Green recycling box
Your green recycling box is collected every week with your recycling.
What you can recycle in your green box:
Cardboard
- thick and thin card
- cardboard packaging
- cereal boxes
- egg boxes
- ready meal sleeves
- brown paper wrapping or brown envelopes
- toilet roll tubes
- greetings cards (without foil or glitter)
- wrapping paper (not foil)
Glass
- glass bottles (with or without lids attached)
- glass jars (with or without lids attached)
- all coloured glass
Small electrical items
- small household batteries (i.e. AA, AAA etc.)
- printer cartridges
- mobile phones and chargers
Please place these items in a small plastic bag to keep them dry.
What you can't put in:
- cartons
- paper cups
- mixed card and metal containers (such as Pringle tubs, gravy containers, formula boxes)
- plastic
- white paper
- light bulbs
- polystyrene
- plastic film
- broken glass, flat glass or pyrex - wrap and put in your black bin
Prepare your recycling
Cardboard
- flatten, tear or fold your cardboard to fit inside your recycling box.
Large cardboard boxes should be taken to a recycling bank or your local recycling centre. If your cardboard is too big to fit in the compartment on the lorry, it will be left behind.
Glass
- rinse your glass jars before placing them in your box to remove food residue.
Small electrical items
- put your batteries, cartridges, and mobile phones in a small, clear plastic bag for collection.
- place them on the top of your box so that they can be seen.
How cardboard is recycled:
Cardboard is sent to Kent or mainland Europe. It is made into a pulp before making new boxes and packaging.
Find out how paper and card are recycled
How glass is recycled:
Glass bottles and jars are taken to Wales. They are crushed and sorted into colours before being melted and blown into new bottles and jars.