Recycling services

Using your black box

Please keep your box tidy and separate your items as it makes the collection much easier.  If your black box is full you can put different items in untied carrier bags next to your box and they will be collected.   You can order a new black box online.


We will collect the following items from your black box: 

• Food and drinks cans (please remove lids and rinse)
• Newspapers and magazines (including catalogues and junkmail)
• Yellow pages and telephone directories
• Glass bottles and jars (rinse out and place the lids with your cans)
• Clothes, blankets and material (put into untied shopping bags or bin bags)
• Pair of shoes (tie shoes together, and keep them dry) 
• Aluminium foil and containers
• Household batteries, including rechargeable (keep together in a small, clear tied bag)
• Spectacles
• Aerosol cans (please empty and remove lids)

Place the following next to your black box:

• Engine oil (in a secure container)
• Car batteries

Sorry we can't take:

• Broken glass
• Window glass
• Drinking glasses
• Pyrex glass
• Household rubbish
• Plastic
• Foil crisp packets
• Cooking oil

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