This bin is for non-recyclables such as:

A

• Ash (coal)          

B

• Baby/make up wipes      
• Biodegradable packaging
• Bags (plastic)     
• Biros
• Baking tray (metal)         
• Blister packs (for pills)
• Brita water filter cartridges         
• Bubble wrap

C

• Candles CDs
• Carrier bags       
• CD cases
• Cat food pouches (with silver lining)        
• Cellophane
• Cat food pouches (with silver lining)        
• Cereal packet inners (plastic)
• Cat litter             
• Christmas cards (heavily decorated with glitter, foil etc)
• Cigarette ends  
• Coat hangers (plastic or wire)
• Cigarette packets            
• Coffee filters
• Cling film            
• Coffee shop cups
• Compostable packaging/bags     
• Cotton wool (used)
• Corks (real or plastic)     
• Crisp packets
• Cotton buds       
• Crockery (broken)
• Cotton reels       
• Cutlery (securely wrapped)

D

• Disposable cutlery, plates            
• Dog food/treat pouches (with silver lining)
• Disposable razor blades DVD cases

E

• Egg boxes (polystyrene)  Foam trays and packaging
• Fast food drink cups       
• Foil/plastic wrapping e.g. crisp packets

G

• Grease-proof paper       

H

• Hair       
• Hard plastic (children's toys, storage containers, recycling boxes/bins)
• Hard covers (of catalogues)        
• Hoover bags and dust

I

• Ice cream tubs (card/paperboard)            
• Incontinence pads (wrapped)

J

• J cloths 
• Jiffy bag envelopes

K

• Kitchen towels  
• Kitchen knives (securely wrapped)

L

• Latex gloves      
• Light bulbs (halogen)
• Light bulbs (old style)     

M

N

• Napkins/serviettes          
• Netting (plastic) e.g. orange nets
• Nappies              

O

P

• Paper towels     
• Plastic films (e.g. from ready meal trays, cooked meat trays)
• Pencils  
• Plastic sweet wrappers
• Pet Bedding for vegetarian pets (shredded cardboard)    
• Plastic windows on food packaging/boxes
• Pet fur  
• Plastic wrapping (including food wrappers)
• Pet food pouches (with silver lining)        
• Polystyrene
• Pet litter for meat eating pets    
• Polystyrene (Styrofoam/foam) trays
• Photo negatives              
• Potato sacks (thick brown paper)
• Photographic paper        
• Printer cartridges
• Plastic bags        
• Pyrex (or similar)
• Plastic bags (e.g. those used to contain/wrap food)         

Q

R

• Razor blades      
• Ring binders
• Resealable plastic packets (eg containing cheese)             
• Rubber gloves

S

• Sanitary products (wrapped)       
• Shrink wrap 
• Sanitary towels 
• Soft plastics (bags, films, wrappings)
• Sellotape            
• Shower curtain
• Shoes (any kind)              
• Straws
• Sponges and loofahs      
• Styrofoam
• Sticky labels and backing paper 

T

• Tablet packets (plastic and foil) 
• Toothpaste tubes
• Tissues (used)    
• Toys (plastic)
• Tissue paper/packaging 
• Tupperware

U

• Uncooked food

V

• Video cassettes

W

• Wallpaper          
• Wires/cables
• Water filter cartridges (eg Brita)
• Wood (treated)
• Wax crayons      
• Woodchip wallpaper
• Weed control fabric       
• Wrappers (eg from sweets, biscuits)
• Wet wipes          
• Wrapping (plastic) eg from around magazines

X

Y

Z

Items that you cannot put in this bin:

•    paint
•    oil
•    bulky items
•    building materials

Many items that you cannot place in to this bin can be taken to a local household waste recycling centre.