What kind of recycling usually goes in a blue bin?

You should only use your blue recycling bin for: cardboard. cartons (fruit juice cartons, milk cartons, Tetra Pak) food tins and drinks cans.

What goes in blue lidded recycling bin?

Blue recycling bins and sacks

Empty aerosols (deodorant cans, furniture polish)
Food tins and drink cans.
Glass bottles and jars.
Paper and card (junk mail, magazines, newspapers, telephone directories, corrugated cardboard, cereal packets, shoe boxes)
Drink cartons (fruit juice, milk and soup cartons)

What can you not put in the blue recycle bin?

Do Not Put in Your Blue Bin

Dirty recyclables.
Ceramic dishes.
Drinking glasses.
Facial tissues.
Paper towels, napkins, paper plates, paper cups (food contaminates paper recycling)
Plastic utensils.
Metal paint cans.
Mirror or window glass.

Is the blue bin the recycling bin?

Your coloured household wheeled bins take different kinds of waste. your blue bin is for recyclable waste. your brown bin is for garden waste and food waste. your green or grey bin is for non-recyclable waste.

What goes in the blue bin UK?

Blue recycling bins are most commonly used in the UK to collect ‘dry’ recyclables, such as:

Paper.
Newspapers & magazines.
Cardboard.
Junk mail.
Telephone books & catalogues.
Cereal boxes (without the plastic liner)
Egg boxes.
Greeting cards.

Can black bags go in blue bin?

Items you can’t recycle We cannot collect the following items because they can spoil the rest of the load: Black sacks, carrier bags and other plastic packaging. Shredded paper.

What goes in the blue bin?

Items Accepted in the Blue Bin (Recycling)

Five Items That Always Go in Recycling.
Glass. Bottles, jars (lids on)
Rigid Plastics. Food jars, tubs (lids on)
Soft, Stretchy Plastics. Grocery/retail shopping bags.
Metal. Aluminum/steel food & beverage cans.
Paper*
Paper Containers.
Cardboard.

What goes in blue bin UK?

What goes into the blue bin?

What can go in my blue bin?

Paper and cardboard.
Plastic jugs and bottles.
Bags, packaging and food containers.
Food cans and foil.
Glass jars and bottles.

What happens to blue bin waste?

Your blue wheelie bin is for household items that can be recycled. Everything you currently recycle goes in here. Your blue bin will be collected every other week with your small green food waste bin.

Is blue plastic recyclable?

We all know that paper, glass, and plastic are bound for the blue recycling bin. All clean, dry paper, cardboard boxes, and chipboard have a home in the blue bins.

What is the use of blue bin?

In municipalities, Blue coloured bins are used for collecting materials that are recyclable. The recyclable materials include paper- newspaper, magazines, etc., cardboard, food tins, glass bottles and jars, plastic bottles, tetra pack packaging, etc.

What is the Ards and North Down Special Collection programme?

This programme benefits everyone as the charity is provided with additional stock for their Restore, Refurb and Recycle projects meaning Ards and North Down saves money from reduced waste disposal costs. If you do not wish to donate any of your collected items please inform the call handler when booking your special collection.

What happens to the materials in the blue bin?

Material collected in the blue bin and glass caddy is recycled into new products. This helps to reduce the demand for raw materials that are often environmentally damaging to obtain, leading to deforestation and mining pollution. Recycling companies also provide local employment and investment in Northern Ireland.

Are bins still being collected from my house?

Currently household collections of bins is continuing as planned. Changes to the bin collection rota may become necessary depending upon staff availability. Any changes to these service arrangements will be communicated via the council website, Facebook and Twitter.

Where can I find information about household recycling centres?

For information about Household Recycling Centres please visit www.ardsandnorthdown.gov.uk/HRCUpdates Which bin should I use?