What goes in each bin

This page is for the house collection service. If you live in a flat, check the communal waste collection service.

Bins which contain incorrect items will not be collected.

To recycle anything else, you can search for recycling facilities near you.

Grey bin: If your grey bin is full you can put extra recycling in a recyclable container e.g. cardboard box or paper bag next to your grey bin, on your usual collection day. The whole container and contents will then be recycled. If you use a non-recyclable container (e.g. plastic storage boxes or old recycling box) the contents will be emptied and the container left. Please do not use plastic carrier bags.

Purple bin: We do not accept additional general waste next to your purple rubbish bin. Extra non-recyclable waste can be taken to your nearest Household Waste Recycling Centre.

Brown food caddy: Households with six or more permanent and full time residents can request a second outdoor brown food caddy. Call us on 01462 474000 and choose the waste option to apply, or use the extra waste capacity application form here.

This is an A-Z guide of what you can place in each of your bins and your blue box. If you live in flats or share communal bins, see our Flats and Communal recycling page instead.

Aerosol cans

Grey Mixed Recycling Bin

Only empty aerosol cans can be recycled

Asbestos

For advice on asbestos please contact WasteAware

Aluminium foil

Grey Mixed Recycling Bin

Scrunch any foil into a ball roughly the size of a tennis ball as smaller bits may get lost down the sides of the recycling machinery

Ash (coal or wood – once cooled)

Purple Rubbish Bin

Baby / make-up wipes

Purple Rubbish Bin

Bags (plastic)

Purple Rubbish Bin

Reuse carrier bags on your next shopping trip. Alternatively, some supermarkets have a collection scheme for plastic bags

Bark

Home Composting or Brown Wheelie Bin (chargeable service)

Batteries

Batteries can be taken to a Household Waste Recycling Centre

Some local supermarkets offer a collection scheme for used batteries

Biodegradable packaging

Purple Rubbish Bin

Biros

Purple Rubbish Bin

Terracycle offer a recycling service for your used pens. Visit the website for more information and to find your closest drop-off point

Biscuit/chocolate tins (including lids)

Grey Mixed Recycling Bin

Black sacks

Purple Rubbish Bin

Blister packs (for pills)

Purple Rubbish Bin

Bones (meat or fish)

Kitchen Caddy or straight into your Brown Outdoor Food Caddy

Books (good quality)

Charity Shops

Books (beyond reuse)

Blue Paper Box - pages only (remove cover and spine)

Bottles, glass – any colour (e.g. wine, beer, spirits)

Grey Mixed Recycling Bin

Lids can be recycled. Labels can be left on, but any left-over liquid or food can make other recyclables dirty. Please empty your containers before recycling. It does not need to be spotless, a quick rinse will do.

Bottles, plastic

Grey Mixed Recycling Bin

Lids can be recycled.

Branches from trees (smaller than 3cm in diameter)

Home Composting or Brown Wheelie Bin (chargeable service)

Bread

Kitchen Caddy or straight into your Brown Outdoor Food Caddy

Bread can be kept in the freezer until you’re ready for toast! Alternatively, you can blitz stale bread in a food processor to make breadcrumbs.

Brita water filter cartridges

Purple Rubbish Bin

Some shops accept returned Brita filters to be recycled.

Bricks and rubble – non-trade only

Household Waste Recycling Centre

Brochures

Blue Paper Box

Brown paper and envelopes

Grey Mixed Recycling Bin

Bubble wrap

Purple Rubbish Bin

Reuse bubble wrap when food shopping to protect delicate items. It will also help to keep items cooler for longer!

Buckets, old washing up bowls / tubs

Household Waste Recycling Centre or Purple Rubbish Bin

Builders waste – non-trade only

Household Waste Recycling Centre

Butter tubs

Grey Mixed Recycling Bin

Candles

Purple Rubbish Bin

Cans

Grey Mixed Recycling Bin

Left-over liquid or food residue can contaminate other recyclables so please empty your containers. It does not need to be spotless, a quick rinse will do.

Cardboard boxes (e.g cereal boxes, delivery boxes)

Grey Mixed Recycling Bin

Please flatten before recycling. Remove plastic inserts, polystyrene and tape from boxes.

Cardboard egg boxes

Grey Mixed Recycling Bin

Cardboard packets lined with metal e.g. gravy granules, cocoa powder, Pringles tubes

Purple Rubbish Bin

Terracycle offer a recycling service for some of these products. Visit the website for more information and to find your closest drop-off point.

Cardboard sandwich boxes - including the plastic window, if clean from food residue

Grey Mixed Recycling Bin

Left-over food can make other recyclables dirty. Please empty your containers before recycling.

Cardboard sleeves e.g. ready meal sleeves

Grey Mixed Recycling Bin

Cardboard tubes (e.g. from inside toilet rolls and kitchen roll)

Grey Mixed Recycling Bin

Keep a recycling bin or bag in the bathroom to remind you to recycle your bottles and toilet roll tubes

Carpet

Household Waste Recycling Centre

Carrier Bags

Purple Rubbish Bin

Reuse carrier bags on your next shopping trip. Alternatively, some supermarkets have a collection scheme for plastic bags

Cartons (food and drink)

Grey Mixed Recycling Bin

Card with food residue should be placed in the general rubbish bin

Cat food pouches (with silver lining)

Purple Rubbish Bin

Terracycle offer a recycling service for some of these products. Visit the website for more information and to find your closest drop-off point.

Cat litter

Purple Rubbish Bin

Catalogues

Blue Paper Box

Cassette tapes (plus cases)

Remove all tape first and place in Purple Bin - the plastic cassette case can then be taken to a Household Waste Recycling Centre

CDs

Purple Rubbish Bin

If still in good condition, why not donate unwanted CDs and DVDs to Charity Shops?

CD Cases (hard plastic)

Household Waste Recycling Centre

Cellophane

Purple Rubbish Bin

Ceramics

Purple Rubbish Bin

Cereal boxes

Grey Mixed Recycling Bin

Please flatten where possible, to take up less space.

Cereal packets - inner liners (plastic)

Purple Rubbish Bin

Chewing gum

Purple Rubbish Bin

Chocolate and biscuit tubs and trays

Grey Mixed Recycling Bin

Christmas cards

Purple Rubbish Bin

Upcycle or reuse as gift tags.

Christmas trees - real

Brown wheelie bin (chargeable service - seasonal collection after Christmas only) or a local garden centre for recycling

Christmas trees - artificial

Household Waste Recycling Centre

Cigarette ends

Purple Rubbish Bin

Cleaner and detergent bottles (e.g. bathroom cleaners, washing up liquid, bleach)

Grey Mixed Recycling Bin

Check they are empty first as leftover liquid can make other recyclables dirty.

Lids and labels can be left on.

Cling film

Purple Rubbish Bin

Clothes, textiles and shoes

Grey Mixed Recycling Bin - textiles MUST be tied in a bag (not black sacks) and placed at the side of your bin. If you share a bin or live in a flat please take textiles to a Household Waste Recycling Centre or to a local charity shop if they are in good condition

Have you considered holding a clothes swap with your friends or community group? WasteAware has advice and equipment available if you are looking for a cheap, easy and fun way to de-clutter and update your wardrobe.

Coat hangers (plastic or wire)

Donate to Charity Shop or Household Waste Recycling Centre

Be sure and refuse these if you make new purchases

Coffee grounds

Kitchen Caddy or directly into your Brown Outdoor Food Caddy

Coffee pods

Purple Rubbish Bin

Terracycle offer a recycling service for some of these products. Visit the website for more information and to find your closest drop-off point

Coloured paper (except brown)

Blue Paper Box

Compostable packaging / bags

Home Composting or Purple Rubbish Bin

Please only use liners with the seedling logo in your Brown Outdoor Food Caddy.

Cooking oil

Household Waste Recycling Centre

Corks (real or plastic)

Purple Rubbish Bin

Corrugated Cardboard

Grey Mixed Recycling Bin

Costa cups

Purple Rubbish Bin

Return your cup to Costa to have it recycled.

Costa lids

Purple Rubbish Bin

Cotton buds

Purple Rubbish Bin

Cotton reels

Purple Rubbish Bin

Cotton wool/make up pads

Purple Rubbish Bin

Crisp and sweet packets or wrappers

Purple Rubbish Bin

Terracycle offer a recycling service for all brands of crisp packets. Visit the website for more information and to find your closest drop-off point

Crockery (broken)

Purple Rubbish Bin

Dairy

Kitchen Caddy or straight into your Brown Outdoor Food Caddy

Disposable cutlery

Purple Rubbish Bin

Disposable cardboard 'paper' or plastic plates (without heavy food residue)

Grey Mixed Recycling Bin

If you are hosting a party, why not look into local reusable party kits available to hire? These kits are cheaper and more environmentally friendly than buying disposable equipment!

Disposable drinking cups (plastic)

Grey Mixed Recycling Bin

Disposable drinking cups (cardboard or polystyrene)

Purple Rubbish Bin

Disposable nappies

Purple Rubbish Bin

Why not give Real Nappies a try? Visit Hertfordshire WasteAware for more information

Disposable razor blades

Purple Rubbish Bin

Dog waste

Purple Rubbish Bin

Drinks bottles (e.g. juice, squash, milk)

Grey Mixed Recycling Bin

Please remove plastic film and place in the general rubbish bin. Lids and labels can be left on. Save space by squashing bottles.

Drinks cans

Grey Mixed Recycling Bin

Lids and labels can be left on, but any left-over liquid or food can make other recyclables dirty. Please empty your containers before recycling. It does not need to be spotless, a quick rinse will do.

Drinks cartons (e.g. juices and milk)

Grey Mixed Recycling Bin

Lids can be recycled.

Left-over liquid or food can make other recyclables dirty. Please empty your containers before recycling. It does not need to be spotless, a quick rinse will do.

Drinking glasses

Purple Rubbish Bin

Many glass items such as cookware, glasses and vases can be taken to charity for reuse if in good condition. Otherwise, please dispose of in the appropriate container at your nearest Household Waste Recycling Centre

Duvets & pillows

Household Waste Recycling Centre

DVD cases

Purple Rubbish Bin

Egg boxes (cardboard)

Grey Mixed Recycling Bin

Egg boxes (plastic)

Grey Mixed Recycling Bin

Egg boxes (polystyrene)

Purple Rubbish Bin

Egg shells

Kitchen Caddy or straight into your Brown Outdoor Food Caddy

Electrical items

Household Waste Recycling Centre

Engine Oil

Household Waste Recycling Centre

Envelopes including windows (brown)

Grey Mixed Recycling Bin

Envelopes including windows (white)

Blue Paper Box

Film lids from the pots or trays

Purple Rubbish Bin

Financial Times

Blue Paper Box

Fish

Kitchen Caddy or straight into your Brown Outdoor Food Caddy

Flower pots - plastic (small only)

Grey Mixed Recycling Bin

Large pots are more rigid plastic and should be taken to a Household Waste Recycling Centre or placed in Purple Bin.

Flowers

Brown Wheelie Bin (chargeable service)

Foam food trays and food packaging

Purple Rubbish Bin

Foil

Grey Mixed Recycling Bin

Please rinse to remove food residue.

Foil Trays (e.g. take-away trays)

Grey Mixed Recycling Bin

Any disposable BBQ trays must be completely cool before adding to your recycling container. Douse with cold water then leave overnight to cool completely.

Foil / plastic wrapping e.g. crisp packets

Purple Rubbish Bin

Terracycle offer a recycling service for all brands of crisp packets. Visit the website for more information and to find your closest drop-off point

Food and drink cartons e.g. TetraPak©

Grey Mixed Recycling Bin

Left-over liquid or food can make other recyclables dirty. Please empty your containers before recycling. It does not need to be spotless, a quick rinse will do.

Food cartons (e.g. soups)

Grey Mixed Recycling Bin

Lids can be recycled.

Left-over liquid or food can make other recyclables dirty. Please empty your containers before recycling. It does not need to be spotless, a quick rinse will do.

Food scrapings

Kitchen Caddy or straight into your Brown Outdoor Food Caddy

Food tins

Grey Mixed Recycling Bin

Lids and labels can be left on, but any left-over liquid or food can make other recyclables dirty. Please empty your containers before recycling. It does not need to be spotless, a quick rinse will do.

Fruit

Kitchen Caddy or straight into your Brown Outdoor Food Caddy

Fruit peelings

Kitchen Caddy or straight into your Brown Outdoor Food Caddy

Fruit punnets

Grey Mixed Recycling Bin

Frying pans

Purple Rubbish Bin

General kitchen ware (e.g. cutlery, pots & pans)

General kitchen ware (e.g. cutlery, pots & pans) and home goods can be taken to charity for reuse if in good working order. Otherwise, please dispose of in the appropriate container at your nearest Household Waste Recycling Centre

Gift bags

Purple Rubbish Bin

Glass bottles and jars (lids can be recycled)

Grey Mixed Recycling Bin

Left-over liquid or food residue can contaminate other recyclables so please empty your containers. It does not need to be spotless, a quick rinse will do.

Glass cookware e.g. Pyrex dishes; drinking glasses; vases; ceramics

Purple Rubbish Bin

Glass - many items such as cookware, glasses and vases can be taken to charity for reuse if in good condition. Otherwise, please dispose of in the appropriate container at your nearest Household Waste Recycling Centre.

Glass - window panes / sheet

Household Waste Recycling Centre or Purple Rubbish Bin

Glasses - drinking

Purple Rubbish Bin

Grass cuttings

Brown Wheelie Bin (chargeable service)

Greaseproof paper

Purple Rubbish Bin

Greetings cards

Purple Rubbish Bin

Hair

Brown Wheelie Bin (chargeable service)

Hard covers (from catalogues and books)

Grey Mixed Recycling Bin

Hard plastic (children's toys, storage boxes, recycling boxes)

Donate to Charity Shop or Household Waste Recycling Centre

Hay and straw

Home Composting or Brown Wheelie Bin (chargeable service)

Hedge cuttings

Home Composting or Brown Wheelie Bin (chargeable service)

Holiday brochures

Blue Paper Box

Hoover bags and dust

Purple Rubbish Bin

Ice-cream tubs

Grey Mixed Recycling Bin

Incontinence wear

Purple Rubbish Bin

J Cloths

Purple Rubbish Bin

Jars (e.g. sauces, jam, baby food) – lids can be recycled

Grey Mixed Recycling Bin

Labels can be left on, but any left-over liquid or food can make other recyclables dirty. Please empty your containers before recycling. It does not need to be spotless, a quick rinse will do.

Jiffy bag envelopes

Purple Rubbish Bin

Junk mail including leaflets and flyers

Blue Paper Box

Kitchen roll tubes

Grey Mixed Recycling Bin

Kitchen towels

Purple Rubbish Bin

Laminated plastic food/drink pouches e.g. baby food pouches, cat food pouches or coffee pouches

Purple Rubbish Bin

Latex gloves

Purple Rubbish Bin

Purple Rubbish Bin

Leaves

Home Composting or Brown Wheelie Bin (chargeable service)

Leftover food

Kitchen Caddy or straight into your Brown Outdoor Food Caddy

Visit Love Food Hate Waste for recipe ideas on how to use up leftovers.

Lids (metal or plastic)

Grey Mixed Recycling Bin

You can keep lids on the containers, or put them separately into your mixed recycling bin.

Light bulbs and fluorescent tubes

Household Waste Recycling Centre

Light bulbs (energy saving)

Household Waste Recycling Centre

Light bulbs (halogen)

Purple Rubbish Bin

Light bulbs (LED)

Household Waste Recycling Centre

Light bulbs (old style)

Purple Rubbish Bin

Magazines

Blue Paper Box

Remove any plastic wrapping and free gifts from newspapers, magazines and flyers. These should go in your purple bin.

MDF

Household Waste Recycling Centre

Margarine tubs

Grey Mixed Recycling Bin

Meat – raw or cooked

Kitchen Caddy or straight into your Brown Outdoor Food Caddy

Medicines

Return to Pharmacy

Medicine pill packets e.g. blister packs

Purple Rubbish Bin

Some branches of Superdrug can accept these. Check with your local store for more information.

Metal items such as kettles, irons, pipes, white goods.

Household Waste Recycling Centre

Metal lids and tops

Grey Mixed Recycling Bin

Pop food tin lids inside the tin and gently squash the top to stop them falling out

Metal tins (biscuit/chocolate – including lids)

Grey Mixed Recycling Bin

Microwave meal trays (including black plastic)

Grey Mixed Recycling Bin

Please remove plastic film and place in the general rubbish bin.

Milk bottles (lids can be recycled)

Grey Mixed Recycling Bin

Mirrors

Donate to Charity Shop or Household Waste Recycling Centre

Motor oil containers

Household Waste Recycling Centre

Moss

Home Composting or Brown Wheelie Bin (chargeable service)

Napkins / serviettes

Purple Rubbish Bin

Nappies

Purple Rubbish Bin

Why not give Real Nappies a try? Visit Hertfordshire WasteAware for more information

Netting (plastic) e.g. orange nets

Purple Rubbish Bin

Newspapers

Blue Paper Box

Remove any plastic wrapping and free gifts from newspapers, magazines and flyers. These should go in your purple bin.

Office paper

Blue Paper Box

Other glass bottles (e.g perfume, aftershave, face/body cream)

Grey Mixed Recycling Bin

Labels can be left on, but any left-over liquid or food can make other recyclables dirty. Please empty your containers before recycling. It does not need to be spotless, a quick rinse will do.

Other metals

Household Waste Recycling Centre

Other non-paper wrappings

Purple Rubbish Bin

Padded enveloped e.g. Jiffy bags

Purple Rubbish Bin

Paint and solvent tins (full or empty)

Household Waste Recycling Centre

Paint including varnishes, gloss (over half full)

Ecowaste offer a paint recycling scheme

Paper (coloured except brown)

Blue Paper Box

Paper (office, mail, newspaper, magazines, white envelopes)

Blue Paper Box

Paper towels and tissues

Purple Rubbish Bin

Parchment / baking paper

Purple Rubbish Bin

Peelings (fruit and vegetable)

Kitchen Caddy or straight into your Brown Outdoor Food Caddy

Pencils

Purple Rubbish Bin

Pet bedding for vegetarian pets (hay and straw)

Purple Rubbish Bin

Pet litter (carnivorous)

Purple Rubbish Bin

Pet faeces (bagged)

Purple Rubbish Bin

Pet food pouches

Purple Rubbish Bin

Terracycle offer a recycling service for some of these products. Visit the website for more information and to find your closest drop-off point.

Phone directories

Blue Paper Box

Photo negatives

Purple Rubbish Bin

Photographic paper

Purple Rubbish Bin

Pill (blister) packets

Purple Rubbish Bin

Pillows and duvets

Household Waste Recycling Centre

Plant pots - plastic (small only)

Grey Mixed Recycling Bin

Large pots are more rigid plastic and should be taken to a Household Waste Recycling Centre or placed in Purple Bin.

Plants (no soil)

Home Composting or Brown Wheelie Bin (chargeable service)

Plastic bags e.g. carrier bags, compostable bags, bread, salad, fruit/veg bags, frozen food bags

Purple Rubbish Bin

Reuse carrier bags on your next shopping trip. Alternatively, some supermarkets have a collection scheme for plastic bags.

Plastic bottles (all drink, detergent, shampoo bottles)

Grey Mixed Recycling Bin

Check they are empty first as leftover liquid can make other recyclables dirty. Firm lids can be recycled. Plastic film goes in the general rubbish bin.

Try putting a bag or bin in the bathroom to remind you to recycle your bathroom bottles and toilet roll tubes.

Save space by squashing bottles or look into reusing them.

Plastic films (from ready meals)

Purple Rubbish Bin

Plastic furniture

Donate to Charity Shop or Household Waste Recycling Centre

Plastic food tubs, pots and trays – including black plastic

Grey Mixed Recycling Bin

Firm lids can be recycled. Plastic film goes in the general rubbish bin.

Plastic sweet containers

Grey Mixed Recycling Bin

Plastic sweet wrappers

Purple Rubbish Bin

Plastic wrapping (including food wrappers)

Purple Rubbish Bin

Plastic toys

Donate to Charity Shop or Household Waste Recycling Centre

Plastic sweet tubs

Grey Mixed Recycling Bin

Plate glass

Household Waste Recycling Centre

Polystyrene e.g. cups and packaging material

Purple Rubbish Bin

Post-it notes

Blue Paper Box

Potato sacks (thick brown paper)

Grey Mixed Recycling Bin (please cut off the string top and place in the Purple Bin)

Pots (e.g. yoghurt, soup)

Grey Mixed Recycling Bin

Firm lids can be recycled. Plastic film goes in the general rubbish bin.

Printer cartridges

Some supermarkets and schools and charities offer recycling collections (check with your local store) or they can be recycled at a Household Waste Recycling Centre or placed in your Purple Rubbish Bin.

Prunings

Home Composting or Brown Wheelie Bin (chargeable service)

Pyrex

Purple Rubbish Bin

Many glass items such as cookware, glasses and vases can be taken to charity for reuse if in good condition. Otherwise, please dispose of in the appropriate container at your nearest Household Waste Recycling Centre.

Razor blades

Purple Rubbish Bin

Reading glasses

Donate to Charity Shop

Resealable plastic packets (e.g. containing cheese, sandwich bags)

Purple Rubbish Bin

Rigid plastics e.g. toys and hangers

Donate to Charity Shop if in good condition or put in your Purple Rubbish Bin

Ring binders

Purple Rubbish Bin

Rubber gloves

Purple Rubbish Bin

Sanitary products (wrapped)

Purple Rubbish Bin

Sanitary towels

Purple Rubbish Bin

Saucepans

Purple Rubbish Bin

Seed trays - no larger than 30cm

Grey Mixed Recycling Bin (larger seed trays are rigid plastic and should be taken to a Household Waste Recycling Centre)

Sellotape

Purple Rubbish Bin

Shellfish

Kitchen Caddy or straight into your Brown Outdoor Food Caddy

Shiny cardboard (that will tear and has no plastic coating)

Grey Mixed Recycling Bin

Shiny cardboard (that has plastic coating)

Purple Rubbish Bin

Shoes, in pairs, any condition

Charity shops and charity banks will also accept shoes

Shower curtain

Purple Rubbish Bin

Shredded paper

Blue Paper Box

Put shredded paper into a paper bag or envelope to stop it blowing away

Shrink wrap

Purple Rubbish Bin

Shrubs and flowers

Home Composting or Brown Wheelie Bin (chargeable service)

Soil / turf / rubble

Household Waste Recycling Centre

Spectacles

Donate to Charity Shop

Sponges and loofahs

Purple Rubbish Bin

Sticky labels and backing paper

Purple Rubbish Bin

Straw

Home Composting or Brown Wheelie Bin (chargeable service)

Styrofoam

Purple Rubbish Bin

Syringes (sharps)

Clinical Waste

Tablet packets (plastic and foil)

Purple Rubbish Bin

Tape

Purple Rubbish Bin

Tea bags

Kitchen Caddy or straight into your Brown Outdoor Food Caddy

Telephone directories

Blue Paper Box

Textiles, clothes and shoes

Please take textiles to a Household Waste Recycling Centre or take them to a local charity shop if they are in a good condition

Have you considered holding a clothes swap with your friends or community group? WasteAware has advice and equipment available if you are looking for a cheap, easy and fun way to de-clutter and update your wardrobe.

TetraPak© /Cartons

Grey Mixed Recycling Bin

Tins (food, biscuit, chocolate)

Grey Mixed Recycling Bin

Lids and labels can be left on, but any left-over liquid or food can make other recyclables dirty. Please empty your containers before recycling. It does not need to be spotless, a quick rinse will do.

Tins (paint and solvent – full or empty)

Household Waste Recycling Centre

Tin foil

Grey Mixed Recycling Bin

Scrunch any foil into a ball roughly the size of a tennis ball

Tissues

Purple Rubbish Bin

Toiletries and other bathroom bottles (e.g. shampoo, shower gel)

Grey Mixed Recycling Bin

Check they are empty first as leftover liquid can make other recyclables dirty.

Lids and labels can be left on.

Try putting a bag or bin in the bathroom to remind you to recycle your bathroom bottles and toilet roll tubes.

Toilet roll tubes

Grey Mixed Recycling Bin

Toner cartridges

Supermarket and school recycling points, Household Waste Recycling Centre or Purple Rubbish Bin

Toothpaste tubes

Purple Rubbish Bin

Terracycle offer a recycling service for some of these products. Visit the website for more information and to find your closest drop-off point.

Toys (plastic or soft)

If in a good condition - a charity shop, if not then Household Waste Recycling Centre or Purple Rubbish Bin

Toys (cardboard packaging)

Grey Mixed Recycling Bin (remove any plastic / film or polystyrene)

Trays / punnets (e.g. meat trays, take-away trays, fruit /veg trays, including black plastic)

Grey Mixed Recycling Bin

Tree cuttings (branches no larger than 3cm in diameter)

Home Composting or Brown Wheelie Bin (chargeable service)

Treated wood e.g. fence panels, painted doors, furniture, wicker baskets

Household Waste Recycling Centre

Tubs (e.g. margarine, ice cream)

Grey Mixed Recycling Bin

Firm lids can be recycled. Plastic film goes in the general rubbish bin.

Tupperware

Purple Rubbish Bin

Turf / soil / rubble

Household Waste Recycling Centre

Uncooked food

Kitchen Caddy or straight into your Brown Outdoor Food Caddy

Video cassettes

Remove all tape first and place in Purple Bin - the plastic cassette case can then be taken to a Household Waste Recycling Centre

Vegetable peelings

Kitchen Caddy or straight into your Brown Outdoor Food Caddy

Washing powder boxes

Purple Rubbish Bin

Wallpaper

Purple Rubbish Bin

Water filter cartridges (e.g. Brita)

Purple Rubbish Bin

Some shops accept returned Brita filters to be recycled.

Wax crayons

Purple Rubbish Bin

Weed control fabric

Purple Rubbish Bin

Weeds

Home Composting or Brown Wheelie Bin (chargeable service)

Wet wipes

Purple Rubbish Bin

White paper (e.g. printer paper and letters)

Blue Box

Window frames (wooden or plastic)

Household Waste Recycling Centre

Window glass

Household Waste Recycling Centre

Window panes

Household Waste Recycling Centre

Wire and cables

Household Waste Recycling Centre

Wood

Household Waste Recycling Centre

Wood shavings (untreated)

Home Composting or Brown Wheelie Bin (chargeable service)

Woodchip wallpaper

Purple Rubbish Bin

Wrappers (e.g. from sweets, biscuits)

Purple Rubbish Bin

Wrapping (plastic) e.g. from around magazines

Purple Rubbish Bin

Wrapping paper - plain brown or printed paper, no foil or metallic effect

Grey Mixed Recycling Bin

Yellow Pages

Blue Paper Box

Yoghurt pots

Grey Mixed Recycling Bin

Firm lids can be recycled. Plastic film goes in the general rubbish bin.

Yoghurt pot lids

Purple Rubbish Bin

Plastics Recycling Leaflet

North Hertfordshire Waste Policies - April 2018