What goes in your bins?

• Household waste, non-compostable food waste (refer to Composting your food waste for further details)
• Nappies
• Polystyrene or foam trays
• Broken glassware and crockery
• Broken mirrors, incandescent light bulbs and glass

• Garden clippings, lawn clippings or weeds (please refer to composting and green waste page for more details)
• Syringes
• Gas bottles
• Paints (for drop off locations check out Paintback) or solvents
• Bricks, rubble, timber or tiles
• Pesticides or chemicals

• Steel cans including aerosol cans, aluminium cans and aluminium foil
• Milk, juice and egg cartons (NOT long-life cartons such as Tetra Pak, UHT, aseptic packaging)
• Cardboard and paper
• Glass bottles and jars
• Rigid plastic containers and bottles like those in the kitchen, bathroom and laundry

Tip: Give your recyclables a quick scrape or rinse before they go in the bin, to remove excess food.

• Plastic wrap, bags or packaging
• Syringes
• Food waste (please refer to Composting your food waste for more details)
• Clothing and material
• Polystyrene
• Household waste
• Green waste - garden or lawn clippings (please refer to Composting and green waste for more details) 
• Broken glass, mirror or ceramics
• Light globes
• Nappies
• Long life cartons i.e. Tetra Pak, UHT, aseptic packaging
• E-waste. That's any item with a plug, battery or power cord such as keyboards, laptops, or power tools
• Gas bottles