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Recycling Collection Services

What can be recycled from home

Material type Yes please
No thank you
Mixed glass bottles and jars Glass bottles,  Glass jars Lids, tops or corks, Pyrex, mirrors or window glass, broken glass
Food and drink cartons
Milk, juice and soup cartons, Tetra Pak cartons
Plastic tops, coffee cups, Pringle pots
Plastic bottles, pots, tubs, trays
Plastic bottles (including drinks, detergent and shampoo bottles), yoghurt pots,
plastic tubs, food trays
Lids or tops, plastic film, wrapping, plastic carrier bags, polystyrene, Styrofoam
Mixed paper and card
Newspapers, magazines, white and coloured paper,
catalogues and directories, leaflets and envelopes, card and cardboard, books
Wet paper
Shredded paper
food and drink cans and aerosols
Cans and tins, empty aerosols

 

Foil or foil containers

Please do:

  • Rinse off any excess food
  • Break up larger pieces of cardboard

Plastics

In May 2011 a wider range of plastic items were added to the orange sacks and recycling banks service. Information in leaflets and printed on recycling sacks and banks is being updated.

Please recycle all the plastic items mentioned above. Disregard the material ID codes you might see on packaging, usually shown as a number within a triangle.

Need more information? Visit Recycle Western Riverside

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