These common kitchen items can go in your recycling bin.
Glass |
• bottles and food jars - just rinse |
• Metal lids are recyclable just remove first |
Paper |
• cereal boxes |
• newspapers |
• deli/ butchers paper |
• paper |
• egg cartons |
• paper bags |
• greeting cards |
• paper plates (clean) |
• junk mail |
• magazines |
• paper towel - cardboard tube only |
• phone books |
• boxes/cardboard (no waxed boxes like fruit boxes) |
• pizza boxes - greasy bottom section goes in the rubbish bin |
• envelopes (including with plastic windows) |
Plastic |
• food punnets |
• margarine containers - remove lids |
• biscuit trays |
• empty and clean takeaway food containers - remove lids |
• cake trays (plastic) |
• Tupperware |
• detergent bottles - remove lids |
• ice cream containers - remove lids |
• bottles (for example: milk, cordial, juice, soft drink) remove lids. Plastic lids larger than a credit card can be placed in the recycling bin. Smaller lids go into the general rubbish bin. |
• yoghurt containers - remove lids |
Metals |
• aluminium cans |
• formula tins |
• aluminium baking trays |
• pet food cans |
• cake trays (foil) |
• steel cans |
• food cans |
• tin cans |
• cooking oil tins (up to 5 litres) |
• aerosol cans (cooking/baking spray, whipped cream) |
• foil (clean and rolled/scrunched into a loose ball) |