What goes where?
- Download our handy poster showing what goes into which bin
| Material | Blue Bin | Paper Only Caddy | Battery Bag | Green Bin | Black Bin | Recycling Bank | Milton or Thriplow Recycling Centre |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aerosols |  | ||||||
| Batteries (AA & AAA cell, button, size C & D, laptop & mobile batteries) [6] |  | ||||||
| Books |  | Recycling Bank | |||||
| Cardboard | | ||||||
| Carpets & rugs | | HWRC - Milton or Thriplow | |||||
| Cartons (e.g. Tetrapak) | | ||||||
| Cassettes (and their cases) | | Recycling Bank | |||||
| Cat litter | | ||||||
| Catalogues |  | ||||||
| CDs (and their cases) | | Recycling Bank | HWRC - Milton or Thriplow | ||||
| Coffee filters & tea bags |  | ||||||
| Cooked food | | ||||||
| Cooking oil | HWRC - Milton or Thriplow | ||||||
| DVDs (and their cases) | | Recycling Bank | HWRC - Milton or Thriplow | ||||
| Engine oil | HWRC - Milton or Thriplow | ||||||
| Envelopes (with or without windows) | | ||||||
| Foil & foil trays | | ||||||
| Food & drinks cans | | ||||||
| Food waste paper liners [3] | | ||||||
| Gift wrap (metalic/plastic) | | ||||||
| Gift wrap (paper) | | ||||||
| Glass bottles and jars | | ||||||
| Grass cuttings | | ||||||
| Greeting cards | | ||||||
| Jiffy bags | | ||||||
| Junk mail | | ||||||
| Kitchen towels | | ||||||
| Large electrical appliances (e.g. washing machines, fridges) [4] | HWRC - Milton or Thriplow | ||||||
| Lead acid batteries (e.g. vehicle batteries) [6] | HWRC - Milton or Thriplow | ||||||
| Leaves, prunings and clippings | | ||||||
| Light bulbs (incandescent/old type) | | HWRC - Milton or Thriplow | |||||
| Light bulbs (energy saving) | HWRC - Milton or Thriplow | ||||||
| Fluorescent tubes | HWRC - Milton or Thriplow | ||||||
| Magazines | | ||||||
| Meat & bones | | ||||||
| Mirrors | HWRC - Milton or Thriplow | ||||||
| Nappies (disposable) | | ||||||
| Newspapers | | ||||||
| Paint tins (empty or full) [7] | HWRC - Milton or Thriplow | ||||||
| Painted or treated wood & bark | | HWRC - Milton or Thriplow | |||||
| Paper | | ||||||
| Plastic bags | | ||||||
| Plastic bottes | | ||||||
| Plastic bottle tops and triggers | | ||||||
| Plastic film (clean film wrapping) | | ||||||
| Plastic magazine wrappers | | ||||||
| Plastic packaging (pots, tubs & trays) | | ||||||
| Plastic toys | | HWRC - Milton or Thriplow | |||||
| Polystyrene (expanded) [1] | | ||||||
| Pyrex | | ||||||
| Rabbit/guinea pig waste (i.e. straw and hay) | | ||||||
| Rubble [5] | HWRC - Milton or Thriplow | ||||||
| Shoes | | Recycling Bank | HWRC - Milton or Thriplow | ||||
| Shredded paper [2] | | ||||||
| Small electrical items (e.g. hairdryers, radios, laptops) | Recycling Bank | HWRC - Milton or Thriplow | |||||
| Soil [5] | HWRC - Milton or Thriplow | ||||||
| Stale bread | | ||||||
| Telephone Directories (inc. Yellow Pages) | | ||||||
| Textiles | | Recycling Bank | HWRC - Milton or Thriplow | ||||
| Tissues | | ||||||
| Tree branches (greater than 5 inches in diameter) | HWRC - Milton or Thriplow | ||||||
| Tree branches (less than 5 inches in diameter) | | ||||||
| Turf [5] | HWRC - Milton or Thriplow | ||||||
| Untreated wood & bark | | ||||||
| Vegetable & fruit peelings | | ||||||
| Video tapes (and their cases) | | Recycling Bank | |||||
| Windfall fruit | | ||||||
| Window panes | HWRC - Milton or Thriplow |
Notes:
[1] Expanded polystrene - There are two types of polystyrene (PS). Although we can accept rigid polystyrene which most commonly comes in the form of yoghurt pots, we cannot accept expanded polystyrene (e.g. protective packaging for electrical goods, foam meat and fish trays).
[2] Shredded paper - Please contain shredded paper within an old envelope. Remember you only need to shred the part of the document displaying confidential information.
[3] Food waste liners - We can only accept paper liners in the green bin. Compostable/biodegradable liners (e.g. cornstarch/potato starch ) cannot be placed in the green bin. Paper liners are available to purchase online, local outlets or supermarkets. (link to paper liner page)
[4] Large electrical appliances can be taken to Milton or Thriplow Recycling Centre or can be collected through the chargeable Bulky Waste Collection Service.
[5] Turf/soil and rubble cannot be placed in any wheeled bin (black, green or blue) due to its weight.
[6] Please put the battery bag out for collection with your blue bin. Using the self-adhesive strip, attach the bag to the bin underneath the handle. The collection crew will leave a replacement bag for you. If your battery bag is not replaced please contact us for a replacement or us a plastic bag and attach it to the handle of your blue bin. We cannot collect lead acid batteries (e.g. vehicle batteries) - please take these to Milton or Thriplow Recycling Centre.
[7] Paint taken to Milton and Thriplow Household Waste Recycling Centres is processed and then distributed by the Cambridgeshire Community Reuse & Recycling Network (This link will open in a new window) as part of their Community Repaint scheme. For more information please visit their website by clicking on the link above.
Excess recycling
Any excess blue bin recyclable material can be placed alongside your blue bin in a returnable container or a cardboard box, which we will not return but recycle for you. Please ensure that excess paper is in a separate box to other recyclables.
Excess Black Bin waste cannot be collected, please take it to Milton or Thriplow Recycling Centre.
Excess Green Bin waste cannot be collected, please compost it or take to Milton or Thriplow Recycling Centre. Kitchen and garden waste from your green bin is composted and made into soil improver. You can collect soil improver free from AmeyCespa Waste Management Park at Waterbeach, Monday to Friday 8am to 5pm, Saturday 8am to 12noon. Just remember to bring your own sacks and a shovel.
Plastic sacks
Plastic sacks must NOT be used in the green bin. This includes plastic sacks purchased as "biodegradable".
Contaminated bins
If any non compostable waste is placed into the green bin or non-recycable waste is placed in the blue bin it will be classed as "contaminated" and will NOT be collected.
If a bin is found to be contaminated a card will be left on the bin to explain why it was not collected. You are requested to re-sort 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 or recycled is collected.
