Bags
Reuse your carrier bags when shopping where possible, or purchase reusable bags at your supermarket. Some supermarkets will accept bags back for recycling within the store.
Plastic bags cannot be recycled and should be placed in the green bin.
Baths and bathroom suites
You can take these to:
Batteries (car and household)
Recycle car batteries at our Recycling Centres.
Household batteries can be placed in a bag and tied loosely to the handle of the recycling trolley for collection. Where possible, try and purchase re-chargeable batteries.
Visit hazardous waste to find out more about safe battery disposal.
Bedding
Clean sheets, duvet covers, pillowcases and blankets can be:
Duvets and pillows cannot be placed in textile banks.
Bicycles
Try to resell using the free adverts in the local press or your local supermarket. If you have outgrown your bike, perhaps a friend or family member could use it.
Alternatively, bikes can be recycled at Recycling Centres.
Biscuit wrappers
Please put these into your:
Black plastic
You can recycle mixed household plastics such as ready meal containers, cooked meat packaging and other similar black plastics.
Please put these into your:
If you have a red or black box, mixed household plastics can be recycled via the kerbside collection.
Books
Recycling Centres and a number of Local Recycling Points accept books. Alongside bric-a-brac, books can also be donated to your nearest charity shop to help raise funds for good causes.
Bottles (glass)
Please put these into your:
Bottles (plastic)
Please put these into your:
Bric-a-brac
Recycling Centres and a few of our local Recycling Points accept bric-a-brac, or hand in to your nearest charity shop to help raise funds for good causes.
Broken glass
Small quantities of broken glass can be placed in your green bin. Please either wrap in paper or bag it.