What you can and can't put in your bins or garden waste bin

Refuse bin

Items to be put in your refuse bin

• General household waste

Items not to be put in your refuse bin

• Soil and rubble, including plasterboard - building waste is not household waste; it is also heavy and may break the bin. It should be disposed of at a household waste recycling centre or by hiring a skip
• Hazardous household waste, including oil and paint - see information on hazardous waste. This can be taken to a household waste recycling centre.
• No liquids can be put in the bin because they will spill out along the road
• Garden waste is banned from the bin. The Council operate a separate collection service for garden waste.
• Commercial waste; a separate collection must be arranged for business waste
• Paper, card, tins, cans, aerosols, plastic bottles - these must be put in your blue top recycling bin.

Recycling bin

Find out what items you can and cannot recycle in your blue top recycling bin. 

Garden waste bin

Items to be put in your garden waste bin

• General garden waste

Items not to be put in your garden waste bin

• Soil and turf
• Coal ash
• Concrete or rubble
• Plastic flower pots or trays
• Food scraps
• Vegetable peelings
• Animal waste
• General household waste