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What goes in your recycling bin

Your silver wheeled bin is for your recyclables. 

Simpler Recycling

There are new items you can add to your recycling as part of the new Simpler Recycling rules. 

More information about what you can and can’t include in your silver bin is below. Further guidance is available at simpler recycling for households. 

Check if your item can be recycled

You will be taken to another site.

Go to recycling checker – Nottinghamshire County Council

What you can include

When sorting your recycling for collection, you can include:

  • paper - including newspapers, envelopes, magazines, catalogues and junk mail
  • cardboard – including cardboard boxes used for packaging, egg boxes and cardboard tubes
  • cartons – including milk, juice, soap and plant-based drinks
  • plastics – including tubs and trays (e.g., fruit punnets, meat trays, cream cheese tubs), tubes (e.g., toothpaste and cosmetic tubes), drink bottles with attached caps, shower gel and shampoo bottles, cleaning product bottles, yoghurt pots, and margarine tubs
  • tins and cans – including empty food tins, drink cans and aerosol cans
  • aluminium – including kitchen foil and foil trays, aluminium bottles (e.g., shampoo or soap), empty aerosol bottles, and aluminium tubes (e.g., tomato purée)
  • metal – including jars and lids

Currently less than 5% of waste in Nottinghamshire is sent to landfill and that is thanks to everyone playing their part in helping to recycle.

Preparing your recycling

When preparing your recycling for collection, remember to:

  • wash away any food residue by rinsing items, letting them dry, and replacing lids including trigger and pump sprays
  • squeeze out contents of aluminium and plastic tubes before replacing lids
  • not use plastic bags
  • separate your bathroom rubbish to make it easier when you take the bins out
  • squash plastic bottles and cans and flatten packaging and cardboard to save space

All items should be empty, clean, dry and loose. We will not collect any recycling that is not in your bin. The lid on the bin must be closed. 

What not to include

Do not include:

  • glass – find out more about recycling your glass
  • cardboard takeaway containers – pizza boxes, fish and chip paper
  • black plastics – microwaveable food trays, seedling and plant pots
  • sweet and crisp packets, pouches and wrappers
  • food waste
  • polystyrene and bubble wrap
  • plastic bags and cling film
  • shredded paper
  • pet food pouches
  • pet bedding
  • nappies
  • toys and textiles
  • coat hangers

Recycle your batteries

You can recycle batteries from the kerbside. 

Just make sure they are in a tied bag and put on top of your bin on collection day.

We accept all domestic batteries including:

  • 9v
  • AA
  • AAA
  • C
  • D
  • button batteries
  • laptop batteries
  • batteries from power tools

All batteries must be removed from the electrical appliance that they were used for. We cannot accept car batteries or those from mobility scooters or any other electrical equipment.

The general rule to avoid contaminating your silver bin is: if in doubt then leave it out.