What goes in your bins (if you have a blue bin)

The guidance is for households who have a blue bin.

If you don't have a blue bin yet, the items we accept will vary. Guidance for households without a blue bin.

Blue: paper, card and cardboard

Your blue bin for paper, card and cardboard is collected every four weeks, on the alternate fortnight from the grey bin.

Paper: yes please

Paper: not accepted

paper with food or paint on it
used pet bedding
plasticised metallic wrapping paper. To check, do the scrunch test - if the wrapping springs back when scrunched up then it's plastic and should go in your purple bin
wallpaper

Card: yes please

Card: not accepted

If you have an item you need to get rid of and aren’t sure where it should go, try What to do with...