Communal paper and cardboard bin
Make sure your paper and card waste is placed inside the communal bin by 7.30am on the day of collection. Side cardboard broken down will also be collected.
Card and paper is collected weekly.
What goes in your paper and card communal bin?
| Suitable Paper Materials | Suitable Cardboard Materials | Not Suitable For |
|---|
| Plain and Coloured (Recyclable) Wrapping Paper | Cereal Box | General Non-recyclable Household waste |
| Newspapers | Tea Cardboard Boxes | Other recyclable materials including: food waste, garden waste, glass, plastics and cans |
| Magazines | Food Boxes | Polystyrene |
| Catalogues | Washing Powder Boxes | Plastic or Foil Coated Wrapping Paper |
| Brochures | Dishwasher Tablet Boxes | Tissue Paper, Toilet Roll, Paper Table Cloths, Paper Plates, and Paper napkins |
| Comics | Cleaning Product Boxes | Wallpaper |
| Junk Mail and pamphlets | Kitchen and Toilet Roll - Inner Cardboard Tubes | Food containers including: Pringle Tubes, Hot Chocolate Tubs, Gravy Tubs, Tetra Pak |
| Directories | Greeting Cards | Take Away - Drink Cups and Lids |
| Shredded paper (recommended to be placed into a cardboard or paper container ) | Cigarette Packets (with foil removed) | |
| Writing Paper (letters) | Cardboard Boxes | |
| Envelopes | Pizza boxes (no food traces) | |
| | Toilet roll tube |
