What goes in your Wheelie Bins?

DO NOT put these items into your yellow-lidded recycle wheelie bin!

These items are to be placed in your refuse bin, greenwaste bin or taken to altenate facilities.

Remember to look for the recycling symbol if you are in doubt.

Placing the items listed below in your recycle bin contaminates the load as these items can not be recycled.  Common contaminants include plastic bags, garden waste, clothing, food scraps, nappies and household rubbish.  Contamination causes problems during the sorting of recyclables as well as affecting the ability of the item to be processed into new product.

The machinery being used in sorting and recycling facilities can cope with packaging, jars, and containers; however, it is important to think about the people who work there.  Items such as wire, rope, clothes, plastic bags, and polystyrene cause the machines to clog and malfunction or breakdown.  This can result in serious danger to our workers.

	Food Waste
	Green waste
	Disposable Nappies
	Old Clothes If it is in good condition consider if the item can be donated to a charity shop or Council's Transfer Station second hand shops instead of sending to landfill
	Plastic Bags and wrap An alternative is to return soft plastics to your supermarket instead
	Polystyrene cups and trays and styrofoam packaging material Coffee Cups Coffee cups cannot be recycled as they are lined with plastic, which means they cannot be sorted properly at the recycling facility.
	Pyrex, ovenware, plates, cups or crockery Mirrors and broken homeware glass Drinking glasses and vases etc have a different chemical composition and melting point to container glass making it unrecyclable.
	Liquids or chemcials