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Food waste
You'll already be familiar with your
brown food caddy and this is one of
the collections that aren't changing.
They'll still be collected on a weekly
basis so you can continue putting
these out for collection as you have
done previously.
Items you CAN put in your food
caddy include:
● used teabags and coffee
grounds
● eggshells
● fruit and vegetable peelings
● raw and cooked meat and fish
● plate scrapings
● stale bread
● food that's no longer safe to eat
● animal food
Items that CANNOT be put into the
food caddy include:
● any kind of packaging
● liquids
● oils or fats
● coffee pods
● anything that is not food waste
Black bins
Non-recyclable waste will continue
as it always has done, being
collected in a Council-issued black
wheelie bin or in up to three singleuse
plastic bags.
Items you CAN put in your black
wheelie bin (or single-use black
bags) include:
● black and brown plastic bottles,
pots, tubs, and trays
● nappies
● all remaining household waste
that can't be recycled
If you need to get rid of plastic
packaging, you can do this at 'outof-home'
recycling points such as
those at supermarkets.
Blue caddy
The blue caddy is a large, hard
plastic container that's designed to
take your empty bottles and jars.
You'll be expected to empty and
rinse all your glass items that you
place in the caddy, and to remove
any metal or plastic lids - these
need to go in with your red sack for
mixed metals, plastic and cartons.
Items you CAN put in your blue
caddy include:
● glass bottles, such as those used
for beer, wine, and soft drinks
● glass jars, such as those used for
baby food and sauces
● non-food and drink glasses, such
as perfume, aftershave and creams
Items that CANNOT be put into the
blue caddy include:
● ceramics or china
● drinking glasses
● flat glass, such as mirrors
● nail varnish bottles
Garden waste
Garden waste will continue to be
collected every two weeks between
the months of March through to
November.
Items you CAN put in your green
wheelie bin include:
● grass, leaves, and most weeds
● plants and flowers
● pet bedding used by non-meateating
animals
Items that CANNOT be put into the
green wheelie bin include:
● soil, stones, or logs
● invasive weeds such as
Japanese knotweed
● any garden furniture
● animal or human faeces
climate
Blue sack
Your new blue sack is designed to
take cardboard and paper. You'll
need to flatten the cardboard to
fit inside your blue sack where
possible. If you can't fit it in your
blue sack, you can place cardboard
alongside it, providing that it does
not measure more than 1m x 1m
in size and that's not wet. All other
cardboard will need to be kept dry
or you risk not having it collected.
Items you CAN put in your blue
sack include:
● cardboard boxes, such as cereal
boxes, toilet roll tubes and egg
cartons
● greetings cards that don't have
glitter on them
● boxes from online deliveries
Items that CANNOT be put into the
blue sack include:
● contaminated boxes eg. pizza
● food or drink cartons
Hygiene waste
If you are signed up to the
Council's free hygiene waste
collection service, these will still
take place every two weeks.
Items you CAN put in your
single-use purple plastic bags
include:
● nappies
● associated nappy changing
waste, such as cotton wool, wet
wipes, and nappy bags
● incontinence pads and bed
liners
Items that CANNOT be put into
the single-use purple plastic bags
include:
● catheters
● stoma or colostomy bags
● plasters or bandages
● needles or syringes
● sanitary waste
● vomit
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