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What goes in your recycling bin

Your silver wheeled bin is for your recyclables. 

What you can include

When sorting your recycling for collection, you can include:

  • paper - including newspapers, envelopes, magazines, catalogues and junk mail
  • tins and cans – including empty food tins, drink cans and aerosol cans
  • cardboard – including cardboard boxes used for packaging, egg boxes and cardboard tubes
  • plastics – including drink bottles and attached bottlecaps, shower gel and shampoo bottles, cleaning product bottles, yoghurt pots and margarine tubs

Currently less than 5% of waste in Nottinghamshire is sent to landfill and that is thanks to everyone playing their part in helping to recycle.

Check if your item can be recycled

Go to recycling checker – Nottinghamshire County Council

Preparing your recycling

When preparing your recycling for collection, remember to:

  • wash away any food residue by rinsing items
  • not use plastic bags
  • separate your bathroom rubbish to make it easier when you take the bins out
  • squash plastic bottles and cans and flatten packaging and cardboard to save space

All items should be empty, clean, dry and loose. We will not collect any recycling that is not in your bin. The lid on the bin must be closed. 

What not to include

Do not include:

  • glass – find out more about recycling your glass
  • plastic food trays, punnets and containers
  • plastic spray nozzles and pumps
  • takeaway containers – pizza boxes, fish and chip paper
  • sweet and crisp packets, pouches and wrappers
  • food waste
  • polystyrene and bubble wrap
  • plastic bags and cling film
  • shredded paper
  • foil
  • food and drink cartons
  • pet food pouches
  • pet bedding
  • nappies
  • toys and textiles
  • coat hangers
  • plant pots

Recycle your batteries

You can recycle batteries from the kerbside. 

Just make sure they are in a tied bag and put on top of your bin on collection day.

We accept all domestic batteries including:

  • 9v
  • AA
  • AAA
  • C
  • D
  • button batteries
  • laptop batteries
  • batteries from power tools

All batteries must be removed from the electrical appliance that they were used for. We cannot accept car batteries or those from mobility scooters or any other electrical equipment.

The general rule to avoid contaminating your silver bin is: if in doubt then leave it out.