Dry Recyclable waste includes the following materials:
- Paper, cardboard and envelopes
- Newspapers and magazines
- Brochures, junk mail, telephone directories and catalogues
- Food packaging - cereal boxes without inner bags
- Plastic bottles including drink and detergent
- Drinks cans, food tins and aerosols
We collect dry recyclable waste from households in the district using a variety of containers.
Residents can use:
- Wheeled bins
- Green Boxes
- Clear Sacks
Dry recycling is collected from households every two weeks
To find out what day your dry recycling is collected, please see the link in related items.
Important information
- Please place your dry recycling on the edge of your property by 6.00am on the morning of your collection.
- Please do not place the wrong materials in you dry recycling collection as it will not be emptied. For a complete list of what can and cannot go in your dry recycling collection, please see the link on the right.
- We will collect additional dry recyclable material from households as long as our collection teams can clearly see that it is recycling.
- Make sure you do not overfill your wheeled bin. If your bin is too heavy to move, it will not be emptied.
NO Glass in your recycling bin please!
When the contents of your recycling reaches the recycling facility, it will be crushed and broken. This makes it very difficult to separate safely from other materials. the recycling facility we use is looking into equipment to sort glass, but in the meantime it can still be accepted at local bottle banks, or go into your black bin. For details of where to find your nearest bottle bank please see the link to Recycling Centres in the links on the left.
For further information about dry recycling collections, please see the link on the right. To learn more about how your dry recyclables are sorted, click on the 'Community Waste' weblink in the external links.