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Aerosol cans (empty)Alcohol bottles - RTDs, gin, whiskey - lids removed Alkathene water piping Aluminium cans Aluminium containers Aluminium foil Aluminium food trays Apple core or peel Asthma inhaler Automotive parts Baby formula tins lid and scoop removed)Baby wipes Baking paper (unused scraps)Banana peel Batteries (Household/torch)Bioplastics (PLA, compostable, biodegradable)Bioplastics (recycling number 1 and 2 only)Bones (Beef, Chicken, Pork, Fish)Books (hard back)Books (soft cover)Bottles, beverage bottles - lids removed (wine, beer, kombutcha)Bread - mouldy, hard, crusts Bread bags Bricks & building materials Brochures (remove wrapping)Broken glass (wrap)Broken plates, cups, mugs (wrap)Bubble wrap Bubble wrap Cables Candles Cardboard (flattened)Cardboard (non-dairy or juice)Cardboard Tetra Paks Cardboard yoghurt containers Cat biscuit bags Cat litter Catalogues (remove plastic wrapping)Cellophane Cereal box liners Cereal boxes (remove inside bag)Chip bags Chocolate wrappers Christmas wrapping paper (not cellophane or metallic)Cigarette packaging Clothes Coffee cups (biodegradable)Coffee cups (compostable)Coffee cups (wax or plastic lined)Coffee grinds Coffee pods Compact disc (CD) and case Concrete Cooked food - leftovers, mouldy, rotten Cookware - metal pots, pans, utensils Corflute (plastic sign board)Cork Cottonwool Cream cheese tubs with recycling number 5 in triangle Crockery Cut flowers - dead, dried Dairy products - cheese, yoghurt, sour cream Dip containers - ( #5 in triangle)Dirty recycling Disposable plates, cups cutlery Drinking glasses Drinking straws - plastic or paper Dryer lint E-waste Egg cartons Egg shells Electrical items Energy saving light bulbs Fat - cooled or congealed Fish - cooked, raw, heads, frames Floor covering including vinyl tiles, mats, carpets & rugs Fluorescent tubes Food scraps Fruit peelings, pips & cores Furniture - indoor or outdoor Garden hose Garden netting Garden pots Garden weeds - noxious or non-compostable Gib board Glass (lamps, spectacles, window panes, windshields, perfume, medicine bottles, cosmetics) Glass bottles - brown, green, clear, brown, blue, opaque (no perfume, medicine or cosmetic bottles and NO lids)Glass bottles and jars (food and beverage only, clean with no lids)Grass clippings Handee towels (kitchen)Hazardous chemicals including insecticides and pesticides Hearing aid batteries Hedge clippings Honey containers Hummus tubs with recycling number 5 in triangle Ice cream containers & lids - #5 PP Jam containers Janitorial plastic bottles - Recycling number 1 & 2 only Junk mail - plastic wrapper removed Kitchen paper towels Kitchenware Large gas bottles/canisters Leather Lids Light bulbs (irridescent)Luggage bags including travel, sport, tote, backpacks and other bags Magazines Margarine containers and lids - (#5 in triangle)Meat packing trays - plastics (# 1 or #2 in triangle)Meat packing trays - polystyrene Medical waste (including syringes and needles)Metallic wrapping paper Milk bottle Tops Milk bottles - plastic (rinsed and lids removed)Milk cartons - nut, soy, oat Mirrors (broken) - please wrap Motor oil Nappies - disposable (please wrap in other packaging or a bag)Newspaper Old books Paint Paint tins Paper - bags, brochures, pamphlets, flyers, junk mail, torn or shredded Paper towels (bathroom)Paperback books Pasta, Rice, leftover food Pet sand/litter Phonebooks Photos - Black & white or coloured Pizza boxes (Little oil present with food scraps removed)Pizza boxes (Lots of oil or food scraps)Plastic bags Plastic bottle tops Plastic bottles, pottles, tubs and containers - Recycling number 1, 2 & 5 in triangle only Plastic buckets - any type plastic Plastic cling film Plastic cutlery Plastic fire lighter Plastic household items including vacuuum cleaners, airfryers, washing machine and dishwasher components, irons, hairdryers, dish racks Plastic packaging - no recycling number Plastic pens Plastic pesticide bottles with 1 or 2 in a triangle Plastic rope Plastic toys Plastics bottles, pottles, tubs and containers - Recycling number 3, 4, 6 & 7 in triangle Plate glass (wrapped)Polystyrene Pringles chip tubes including lid Printer toner cartridge PVC spouting Pyrex glass Rechargeable batteries Ring binder/folder Rope - any kind Rotten meat or food Rubber bands, hose Rubbish Sand Sanitary pads and tampons (wrap)Seafood shells - mussels, clams, scallops Shopping bags, supermarket bags (excluding paper bags)Shredded paper Shrink wrap Smoke alarms Soft drink bottles - plastic, all colours Soft plastics (scrunchy plastics)Sour cream tub swith recycling number 5 in triangle Steel Steel cans (clean)Stripped wallpaper Takeaway cardboard containers (waxed)Takeaway plastic containers - with recycling numbers 1, 2 and 5 only Tea bags - tea leaves removed Tea leaves - bag and string removed Tetra packs (all kinds)Tin foil Tin food cans (clean)Tissues Toilet paper rolls Tooth brushes Toothpaste boxes Toothpaste pump Toothpaste tube Toys - wooden, plastic or any other kind Tuna pouches Unwashed containers Vacuum dust Video cassettes Washing powder plastic scoop Water bottles - Plastic with recycling number 1 or 2 in triangle Water filter unit Waxed paper Wet paper Window glass (wrapped)Wine bottles (no lids)Wrappers for biscuits, crackers, lollies, cakes etc. - anything you can scrunch up Yoghurt containers - Recycling number 5 in triangle only Zip-lock bags