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A to Z of recycling

Learn what can and cannot be recycled.

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"Greengrow"
Aerosols
Air beds
Aluminium cans
Aluminium foil
Animal bedding/waste
Asbestos
Ash (Coal/wood)
Balloons
Bathroom suites
Batteries
Bedding and blankets
Beds
Bicycles
Birthday cards
Biscuit and sweet tins
Biscuit wrappers
Blister packs
Books
Bottle tops (metal)
Bottle tops (plastic)
Bottles and jars
Bras
Bricks
Bring sites
Brita water filters
Bubble wrap
Building waste
Buttons
Camping gas bottles & canisters
Cans
Car batteries
Car seats
Carbon monoxide detectors
Cardboard
Cardboard tubes (with metal bases)
Carpets & rugs
Carrier bags
Cartons
Cassette players
Cassette tapes
Cat litter
Catalogues
CD & DVD players
CD cases
CD's and DVD's
Ceramics and china
Chairs
Chemicals
Chest freezers
Chests of drawers
Christmas cards
Christmas crackers
Christmas decorations
Christmas tree lights
Christmas trees
Clingfilm
Clothes
Clothes hangers
Coffee cups (disposable)
Coffee grounds
Coffee pods and capsules
Commercial Vehicle & Trailer (CVT) permits
Compostable packaging
Computers, laptops & monitors
Contamination
Cookers
Cooking oil
Corks
Corporate work wear
Cotton wool
Crisp packets
Crockery
Cupboards
Curtains
Cushions
Cutlery
Diesel or petrol
Discs (CD's & DVD's)
Dishwashers
Disposable face masks
Disposable gloves
Disposable nappies
DIY waste
Domestic appliances
Doors
Drinking glasses & glass vases
Duvets and blankets
DVD & CD cases
DVD and CD players
e-cigarette liquid & containers
e-Cigarettes
Egg boxes
Egg shells
Electrical items
Engine oil
Envelopes
EnviRecover
EnviroSort
Explosives & fireworks
Fabrics
Face masks
Fairy lights
Fat
Fibreglass
Fire extinguishers
Firearms
Fireworks and explosives
Flares
Floor tiles
Flooring
Floppy discs
Fluorescent tubes
Foil
Food and drink cans
Food and drink cartons
Food and drink pouches
Food blender or mixers
Food waste
Fridges and freezers
Fuel (petrol and diesel)
Furniture
Games and toys
Games consoles
Garden chemicals
Garden waste
Gardening tools
Gas bottles
Glass (sheet glass, window panes, glass fish tanks)
Glass bottles and jars
Glass cookware (inc Pyrex)
Glasses (drinking)
Glasses (spectacles)
Greaseproof paper
Greetings cards
Hair straighteners
Hairdryers
Hard plastic (toys, furniture)
Hardcore (rubble, bricks, tiles, masonry, stone)
Hazardous waste
Healthcare equipment
Hearing aids
Hedge trimmers
Helium canisters
Hose pipes
Household cleaning bottles/sprays
Household waste
Inhalers
Inkjet printer cartridges
Ironing boards
Irons
Japanese Knotweed
Jars
Jewellery
Junk mail
Kerbside recycling
Kettles
Keyboards (musical)
Keyboards (computer)
Keys (metal)
Kitchen roll
Kitchen roll tubes
Knives
Lamps
Landfill
Laptops
Lawnmowers
Light bulbs
Loft insulation
Magazines
Mail
Materials Reclamation Facility (EnviroSort)
Mattresses
Medicines
Metal pots & pans
Metal tubes
Metals
Microwaves
Milk bottles
Mirrors
Mobile phones
Monitors
MP3 players
Musical instruments
Nail varnish bottles
Nappies
Needles (sharps)
Newspapers
Nitrous oxide canisters
Non-recyclable waste
Oil (car)
Oil (cooking)
Oil filled radiators
Oily rags
Ovens
Packaging
Paint
Paint tins
Paper
Paper coffee cups
Paper towels
Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)
Pet bedding
Pet food pouches
Pet food tins
Pet food trays
Pet waste
Petrol
Photographs
Pillows
Pizza boxes
Plant pots
Plasterboard
Plastic (hard)
Plastic bottles, pots & trays
Plastic carrier bags
Plastic plant pots
Plastic tubs and trays
Polystyrene
Polythene
Printer cartridges
Printers
Projectors
Pyrex
Radios
Rags
Ragwort
Receipts
Records
Recycling sites
Resident permits
Rubble and Hardcore
Rugs
Sat Navs
Saucepans
School uniforms
Sellotape
Shampoo, conditioner & shower gel bottles
Sharps
Sheet glass (windows, fish tanks etc)
Shoes and boots
Shredded paper
Sideboards
Small electrical items
Smoke alarms
Sofas
Soil & rubble
Solar panels
Spectacles
Stamps
Stereos
Sticky tape
Stools
Sweet tins
Sweet wrappers
Tables
Tablet computers
Tea bags
Tea towels
Telephone directories
Telephones
Terracycle
Tetrapaks
Textiles and clothing
Third sector organisations
Tiles (floor and wall)
Till receipts
Tissues
Toasters
Toner cartridges
Tools
Toothpaste tubes
Torches
Toys and games
Tumble dryers
Turf
TV's & monitors
Tyres
Umbrellas
UPVC windows & doors
Vacuum cleaners
Vape liquid containers
Vapes & e-Cigarettes
Vegetable oil
Vegware
Video recorders
Videotapes
Wallpaper
Wardrobes
Washing machines & tumble driers
Watches
Water filters
Weight limit
Wet wipes
White goods
Wine bottles
Wood and timber
Wool
Wrapping paper
Yellow Pages
Yoghurt pots
Zimmer frame

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