| Items | Where to Recycle |
|---|---|
| Batteries | Recycle batteries in any shop that sells them or take to a Community Recycling Centre |
| Bubble Wrap | Recycle in your kerbside recycling bin |
| Cans | Put empty food and drinks cans in your kerbside recycling bin |
| Cardboard | Recycle in your kerbside recycling bin. Large cardboard can be flattened and folded and placed next to the recycling bin. Or take to a Community Recycling Centre |
| Christmas Cards | All cards can be recycled in your kerbside recycling bin, even those with glitter |
| Christmas Crackers | Recycle used crackers in your kerbside recycling bin |
| Christmas Decorations | If in good condition, consider donating to a local charity shop. Broken decorations should be placed in your general waste bin |
| Christmas Trees | Take real trees to a Community Recycling Centre |
| Christmas Wreaths |
If you are able to dismantle the wreath, the plastic part can be placed in your recycling bin, and the foliage can be recycled at a Community Recycling Centre.
If you are unable to dismantle the wreath they can be placed in your general waste bin
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| Cooking fat/Grease (solid) | Place solid fat in your food waste bin if you live in a food waste area. Otherwise place this into your general waste bin |
| Fairy Lights | Christmas tree lights can be recycled at a Community Recycling Centre |
| Food Waste | If you live in an area with a food waste collection service place any food scraps in the food waste caddy. Otherwise place in your general waste bin |
| Foil |
Clean foil can be recycled in your kerbside recycling bin. Scrunch it together into a big ball
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| Glass | Glass bottles and jars can be taken to local bottle banks |
| Packing Tape | Place used packing tape in your kerbside general waste bin |
| Plastic Packaging | Clean and empty plastic bottles, trays, pots and tubs can be recycled in your kerbside recycling bin |
| Selection box packaging | Outer plastic wrapper and inner cardboard or plastic tray (except black) can be placed in your recycling bin |
| Sellotape | Place used Sellotape in your kerbside general waste bin |
| Sweet Wrappers | Foil sweet wrappers can be placed in your recycling bin. Plastic sweet wrappers should be placed in your general waste bin |
| Tins of sweets/biscuits | Empty plastic and metal sweet/biscuit tins can be recycled in your kerbside recycling bin |
| Tissue Paper | Place in your recycling bin |
| Wrapping Paper | Recycle in your kerbside recycling bin. No need to remove Sellotape |
Top tips:
Extra recycling can be bagged (not black bags) and placed beside the recycling bin.
Large cardboard can be flattened and folded and placed beside the recycling bin.