Guide to sorting your rubbish for recycling

This page is a guide to how to sort your rubbish for recycling, which boxes to use and what you should and shouldn't put in your bins and boxes.

Recycling bins and boxes vary according to whether you live in a house or a flat.

**Guide to sorting your rubbish for recycling**
	What you should put in	What you should not put in
Green wheelie bin	General waste non-recyclable items kitchen waste nappies polystyrene	Recyclable items car parts builders' rubble mineral oil paint vegetable oil hazardous substances
Pink sack	All plastic bottles & tubs such as: Milk cartons fizzy drinks margarine tubs yogurt pots All cans Please "wash 'n' squash" container before putting into your pink sack	Pressurised gas lighter fuel containers empty aerosols Plastic carrier bags cling film Carrier bags and cling film can be recycled at 'bring to' recycling sites.
Green box	Newspapers junk mail magazines catalogues	Cardboard, paper food cartons such as those used for orange juice and UHT milk, envelopes Christmas wrapping paper
Grey box Please use the plastic divider to separate cardboard and glass	Clear/coloured glass jars & bottles, card packaging - cereal, pizza & frozen food boxes Clean clothing including hats, coats, belts and paired shoes (please place in a black sack and leave next to your grey box) Remember: Please flatten boxes - if box is too big for the grey box please either tear it up or take it to one of the 'bring-to' sites Boxes containing broken glass will not be taken Recycle brown corrugated card at a 'bring-to' site (unless you are in the area covered by the Corrugated cardboard collection pilot scheme.	Window glass lead crystal oven ware glass mirrors dishes any ceramics car windscreens glass bulbs fluorescent tubes broken glass
Brown bin	Green garden waste such as: Grass cuttings flowers bark leaves hedge clippings windfalls twigs small branches Please place waste directly into the bin - don't use a bag	Food waste vegetable peelings soil turf stones plant pots paper pet waste/bedding nappies vacuum cleaner contents textiles carpet

Residents of flats have communal wheelie bins for each of the above waste categories. Use the same guidelines for what to put in them.

Things to remember when sorting your rubbish and recycling:

Because collections are made fortnightly, please double wrap food waste before putting it into your rubbish bin. This will help to reduce odours.
Please recycle as much of your waste as you can. This will ensure that your rubbish bin lid will shut, avoiding problems with flies and odours.
No extra sacks of rubbish left at the side of your bin will be taken at any time.

Recycling tips for people who live in flats:

As the grey bins are for communal use, the recycling collectors will remove, empty and return the bins to their original storage place.
Please do not put your recyclables down a waste chute as this will mean the waste cannot be recycled. Please separate your recyclables and place them in the appropriate grey bin.
All recyclables should be put in the grey bins loose with NO carrier bags or plastic sacks.

More information is available from the Recycling Helpline on telephone number 0151 356 6789, or by clicking on the Recycle for Cheshire website below.

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