What goes where?
Please help us to help the environment by placing the right items in the right containers. If the wrong thing is put in the wrong box, bag or bin, the contents may get contaminated which means we may not be able to recycle them.
Green bag
The following items can go in the green bag:
Please help us to help the environment by placing the right items in the right containers. If the wrong thing is put in the wrong box, bag or bin, the contents may get contaminated which means we may not be able to recycle them.
Green bag
The following items can go in the green bag:
- newspapers
- white envelopes (windowed or non - windowed)
- magazines
- catalogues
- telephone books
- clean old clothes
- shoes (in pairs)
- handbags
- belts
- sheets
- curtains
- pillow cases
- duvet covers
- junk mail (no plastics)
Green box
The following items can go in the green box:
- glass bottles & jars
- plastic bottles (milk cartons, shampoo bottles and so on)
- food tins
- drink cans
- aluminium foil
- aerosol cans
Green wheelie bin
The following items can go in the green wheelie bin:
- bark
- hedge clippings
- grass cuttings
- weeds
- cut flowers
- plants (no soil)
- windfalls
- untreated sawdust
- wood shavings
- clean straw
- egg boxes
- cardboard (not with plastic attached) including food packaging and washing powder boxes
Black wheelie bin
The remaining items should can go in the black wheelie bin, including:
- all cooked or uncooked food waste including peelings
- vacuum cleaner contents
- vegetable peelings
- cardboard milk or juice cartons
- disposable nappies
- plastic envelopes
- tea bags, coffee filters
- polystyrene
- plastic food wrappers - cling film, crisp packets and so on
empty containers, such as
- engine oil containers
- pesticide containers
- medicine bottles
- yoghurt pots
- butter, margarine tubs
Please take tops off all plastic bottles. Tops are often made of a different type of plastic.
Rinse all containers well.
For all your Greensweep enquiries call 01271 374776 or e-mail greensweepdirect@northdevon.gov.uk.
