Waste Recycling A-Z

Our Recycling A–Z search tool allows you to quickly find the right recycling and waste disposal information for items.

It provides clear, simple recycling guidance and ideas for upcycling, donating or selling items, along with tips for responsible disposal.

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A

Aerosol Aluminium cans, foil trays and aluminium foil Antifreeze Asbestos Ash

B

Baby goods Baking trays Batteries Bicycles Blankets Blinds Books Bubble wrap

C

Cables & Wires Car batteries Cardboard Cellotape Christmas trees (artificial) Cling film Cloth nappies Coat hangers Coffee Pods Coins Computers Contact lenses Cooker Cooking Oil Cosmetics & Toiletries Packaging Cotton wool Crisp Packets Crisp Tubes Crockery

D

Dairy Products Disposable gloves DIY Waste Dog Poo Drinking glasses Duvets

E

Egg Shells Electrical Items Engine Oil Envelopes

F

Fire Extinguishers (Household) Fireworks Fish bones Flowers Fluorescent Tubes Foil Trays and Foil Food and Drink Cartons Food and Drink Pouches Food and Drink Tins and Cans Fridges and Freezers Furniture

G

Garden Waste Gas Bottles and Canisters Gift Wrap Glass Bottles and Jars Glass Cookware Grass Cuttings Greeting Cards

H

Hard plastic Hearing Aids Heaters Hedge Clippings

I

Inhalers Ink Cartridges and Toners Invasive Weeds Iron

J

Japanese Knotweed Jewellery Junk Mail

K

Kegs Kettles Keys Kitchen Paper/Wipes Kitchen Utensils Knitting Needles Knives

L

Laminate Flooring Lamps Large Electrical Items Lateral Flow Testing Kits Lawnmower Leaves Leftover Food Lids (Jars and plastic bottles) Light Bulbs Lighter Fluid/Fire Lighter Liquid Lithium Batteries

M

Magazines and Catalogues Mattresses Media (Books, CDs and DVDs) Medicines and Tablets Metal Sweet/Chocolate Tins and Boxes Metal Tubes Microwaves Mirrors Mobile Phones Musical Instruments

N

Nappies and Sanitary Products Newspapers Newspapers and Pamphlets Nitrous Oxide

O

Oil Filled Radiator Ovens

P

Paint and Paint Cans Paper and Shredded Paper Paper Coffee Cups Pet Bedding Pet Food Pet Food Pouches Pet Waste Photographs Pillows Pizza Boxes Plant Pots Plasterboard Plastic Bags Plastic Bottles Plastic containers for soft contact lenses Plastic Film Plastic Nets Plastic Pots, Tubs and Trays Polystyrene Pots and Pans Printers Pyrex Glass

Q

Quilts

R

Radios Raw or Cooked Fruit and Vegetables Raw or Cooked Meat and Fish Razor Blades Records Rubble and Hardcore Rugs

S

Scissors Scrap Metal Screen Wash Sewing Machines and Accessories Shampoo and Shower Gel Bottles Sharps Shellfish Shoes Shredded Paper Small Electrical Items Sofas / Settees Soil Spray foam insulation Stamps Stationery Suitcases Sunbeds

T

Tablet Blister Packs Tablets - Electrical Teabags and Coffee Grounds Telephone Directories Tetra Pak Food Cartons Textiles Thermometers Thinners Tights and Stockings Tiles - Ceramic Timber and Wood Tissues Tools Toothbrush Toothpaste Tubes Towels Toys and Games Trigger Spray Bottles TVs Twigs and Small Branches Tyres and Rims

U

Umbrella Underwear

V

Vapes Vegetable Oil Video Cassettes

W

Wallpaper Washing Machines and Dryers Watches Weeds Wet Wipes White Goods Window Glass Wine Bottles Wood Wool

Y

Yogurt Pot

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