What can I put in my Bins

What can be put into the recycling wheeled bin?

Paper - newspapers, magazines, envelopes, the phone book, Yellow Pages, printer paper, paper bags, leaflets. Packaging boxes, pizza or food boxes (make sure all food traces are removed), ready meal sleeves, greeting cards. Large cardboard boxes must be flattened. Washed out food tins, cans and tin/aluminium foil Washed out and without their lids - plastic bottles including drinks bottles, milk bottles, cleaning fluid bottles (for example: washing up liquid bottles), clean shampoo bottles.   There are hundreds of varieties of plastic, which cannot necessarily be mixed in together for recycling.

Your black wheeled bin is for all your other household waste, which cannot be recycled:

Food waste Nappies Food and drink cartons e.g. orange juice carton   Handy hint: DON'T put loose domestic waste into your BLACK lidded bin – please put your domestic waste into bags and then into your bin. You can also buy wheeled sized big bin liners from your local supermarket to help keep your wheeled bin clean.

Remember

• do not put glass items in the recycling bin, please dispose at your local glass bank or your black non recycled waste bin

• Properties that do not have a collection will be required to dispose of their green waste by taking it to the tip, composting at home or subscribe to Thanet District Council's garden waste collection service. 

• the non recycled wheeled bin should contain household waste which cannot be recycled, nappies and food waste. Cooking oil can be disposed of by placing in a plastic bottle with a secure lid

• please note that the lid of either your non-recycling bin or recycling bin must fit flat on the bin when full

Waste & Recycling

E-mail: waste&streetcleaning
@thanet.gov.uk

Tel: 01843 577115

Fax: 01843 290906