Household waste - domestic bins
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Blue bins and green boxes for recycling:
Use for:
- Plastic drink and detergent bottles
- Food and drinks cans
- Pet food cans
- Empty aerosol canisters
- All paper and card (including newspapers, telephone directories and Yellow Pages, toilet and kitchen roll tubes, cereal, soap powder and flattened cardboard boxes)
Please do not put microwaveable trays, yoghurt pots, margarine tubs, ice cream tubs, bottle tops, cellophane, polystyrene, general rubbish or carrier bags into your blue bin or green box.
Important: If you put any non-acceptable materials in your blue bin or green kerbside box it will not be emptied until they have been removed. The reason for this is that the whole load will be rejected by the waste contractor if it is contaminated with materials that cannot be processed at the materials recovery facility in Reading.
Green landfill bin for general waste
Use for
- Cooked food waste
- Disposable nappies
- Plastic trays
- Margarine and ice cream tubs
- Yoghurt pots
- Other general waste you can’t recycle or compost
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