Do's and Don'ts

Do's

• Aluminum Cans
  Drink Cans, for example, coke cans and beer cans.
• Biscuit Tins
  Metal
• Cardboard Boxes & Cardboard Packaging
  All types of cardboard boxes, for example, cereal boxes, egg cartons, washing powder boxes and so on (no residue or foil lining)
• Detergent Bottles
  Please rinse out.
• Plastic Drinks Bottle
  For example, milk or lemonade bottles. (Please rinse out)
• Clean, Dry Newspapers and Magazines
• Tetra Pak
  Milk or juice cartons. (Please rinse out)
• Paper Packaging
  Flour or potatoes packaging. (No residue or foil lining)
• Telephone directories and junk mail
• Steel Cans
  For example bean cans, dog food cans and so on. (Please wash out)

Don'ts

• Aeroboard
• Aerosols
• Aluminium Foil
• Batteries
• Cd's, Cassette Cases or Floppy Disks
• Clothes, Shoes or Clothes Hangers
• Crockery
  Plates or cups and so on.
• Fast Food Wrappers
• Foil Wrapping
• Food Waste
• Garden Waste
  For example, grass.
• Glass
  Bring to the bottle bank.
• Kitchen Roll or Tissue
• Margarine and Butter Tubs, Yogurt Cartons
• Nappies
• Radios, Phones, Calculators or Toys
• Plastic Bags & Plastic Food Bowls
• Plastic Packaging
  Loaf bread, bags from frozen chips, rice, pasta and so on.
• Plastic Wrapping on biscuits, cakes, sweets, chocolate bars, crisps and so on.
• Rubber Components
• Razors, toothbrushes and toothpaste tubes
• Used Wallpapers

What to put in your Brown Bin

• Meat, Poultry and Fish
• Eggs and dairy products
• Shellfish and bones
• Fruit and vegetables
• Cereals
• Breads and Pastas
• Plate scrapping
• Soiled kitchen towels
• Tea bags and coffe grounds and filters

What not to put in your brown bin

• Glass, metal and plastic
• Nappies
• Soil and rubble
• Rubber and textiles
• Or any other non food waste types.

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