Acceptable Materials
- Newspapers and magazines
- Catalogues
- Cardboard
- Telephone Directories / Yellow Pages
- Packaging Card - Food and non-food
- Envelopes and Junk Mail
- Office Paper
- Wrapping Papers
- Greeting Cards
- Books
- Steel Drinks Cans
- Steel Food Cans
- Aluminium Drinks Cans
- Steel Aerosols (Empty)
- Aluminium Aerosols (Empty)
- HPDE - Coloured & clear detergent, fabric conditioners, bleach and household cleaning fluids, hair care, bath and shower bottles.
- PET - Coloured & clear fizzy drinks, clear mineral water bottles and with blue tint, squash bottles.
- PVC - Coloured & clear food trays, shampoo bottles, cling film.
- PP (polypropylene) - battery cases, caps.
- Hard Plastics - only small plastic containers of any colour (yoghurt pots, ice cream tubs, margarine containers).
- Poly and wax lined (i.e. milk cartons/Tetra Pack)
- Foil lined (Juice cartons)
- Plastic bags - excluding black (Supermarket)
- Plastic film - rigid or not (i.e. blister and sandwich packs, cling-film)
Objectionable Materials
- Wet Paper - tissues
- Metals (excluding staples and pins)
- Hard Plastics - Dustbins, recycling bins, milk and beer crates, children’s toys (e.g. slides, ride-on-cars, games)
Prohibitive materials
- Food waste
- Wood
- Rubber
- Black Plastic Sacks
- Green garden waste
- Sand and building materials
- Ceramics or Pyrex PS (Polystyrene lightly) - Coffee cups, insulation, ceiling tiles, packing (polystyrene foam)
Hazardous Waste
- Clinical waste
- WEEE (Waste Electronic or Electrical Equipment - batteries, fridges, cables, TVs
- Printer Toner/Cartridges
- Toxic/Hazardous chemical bottles
- Oil/pesticide containers
- Tyres