Green Bin Information
Green Bin
From August, householders will be able to put food waste, such as mouldy bread and cheese to meat and fish into their green wheelie bin alongside their garden waste.
- Please make sure your green bin is ready for collection by 7:30am
- The lid mist be closed
- Food waste can be recycled in your green bin (please see table below)
- Additional bags next to the bin won’t be collected
- The containers are collected on alternate weeks.
- The grey bin will be collected one week and the green bin, box and sack / bag will be collected the following week.
- Missed collections must be reported by the end of the next working day and will be collected within 48 hours.
What can you put in your green bin?
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Yes Please
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No Thanks
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| Grass cuttings |
Cardboard, carboard packaging or paper (please put this in your white sack or blue bag) |
| Garden prunings |
Cooking fat and oil |
| Branches and twigs |
Nappies, pet waste or cat litter |
| Leaves, plants, flowers and weeds (soil free) |
Textiles |
| Wood shavings and bark |
Plastic bags |
| Real Christmas trees (chopped up) |
Polystyrene |
| Meat and fish (raw and cooked including bones) |
Plant pots |
| Fruit and vegetables (raw and cooked) |
Glass, metal and plastic containers |
| All solid dairy products including egg shells and chesse |
Wax and foil packaging (including tetrapak cartons) |
| Tea bags and coffee grounds |
Ash and vacuum waste |
| Rice, pasta and beans |
Soil and fertiliser |
| Bread, cakes and pastries |
Large branches or pieces of wood |
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Bricks, stones and rubble |
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General household rubbish |
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