What goes to kerbside recycling bin
9 things that belong in kerbside recycling bin.
| Item | Answer |
|---|---|
| Pizza boxes | Recyclable if the card is only greasy; not if it is soaked or has food stuck to it. Tear off the clean lid if in doubt. |
| Aerosol cans | Empty aerosols go in the kerbside recycling in most areas. Never pierce them, never crush them, never bin a part-full one. |
| Wrapping paper | Plain paper: recycle. Foil, plastic-coated or glittery: general waste. The scrunch test settles it. |
| Drinks cartons (Tetra Pak) | Recyclable, but only where your scheme says so — they need a mill that separates the card from the plastic and foil. |
| Aluminium foil and foil trays | Recyclable if it is clean. Scrunch it into a ball the size of a fist so the sorters can see it. |
| Shredded paper | Depends entirely on your council. Loose shreds jam sorting lines; where they are accepted it is usually bagged or in food waste. |
| Plastic bottle caps | Leave the cap on the empty bottle. That is now the standard advice in most places. |
| Envelopes with plastic windows | Kerbside paper recycling in most areas — modern pulping screens the window out. |
| Black plastic food trays | Historically rejected because the optical sorter could not see them. Increasingly accepted now — check your council. |
- Pizza boxes Recyclable if the card is only greasy; not if it is soaked or has food stuck to it. Tear off the clean lid if in doubt.
- Aerosol cans Empty aerosols go in the kerbside recycling in most areas. Never pierce them, never crush them, never bin a part-full one.
- Wrapping paper Plain paper: recycle. Foil, plastic-coated or glittery: general waste. The scrunch test settles it.
- Drinks cartons (Tetra Pak) Recyclable, but only where your scheme says so — they need a mill that separates the card from the plastic and foil.
- Aluminium foil and foil trays Recyclable if it is clean. Scrunch it into a ball the size of a fist so the sorters can see it.
- Shredded paper Depends entirely on your council. Loose shreds jam sorting lines; where they are accepted it is usually bagged or in food waste.
- Plastic bottle caps Leave the cap on the empty bottle. That is now the standard advice in most places.
- Envelopes with plastic windows Kerbside paper recycling in most areas — modern pulping screens the window out.
- Black plastic food trays Historically rejected because the optical sorter could not see them. Increasingly accepted now — check your council.