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) |