Green Box

Food and Drinks cans

Yes Please

• Food cans/tins
• Drink cans/tins
• Foil Containers
• Aerosols
• Tin Foil

No Thanks

• Crisp packets or similar (these are metalised plastic which are not suitable)
• Paint, varnish or similar cans
• Other metal items

Metal textiles and clothes

Yes Please

• All clean dry clothing
• Bedding Sheets
• Towels
• Leather (belts, coats, and handbags)
• Curtains
• Shoes

No Thanks

• Rugs, carpets, bath mats
• Duvets, pillows
• Soft toys

Glass

Yes Please

• Jars and bottles, all colours

All items must be empty, clean and not broken. Remove all lids.

No Thanks

• Window pane glass
• Pottery or ceramics
• Tetra Pak
• Light bulbs
• Dinnerware
• Broken glass

Batteries

Yes Please

• All types of dry-cell batteries

No Thanks

• Wet cell e.g. car batteries

Blue Box

Paper

Yes Please

• Newspapers and magazines (remove any plastic film)
• Junk mail
• Comics
• Catalogues
• Envelopes (please remove plastic 'windows')
• Stationery-type paper (school work, letters, computer paper etc)

No Thanks:

• Shredded paper (when shredded, the paper is no longer suitable for recycling)
• Telephone directories
• Books
• Brown paper
• Tissue paper
• Chip wrappers
• Cardboard