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Recycling - what goes in your green bin?

Keep your recycling loose. Please do not put plastic bags or bin liners in your green bin.

Make sure your recycling is clean - you can rinse it in your used dish water when you've finished washing up, just make sure all the left over food/liquid has been rinsed out.

Too much recycling for the bin? View our useful tips on our Too much for the bin page.

Expand each heading below for more information.

YES please

  • Food tins
  • Drink cans
  • Aerosol cans
  • Sweet/Biscuit tins
  • Metal jar lids

NO thanks

  • No foil trays - these can be recycled at foil banks/tips
  • No tin foil - this can be recycled at foil banks/tips
  • No foil pouches or coffee pods
  • No gas bottles

Please remember

  • Food and drink cans only
  • Rinse tins and cans - you can rinse them in your used dish water when you've finished washing up, just make sure all the left over food/liquid has been rinsed out
  • Push sharp tops inside tins - sharp lids can cause injuries to collection crew and sorters
  • Labels can be left on
  • No need to squash tins - the machines at the sorting plant identify tins better when they are in their original shape

YES please

  • Glass bottles (all colours)
  • Glass jars (all colours)

NO thanks

  • No glass dishes (Pyrex) or drinking glasses
  • No window panes
  • No corks
  • No nail varnish bottles
  • No pump tops

Please remember

  • Rinse bottles and jars - you can rinse them in your dish water when you've finished washing up, just make sure all the left over food/liquid has been rinsed out
  • Lids can be left on (pump tops must be removed and put in rubbish bin) 
  • Labels can be left on
  • All colour glass accepted

YES please

All plastic bottles including:
  • drinks bottles
  • milk/juice bottles
  • detergent/fabric softener bottles
  • cleaning/bleach bottles
  • toiletry bottles
Plastic containers including:
  • yogurt pots
  • margarine/ice cream tubs
  • fruit/vegetable punnets
  • plastic meat/fish trays
  • cream/custard pots
  • cake/pastry trays
  • soup/sauce pots
  • egg boxes
  • sweet tubs
  • plastic takeaway tubs
  • plastic boxes i.e. Tupperware
  • moulded liners for chocolates/biscuits provided not black
  • plant pots; provided not black

NO thanks

  • No black plastic - it can't be recognised by the machinery at the sorting plant and is the lowest grade already so there is no demand to recycle it (brown plastic is acceptable)
  • No black plant pots 
  • No blister packs
  • No bubble wrap
  • No pumps, trigger sprays, film or foil 
  • No motor oil bottles - please dispose of these at your local household recycling centre (tip)
  • No crisp packets or plastic bags/wrapping - bags can be recycled through supermarket plastic bags recycling facilities
  • No hard plastics (toys, garden containers, bins, water butts and so on) 
  • No other items made of plastic - it's currently not possible to recycle any other plastic items, for example, toys, through your kerbside collection (even if an item has a recycling symbol on it it does not mean it can be recycled in Wyre Forest; different areas have different facilities for recycling). If items are in good condition you may like to consider a reuse organisation or charity shop

Please remember

  • Plastic lids can be left on
  • Rinse bottles and containers - you can rinse them in your dish water when you've finished washing up, just make sure all they left over food/liquid has been rinsed out
  • Labels can be left on
  • No need to squash - the machines at the sorting plant identify bottles and containers better when they are in their original shape

YES please

  • Newspapers/magazines
  • Phone directories
  • Catalogues/brochures
  • Junk mail/leaflets
  • Letters
  • Greetings cards
  • Envelopes
  • Plain, non metallic wrapping paper
  • Paperback books
  • Inside of hardback books

NO thanks

  • No metallic or glittery wrapping paper
  • No paper that has used for crafts etc, i.e. has paint, glitter, glue or similar on it
  • No wallpaper
  • Hardback book cover

Please remember

  • Remove any plastic wrappings - Bags (including cereal bags, bread bags, fruit and veg bags) can be recycled through supermarket plastic bags recycling facilities.
  • Keep paper flat (don't scrunch into balls) - the sorting machine separates paper better when flat
  • Shredded paper can be recycled as long as it is contained in a paper bag/envelope or cardboard box

YES please

  • All cartons e.g.:
    • milk/juice/smoothie cartons
    • fabric conditioner cartons
    • soup/chopped tomatoes cartons 
    • custard cartons

Please remember

  • Rinse cartons - you can rinse them in your dish water when you've finished washing up, just make sure all the left over food/liquid has been rinsed out 
  • Plastic spouts can be left on 
  • Please squash cartons

YES please

  • Thin cardboard boxes e.g.:
    • cereal boxes
    • ready meal boxes
  • Cardboard sleeves
  • Corrugated/thick cardboard boxes
  • Egg boxes
  • Kitchen/toilet roll tubes
  • Cardboard packing
  • Pet food boxes

NO thanks

  • No heavily soiled boxes
  • No contaminated packaging (for example food waste in pizza boxes) 

Please remember

  • Flatten boxes and tubes - the sorting machine separates cardboard better when flat
  • Please reduce boxes to wheelie-bin size pieces not exceeding 50cm x 60cm
  • Remove inner packaging -
    • please put any recyclable plastic containers in separately
    • bags (including cereal bags, bread bags, fruit and veg bags) can be recycled through supermarket plastic bags recycling facilities

YES please

  • Grass cuttings
  • Hedge and shrub clippings
  • Leaves, twigs and bark
  • Small plants and weeds
  • Windfall fruit
  • Cut flowers

NO thanks

  • Kitchen waste (peelings)
  • Animal waste (bedding / litter / faeces)
  • Plastic bags / pots / trays
  • Brick / rubble / stones
  • Soil / turf
  • Tree stumps
  • Large branches (over 10cm/4in in diameter)

Rubbish

YES please

  • All unrecyclable household waste

NO thanks

All rubbish disposed of through black/grey bins is sent for incineration at EnviRecover energy from waste facility based on Hartlebury Trading Estate.

The process

Watch a video from Envirosort on how your recycling is sorted to find out more.

Please remember

  • No textiles in your green bin - you can recycle at your local household waste site (tip) or at re-use organisations, charity shops and recycling sites where it can be donated for re-use/recycling
  • No plastic bags in your green bin - anything contained within a plastic bag will be rejected at the recycling sorting plant to landfill. Our crews will not empty green or brown bins that contain bagged waste or waste that is not recyclable. Bags (including cereal bags, bread bags, fruit and veg bags) can be recycled through supermarket plastic bags recycling facilities
  • No car batteries or other batteries - these can be recycled at your local household waste site (tip) or other smaller batteries can be taken to 'battery tubes/tubs' located in many shops and public buildings around Wyre Forest
  • No gas canisters
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