What can I put in my bins?

The following items CAN go in the red lid garbage bin:

• Plastic bags and soft plastic packaging
• Disposable coffee cups and lids
• Non-recyclable packaging, eg polystyrene
• Food scraps, bones and meats
• Nappies
• Shredded paper
• Small household items
• Old clothes
• Old toys and teddies
• Small electrical appliances

The following items MUST NOT be put in the red lid garbage bin:

• Hazardous materials, chemicals, gas bottles or fire extinguishers
• Soil and rocks
• Car batteries
• Hot ash
• Liquid wastes including paints or oils
• Building materials
• Recyclable items
• Green waste

The following items CAN go in the yellow lid recycling bin:

• Glass bottles and jars
• Newspapers, books, magazines, junk mail and cardboard
• Milk and juice cartons including tetra packs
• Aluminium cans and clean foil
• Steel cans, aerosol cans
• All disposable plastic containers and bottles used in the kitchen, bathroom or laundry including food, beverage, shampoo and detergent containers, household cleaners
• Used pizza boxes that don’t have any food in them
• Rinsed takeaway containers

The following items MUST NOT be put in the yellow lid recycling bin:

• Plastic bags
• Styrofoam
• Garden clippings
• Food scraps
• Window glass, mirrors, ceramics and Pyrex
• Scrap metal and appliances
• Waxed cardboard, eg disposable coffee cups
• Nappies
• Medical waste including syringes in drink containers
• Shredded paper

The following items CAN go in the green lid green waste bin:

• Grass clippings
• Flowers and weeds
• Prunings
• Leaf litter
• Twigs and small branches (up to 75mm in diameter)

The following items MUST NOT be put in the green lid green waste bin:

• Plastic bags
• Building materials
• Food waste
• Large branches, logs or stumps
• Timber
• Garden hoses and garden pots
• Fruit, vegetable and other food waste