Aerosol cans	Recycling
Aluminium foil	Recycling
Aluminium trays (clean)	Recycling
Animal droppings	Organics
Ash - No hot or cold ash in any kerbside bins
Baby wipes / face wipes	Landfill
Baked goods	Organics
Baking paper e.g. waxed paper	Landfill
Bandaids	Landfill
Bags (compostable, pant based)	Organics
Bags (plastic)	Landfill
Beer bottles (glass)	Recycling
Biscuit trays (plastic)	Recycling
Blister pack (tablets)	Landfill
Bones (cooked and uncooked)	Organics
Bottles tops and lids (plastic or metal)	Recycling
Bottles (glass and plastic)	Recycling
Branches and prunings	Organics
Bread	Organics
Bubble wrap	Landfill
Cake	Organics
Cans (aluminium or steel)	Recycling
Cardboard (non-waxed)	Recycling
Cardboard (waxed)	Landfill
Cellophane	Landfill
Ceramics / crockery	Landfill
Chicken (cooked or raw)	Organics
Chips	Organics
Chip packets	Landfill
Citrus	Organics
Cling wrap / plastic film	Landfill
Clothing / textiles	Landfill
Coat hangers	Landfill
Coffee cup (take-away)	Landfill
Coffee grounds	Organics
Compostable plates and cups	Organics
Cooking oil	Organics
Corks	Organics
Cosmetic containers (plastic or glass)	Recycling
Cotton balls	Organics
Cotton buds	Landfill
Cushions	Landfill
Cutlery (compostable)	Organics
Cutlery (plastic)	Recycling

D - J

Dairy	Organics
Deli meat	Organics
Deodorant (empty)	Recycling
Detergent bottle (empty)	Recycling
Disposable plastic plates and cups	Recycling
Dog and cat poo	Organics
Dog and cat food tins (scraped clean)	Recycling
Drinking glasses	Landfill
Eggs and egg shells	Organics
Egg cartons	Recycling
Egg cartons (soiled or wet)	Organics
Envelopes (paper)	Recycling
Face wipes / baby wipes	Landfill
Feminine hygiene products	Landfill
Fish and meat bones	Organics
Flowers	Organics
Foam	Landfill
Foil (scrunched ball)	Recycling
Food waste	Organics
Fruit and vegetables	Organics
Fruit fly infested fruit (tied in compostable bag)	Organics
Garden waste	Organics
Glass (broken)	Landfill
Glass bottle / jars (intact)	Glass
Glass (drinking)	Landfill
Grains	Organics
Grass clippings	Organics
Greaseproof paper	Landfill
Hair (human or animal)	Organics
Hairspray can (empty)	Recycling
Household wipes	Landfill
Ice cream containers	Recycling
Ice cream wrapper	Landfill
Icy pole sticks	Organics
Jars (glass)	Glass
Jelly	Organics
Juice bottles and cartons	Recycling
Junk mail	Recycling

K - P

Kitty litter paper / clay based (compostable)	Organics
Kitty litter crystals (non compostable)	Landfill
Laminated paper	Landfill
Lawn clippings	Organics
Leaves	Organics
Lolly wrappers	Landfill
Long life cartons	Recycling
Magazines	Recycling
Manure and animal droppings	Organics
Margarine containers	Recycling
Meat (raw or cooked)	Organics
Meat and fish bones	Organics
Meat trays (foam)	Landfill
Meat trays (hard plastic)	Recycling
Medicine bottles (empty and clean)	Recycling
Milk containers (glass, plastic and cartons)	Recycling
Mirrors	Landfill
Nappies	Landfill
Newspapers	Recycling
Nuts	Organics
Oil (cooking)	Organics
Onion	Organics
Oven ware (pots, pans, pyrex)	Landifll
Paper	Organics
Paper plates	Organics
Paper towel / napkins	Organics
Pasta	Organics
Pastries	Organics
Pet food can	Recycling
Pet waste	Organics
Phone books	Recycling
Pill packets	Landfill
Pizza boxes	Organics
Plants	Organics
Plant pots (plastic)	Recycling
Plastic bags	Landfill
Plastic bottles (disposable)	Recycling
Plastic drinking straws	Landfill
Plastic containers (hard plastic)	Recycling
Polystyrene	Landfill
Postcards	Recycling

R - Z

Rice	Organics
Sanitary products	Landfill
Sauce bottles	Recycling
Seafood, bones and shells	Organics
Shampoo and conditioner bottles	Recycling
Soft plastics	Landfill
Straw / hay	Organics
Straws (plastic drinking)	Landfill
Styrofoam / polystyrene	Landfill
Take away food containers (plastic)	Recycling
Take away food containers (non-waxed cardboard)	Organics
Take away food containers (waxed cardboard)	Landfill
Tea bags and tea leaves	Organics
Timber (untreated)	Organics
Tin cans (scraped clean)	Recycling
Tin foil	Recycling
Tissues and napkins	Organics
Tissue box (plastic off)	Recycling
Toilet paper rolls	Organics
Toothbrush	Landfill
Toothpaste tubes	Landfill
Tree roots	Organics
Vacuum cleaner dust	Landfill
Vegetable scraps	Organics
Weeds	Organics
Wine bottles	Recycling
Wood (untreated)	Organics
Wooden toothpicks	Organics
Wrapping paper (non-coated)	Recycling
Yoghurt (no container)	Organics
Yoghurt containers (scraped clean)	Recycling
Yoghurt pouches	Landfill