Blue-lidded recycling bin

Find out what you can put in your blue-lidded recycling bin.

What you can put in your blue-lidded recycling bin: 

  • Plastic pots, tubs and trays
  • Plastic carrier bags, film, wrapping and bubble wrap
  • Plastic bottles 
  • Glass bottles and jars 
  • Drinks cartons (Tetra Pak) 
  • Metal cans and aerosols 
  • Tin foil and foil trays

You can leave lids, labels and nozzles on. 

Only the items listed above may go in the blue-lidded recycling bin. If you include other things, your district or borough council may not empty it. 

Items should be:

  • Clean
  • Empty
  • Dry
Blue-lidded kerbside recycling bin