Your black bin is for general household waste.
We can collect:
- Household waste that cannot be recycled
- Pet and food pouches
- Vacuum hoover dust
- Food-soiled cardboard (such as pizza and fast food boxes)
- Plastic film
- Other plastic items like broken toys, plastic boxes, CD and DVD cases
- Polystyrene
- Disposable nappies
- Cold ash from fires, bagged and tied.
Please put your general rubbish in black sacks within your bin. This keeps your bin clean.
What does not go in your rubbish bin:
Do not put any of these items in your black bin:
- Waste that can be recycled: put this in your blue bin
- Batteries: take back to shops and supermarkets
- Electrical waste: take to the recycling centre
- Garden waste: we collect this if you pay for our garden waste service
- Metal items like trays, pots & pans, cutlery, take to the recycling centre
- Hazardous waste like household chemicals and paint, take to recycling centre.
Bins must be out for collection by 7am on collection day. Place your bin at the edge of your property (where it joins the road) with the handle facing the road.