Bins and recycling

Changes to plastic recycling

From Monday, 14 October 2024, you can put a wider range of plastics in your mixed recycling bin.

Check what can go in your mixed recycling
Hands sorting through bottles for recycling.

Love Food, Hate Waste

The Love Food, Hate Waste blog has tips on making the most of your leftovers and reducing food waste.

View tips on reducing food waste
Salad leaves being washed.

Real nappy voucher scheme

Real nappies are reusable nappies made from natural materials. We've teamed up with The Nappy Lady website to make it easier for you to start using them.

View the benefits of real nappies and the voucher scheme
A pile of real nappies.

Dispose of unwanted items

If you're looking to dispose of unwanted household items such as beds, mattresses, fridges and furniture, we offer a bulky waste collection service from domestic properties within the borough.

How to get rid of bulky waste
A couple unloading a mattress from a truck.

What goes in each bin

Don't just recycle, recycle right. Get an overview of what items you can put in each of your bins.

More on disposing of your waste
Hands sorting through bottles for recycling.

What you need to do on bin collection day

When you need to put your bin out, where to place it for collection and more.

More on putting your bins out
A bin team operator taking recycling bins to the waiting lorry.

Get more food waste compostable bags

To help you recycle your food waste, we provide compostable bags for your kitchen food waste bin for free.

How to get more food waste bags
Hands tying a full food waste bag.

Fly-tipping

Report it, how to dispose of large items safely and how to check if a waste carrier is licensed.

More on reducing fly-tipping
Fly-tipped rubbish in a beauty spot.

Recycling centres

Spotlight on bins and recycling

Recycling items correctly can save money, support jobs and protect the environment across our borough.

The materials we throw away can be valuable. By recycling well, we can save £1 million a year for other public services and create jobs.

How to recycle right

  • Empty plastic cartons.

    A–Z recycling guide

    Before you bin something, read this handy A–Z guide to see if it can be recycled.

  • Business waste bins.

    Business waste

    As a business, you have a duty to organise your own commercial waste removal and recycling.

Related services

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    Pest control

    We can help if you have a problem with pests. Find out about costs and how to book a visit.

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    Litter picking

    If you'd like to help keep your borough cleaner and wish to hold a litter pick, we can help.

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    Removing weeds

    Find out how we get rid of weeds and where we remove weeds from in the borough.

Decision making

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    Policies, strategies and reviews

    We use policy and strategy documents to guide our decisions. We also use them to develop and run our services fairly and consistently.

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    Councillors and committees

    Councillors are responsible for agreeing provision of services and how the council's money is spent.