You can now put glass recycling in your blue bin along with all your other recyclables - you don't need a black caddy.
Your blue wheelie bin is for household waste that can be recycled, and is emptied every two weeks on the same day as your green bin.
You can now put all your recycling inside your blue bin, please put items in clean and loose, not inside bags.
Please rinse residue from containers before popping them into your blue bin.
Yes please:
- all glass bottles and jars - please remove all lids
- food and drink cartons and Tetra Pak® such as fruit juice cartons - please flatten
- all plastic bottles such as from drinks, toiletries, cleaning products - please remove lids and put in loose
- plastic pots and tubs such as from yoghurt, margarine, ice cream
- plastic food trays and punnets for example, meat trays, fruit punnets
- chocolate and biscuit tins (plastic and metal)
- drinks cans and food tins
- empty aerosols
- clean aluminium food trays and foil - scrunched please
- card and corrugated cardboard - please flatten
- newspapers, magazines and brochures
- shredded paper
- catalogues and directories (including direct mail)
- envelopes - there is no need to tear out the window
- greetings cards and wrapping paper - please remove all tape and plastic
No thanks:
- drinking glasses
- window glass
- light bulbs
- microwave plates
- plastic bags for example, black sacks, carrier bags, bread wrappers, cereal bags
- plastic film for example, bubble wrap, magazine wrapping, lids from food trays
- crisp and biscuit packets, sweet wrappers
- polystyrene for example, packaging or takeaway food trays
- hard plastics for example, buckets, toys, coat hangers
- metal items for example, pans, baking trays, cutlery
- textiles for example, clothes, shoes, bedding
- food waste
- takeaway pizza boxes
- foil pouches for example, pet food, coffee
- medication foil pill packets
- tissues and wet wipes
- wallpaper
- nappies and general waste
Find out what to do with these types of waste
You no longer need to put glass into your black caddy for recycling.
You can keep your old caddy for your own use, or you can put your empty caddy out next to your blue bin and we will take it away to be recycled.
Too much recycling for your blue bin?
You can put extra recycling next to your blue bin on collection day.
Please make sure it won't blow away - please flatten and bundle up any cardboard and leave tucked behind the blue bin.
Extra loose recycling can be put out in a recyclable paper bag - please don't use plastic bags.
If you regularly have extra recycling ask us for an extra blue bin or hessian sack.
Small electrical items
Many small household electrical appliances can be recycled by leaving them on top of your blue bin - find out more here.
Common myth - recycling is a waste of time as it all goes to landfill or abroad
This isn’t true - your recycling makes a real difference. Recycling protects the environment and cuts disposal costs for council tax payers. We check and audit what happens to your recycling every year.
Most recyclable materials are processed here in the UK and some are sent abroad to be made into new products. Exported materials are shipped using boats that would otherwise be returning empty after delivering goods to the UK.
Even though this means recyclable materials are transported further, it's still a better environmental option than sending them to landfill or using raw materials to make new products.
See more recycling myth busters on the Derbyshire County Council website.