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A small number of homes, with no space for wheelie bins, use clear and black sacks for their recycling and waste.
Clear recycling sacks
You can put all these dry recycling iitem in clear sacks:
- Paper and card
- Cardboard boxes and packaging
- Metal tins (including empty aerosols), cans, bottle tops, lids and foil
- Plastic bottles, tops, pots, tubs and trays
- Food and drink cartons (including Tetra Paks).
These households will receive two rolls of 30 Clear Recycling Sacks once a year. Please tell us if you have not received a delivery of Clear Sacks in the past year.
Report a missed Clear Sack delivery
If you’ve just moved to the District, you can register for a recycling bag or for an initial supply of Clear Sacks to be delivered to your new address.
Please take your glass to one of our recycling sites.
Black sacks
Please put your waste in sacks made for household waste. We may not collect your waste if you use any other type of sack or bag.
Do not put any sharp objects in your sacks.
Black sacks are only for items that cannot be recycled. This includes:
- Nappies, sanitary products
- Tissues and wet wipes
- Pet waste and cat litter
- Plastic bags, wrapping and clear film
- Polystyrene, bubble wrap and foam packaging
- Crockery, ceramics and other types of glass, including window glass, perfume bottles, and Pyrex
- Dust, vacuum contents and sweeping waste
- Toothbrushes, plastic toys and non-recyclable plastics
- Fireplace, stove and BBQ ashes - these must be cold and bagged
Putting your waste out
Put your sacks out by 7am on your collection day.
Leave your sacks next to the road or your agreed collection point.