Blue recycling bin

Put your bin out the night before

Please make sure your bin is out by 6am on your collection day.

We suggest putting it out the night before.

In Bracknell Forest, blue bins are for recycling paper and card, food tins, cartons, foil, plastic bottles, pots, tubs and trays.

These are collected every 2 weeks.

What goes in your blue bin

Please quickly 'wash and squash' recyclable plastics, foil and cartons to reduce contamination and to free up space.

Table showing what to put in your blue recycling bin
Yes, please	No, thank you
aerosol canisters – empty	metal jar lids
books	cellophane, plastic film
cans and tins – rinsed food, drink and pet food (labels are OK)	crisp bags
card – cereal boxes, corrugated card, egg boxes, kitchen and toilet roll tubes, flattened boxes	electrical, electronic equipment and batteries
cards – greetings cards and Christmas cards (without glitter)	foil-based wrapping paper
cartons (Tetrapak) – juice, milk and soup cartons	food pouches and coffee pods
catalogues, brochures and directories	food waste
foil and foil trays (rinsed)	glass
junk mail, flyers, letters and envelopes (including window envelopes)	metal – cutlery and pots and pans
newspapers and magazines	nappies
paper – printer paper (white and coloured)	plastic bags
plastic bottles (rinsed) – drinks, milk, toiletry, detergent, bleach	plastic toys
plastic punnets and trays – fruit punnets, meat trays	plastics which are black (other colours are fine)
plastic cosmetic pots or tubs	polystyrene
plastic pots – yoghurt, cream or soup pots	textiles – clothes, bedding, duvets
plastic tubs – ice cream and margarine tubs	tissues
shredded paper (please put in a small box, paper bag or wrap in newspaper)	toothpaste tubes
wrapping paper (not foil based)	paint tins

Black plastic goes in green general waste bins

Black plastic is not currently recycled as sorting equipment cannot detect the carbon black pigment. Please put any black plastic in your green general waste bin.

For more information about plastic recycling, visit the re3 website.

Glass goes in bottle banks

We don’t collect glass along with other recyclable items because broken or ground glass makes paper and card unrecyclable.

When the government has passed the Environment Bill there will be statutory guidance on glass collection. At this point we will assess options for glass recycling.

In the meantime please take your glass to your local bottle bank.

More information

For more information on recycling please visit the recycle now website.