What you can put in communal or shared recycling bins. These are the large recycling bins on streets or shared bins for blocks of flats.
tins and cans - empty and rinsed
aerosols - all kinds, empty
cardboard - clean and flattened or torn in pieces to fit in your bin
paper - including magazines and envelopes with windows. Do not include shredded paper
plastic bottles - all kinds, rinsed and squashed with lids, pumps and triggers on
plastic pots, tubs and trays - rinsed and squashed
non-black plastic plant pots – clean and separated (not stacked inside each other)
toothpaste tubes - plastic or metal, empty with lids on
Glass bottles and jars – all kinds, rinsed, with any metal lids on - go in your black glass recycling box or a local communal glass bin (plastic lids go in your general waste bin)
food waste – use your food waste caddies
rubbish - you'll need to put your general household waste into communal or shared rubbish bins, or into the wheelie bins we collect from your home
small electrical items - you'll need to take these to an electrical recycling point
clothes or textiles - you'll need to take these to a textile recycling point
large items - you can either take these to one of our Household Waste Recycling Sites (also known as tips) or you can get a bulky waste collection
garden waste - find out how to get a garden waste collection
batteries - you can recycle these at battery recycling points listed on Recycle Now's website
If you live in a block of flats, you'll likely have large shared bins in the bin store for household recycling.
The recycling bins might be small green wheelie bins or large black bins. They'll be clearly labelled with recycling stickers.
At least one bin will be for glass, one for food waste, and the other bins will be for mixed recycling materials.
If you are elderly, disabled or for any other reason can’t take your rubbish and recycling to a communal bin on the street, you could get an assisted collection.
If your communal bin is overflowing or broken you can
Find out how to recycle other household items in our A to Z guide to recycling.