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.
You can print out the original 'what goes where' guide here.
Green wheelie bin
The following items can go in the green wheelie bin:
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.
You can print out the original 'what goes where' guide here.
Green wheelie bin
The following items can go in the green wheelie bin:
- food waste - raw or cook food, peelings, tea bags and egg shells.
- bark
- hedge clippings
- grass cuttings
- weeds
- cut flowers
- plants (no soil)
- windfalls
- untreated sawdust
- wood shavings
- clean straw
You can no longer put cardboard in your green bin.
Kitchen caddy and kerbside caddy
For homes that aren't served by the council's wheelie bin service, your new food waste recycling service has already been introduced.
The following items can go in the caddies:
- cooked food
- raw food
- bones and carcasses
- left-overs from plates
- tea bags and coffee grounds
- fruit and vegetables, including peelings
Please do not wrap your food waste in plastic bags. Instead a small amount of kitchen roll or a sheet of newspaper can be used. Alternatively, you can buy corn starch bags to line your caddy. Find your nearest corn starch bag suppliers.
Corn starch bags from these suppliers will decompose within three to six weeks, unlike some other suppliers which can take up to 18 months.
Brown bag
The following flattened items can go in the brown bag:
- corrugated cardboard
- cereal boxes and other cardboard food packaging
- toothpaste boxes
- toilet roll and kitchen roll cores
- cardboard egg boxes
- card sleeves (from food trays)
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 recycling box
The following items can go in the green recycling box:
- glass bottles and jars
- plastic bottles (milk, shampoo,juice and so on)
- food tins
- drink cans
- aluminium foil
- aerosol cans
Please ensure all bottles, tins and cans are rinsed well, as these are sorted by hand. Lids can only be taken if they are screwed back onto washed and squashed bottles.
Black wheelie bin
The remaining items can go in the black wheelie bin, including:
- vacuum cleaner contents
- cardboard milk or juice cartons
- disposable nappies
- plastic envelopes
- polystyrene
- plastic food wrappers - cling film, crisp packets and so on
- Food waste can go into your black bin, although we would prefer it if it went into your green bin.
Contact details
If you have any queries relating to what goes where, please don't hesitate to contact us:
Telephone: 01271 374776
Email: greensweepdirect@northdevon.gov.uk.
