What can I put in my recycling bin South Norfolk?
Plastic containers
- milk and drink bottles (lids on)
- bathroom bottles (lids on including trigger and pump spray bottles)
- food and ready meal trays (including black plastic trays)
- fruit and vegetables punnets.
- yoghurt, cream and soup pots.
- ice cream and margarine tubs.
What can I put in my recycling bin?
Items that can be recycled in your yellow lid bin:
- Paper: office paper, magazines, newspapers and junk mail.
- Cardboard.
- Green, clear and brown glass bottles and jars.
- Juice and milk cartons.
- All hard plastic bottles and containers marked, but no lids please.
- Steel (tin) and aluminium cans and empty aerosols.
What goes in GREY recycling box?
your blue bin is for recyclable waste. your brown bin is for garden waste and food waste. your green or grey bin is for non-recyclable waste.
Can you recycle shredded paper Norfolk?
Plastic bottles, such as milk, drinks, bleach, shampoo. Paper, including envelopes (including windowed), shredded paper and cardboard. Food and drink cartons including milk, juice, smoothie and soup containers. Bottle tops can be left on.
Which of the plastic Cannot be recycled?
Explanation: A thermosetting polymer, often called a thermoset plastic is made up of polymers that establish irreversible chemical linkages and cannot be recycled, whereas thermoplastics can be melted and molded again.
Do you need to wash containers before recycling?
As a general rule recyclables should be clean, dry and empty. This means removing food scraps from containers, giving them a quick rinse if they are dirty and ensuring they don’t contain liquids. Put simply, anything which could become rancid within a day, shouldn’t be placed in your recycling bin.
Why are recycling bins Blue?
Blue Bins (Metals) Blue recycling bins sometimes indicate a recycling bin used for metals. Although it is common to use blue bins to indicate recycling for metals, plastics also are often recycled using blue bins.
Can you recycle a washing up bowl?
Hard plastics such as toys, kitchen utensils, coat hangers, tupperware, garden furniture and washing up bowls can be taken to the Household Reuse and Recycling Centre.