Collections from flats

We will collect:

Plastic bottles:

• Plastic milk bottles
• Fizzy drink bottles
• Water bottles
• Shampoo bottles
• Bottles from household cleaning products
• Bleach bottles

Plastic pots:

• Yoghurt pots
• Cream pots
• Soup pots
• Salad pots

Plastic tubs:

• Margarine tubs
• Ice cream tubs

Plastic trays:

• Meat trays
• Fruit trays or punnets
• Biscuit trays

Plastic bags:

• Carrier bags
• Bread bags
• Freezer bags
• Fruit and vegetable bags
• Multi-pack crisp bags and packets
• Salad and sandwich bags

Plastic film and wrapping:

• Plastic nets & labels (e.g. for citrus fruits)
• Plastic film from magazines and newspapers
• Wrapping from food products
• Wrapping around multi-packs of cans
• Wrapping around toilet rolls
• Cling film
• Plastic cereal liners 
• Plastic film from ready meals
• Tetra Paks Pringle and similar crisp tubes

Other items:

• Plastic plant pots
• Bubble wrap 
• Clean Cat and Dog Food Pouches 
• Worn out white garden sacks
• Broken or unusable food recycling caddy (rinse first)
• Broken or unusable recycling box (rinse first)
• Paper (including shredded paper)
• Plain and coloured wrapping paper
• Newspapers
• Magazines
• Catalogues
• Brochures
• Comics
• Junk mail
• Yellow page/directories
• Cereal packets
• Tea packets
• Cardboard boxes, flattened*
• Food boxes (not foil backed or waxed)
• Egg boxes Brown paper (in card bag)
• Wrapping paper (paper-based in card bag)
• Brown envelopes
• Washing powder boxes
• Dishwasher tablet boxes
• Cleaning product boxes
• Kitchen/toilet cardboard tube
• Greeting cards
• Cigarette packets (with the foil removed)
• Envelopes (remove plastic window if applicable)
• Metal cans and tins (tinned food and drink)
• Metal lids
• Foil
• Aerosol cans
• Biscuit Tins
• Baby Milk Tins

Items we do not collect:

• Pesticide or chemical bottles 
• Tassimo Pods
• Blister packs: Packaging for tablets
• Hard plastics: Children's toys
• Milk crates
• Polystyrene, including: Polystyrene food trays (e.g. take-away boxes)
• Expanded polystyrene packaging​ (e.g. Loosefill polystyrene used for padding in packaging)
• Electronic items 
• Plastic strapping or rope (e.g. polyrope, lock lashing straps) 
• Video/cassette tapes or CD/DVD cases 
• Washing up bowls
• Large items such as garden furniture
• Used tissue
• Used kitchen roll
• Wallpaper
• Waxed paper
• Waxed card
• Wrapping paper (foil or plastic)
• PE coated paper and cardboard
• Cardboard contaminated with leftover food such as greasy pizza boxes
• Tetra Paks
• Knives
• Badly soiled metal items
• General non-recyclable household waste
• Garden furniture