what goes in which bin?

Green Box


Yes or No	Items
YES PLEASE	newspapers magazines junk mail general clean paper glass bottles glass jars (with lids removed and put with cans) Food / aluminium cans / jar lids / pet food cans (washed out) aerosol cans biscuit / sweet tins tin foil and foil trays
NO THANKS	cardboard (i.e. brown cardboard boxes, toilet rolls, egg boxes and food packaging cardboard such as cereal boxes - put these in the green wheeled bin) catalogues, shredded paper / yellow pages (put these in the green bin) broken glass (put directly into glass banks) large panes of glass (i.e. mirrors, windscreens, Pyrex) light bulbs and fluorescent tubes ceramics and tiles paint tins copper and lead pipes * sheets of metal * carpets and rugs pillows and duvets

* These items can be taken to one of the household waste recycling centres at Milton or Thriplow.

If you have extra items for the green box, please put them in carrier bags, not black bin liners, beside or on top of the box. Use separate bags for each item. If you would like an additional box, ring the Waste and Recycling Service: 08450 450 063 .

Green wheeled bins


Yes or No	Items
YES PLEASE	Grass cuttings Leaves, prunings and clippings Untreated wood and bark Cardboard (i.e. brown cardboard boxes, toilet rolls, egg boxes and food packaging cardboard such as cereal boxes) Catalogues, shredded paper and Yellow Pages Brown paper Rabbit/Guinea pig waste (i.e. straw, hay and newspaper) Windfall fruit Cooked food Meat and bones Vegetables and fruit peelings Coffee filters and tea bags Stale bread
NO THANKS	Biodegradable bags (e.g. corn starch) Pernicious weeds (e.g. Japanese knotweed, bindweed) Any type of plastic (inc. bags/sacks, magazine wrappers) Polystyrene Fruit juice cartons (with foiled lining) Painted wood Oil of any type Carpets/rugs Cat litter Turf and soil (due to its weight) Disposable nappies

Black wheeled bins


Yes or No	Items
YES PLEASE	non-recyclable waste fruit juice cartons (with foiled lining) plastics polystyrene cat litter light bulbs Pyrex
NO THANKS	Any items for the green bin, green box or local recycling sites including batteries *

* These items can be taken to one of the household waste recycling centres at Milton or Thriplow.

Still unsure about what goes where? Ring the waste and recycling service on 08450 450 063 or visit www.recap.co.uk.

plastics

Plastics

Plastic sacks must NOT be used in the green bin. This includes plastic sacks purchased as "biodegradable".

There are now a number of recycling banks for plastic bottles throughout the district. Find your nearest plastics recycling bank

kitchen

Kitchen waste

Last year we hoped to include food waste in the wheeled bin recycling scheme. Donarbon who process the green waste into compost needed a licence from Central Government.

Donarbon have now been issued with their licence, this means you can now put food waste into your green bin.

The benefits:

Reduce the waste in the black bin, particularly in the summer months when you may have had concerns about the black bin smelling.
It helps home composters because, as well as cardboard and woodier items of garden waste, cooked food and chicken carcasses that are not home compostable can be placed in the green bin.

contamination

Contaminated bins

If any non compostable waste is placed into the green bin it will be classed as "contaminated" and will NOT be collected.

If a bin is found to be contaminated a sticker will be left on the bin to explain why it was not collected. You are requested resort your rubbish into the correct bin and re-present for collection on the appropriate day.

The Council has a strict contamination policy to ensure that only material capable of being composted is collected so that the compost produced is suitable for use.