What can be recycled?

WE CAN RECYCLE:

• Glass bottles such as wine bottles
• jam jars
• sauce and spice bottles
• plain drinking glasses

Jars must be clean inside, but replace lids, if possible. It does not matter if they have labels on them.

WE CANNOT RECYCLE:

• Cups and saucers
• oven ware
• ceramic ware
• mirror glass
• fluorescent tubes
• light bulbs
• windscreens
• car lights
• window panes
• laboratory glass
• wire reinforced glass

Light bulbs etc can be deposited in bins outside various supermarkets/hardware stores.

WE CAN RECYCLE:

• Beverage cans, such as cool drink and beer cans. These can be crushed if preferred or left as they are for collection.
• Food cans can also be collected but they need to be clean. Labels do not need to be removed.
  
• Aerosol cans.
  
• Paint cans.

WE CAN RECYCLE:

• White paper:  Includes computer printouts, white printer paper or writing paper, pastel coloured paper.
  
  We also offer a confidential document shredding service.
  
  
• Other paper products: 
  • Newspapers,
  • phone books,
  • magazines,
  • books,
  • deep toned paper,
  • catalogues,
  • mechanical paper,
  • wrapping paper,
  • envelopes (without windows),
  • cores from paper towels and toilet rolls, and
  • packaging such as cereal boxes.
    
    (Please no used tissues and paper towels for hygiene reasons).
    
    
• Cardboard: Includes all cardboard boxes or cartons,printed or unprinted, egg boxes, toilet roll inners etc.
  
  
• Tetrapaks: Long life fruit juice and milk cartons (can just be drained).

WE CANNOT RECYCLE:

• Wet strength paper
• Plasticized paper, laminated paper
• Photographs and overheads
• Waxed and grease proof paper
• Wax coated boxes or cartons such as banana boxes
• Photocopy ream wrap
• Lever arch files
• Potato pockets/bags & dog food bags lined with plastic or wax coated (except as bags for your recycling)
• Carbon paper
• Self adhesive paper e.g. Post-it notes
• Adhesive Tape
• Used tissues and serviettes for hygienic reasons

WE CAN RECYCLE:

• Plastic containers such as cool drink and water bottles, cleaning product bottles, milk bottles, yoghurt pots
• Soft plastic bags and packaging
  
• Cling wrap, pallet wrap and bubble wrap
• Plastic items such as garden chairs and buckets. Some trays used to package fruit and vegetables

WE CANNOT RECYCLE:

• Black polystyrene trays
• White polystyrene
• Plastic trays made from PET (marked with '1' in the triangle)
• Plastic contaminated with oil, paint or glue, or plastic bonded with paper such as laminated paper
• Plastic items containing metal parts (like screws) which cannot easily be removed
• Chip packets, tea bag wrap and many biscuit wrappers

Please do not give us any white or black polystyrene. Where possible, please also keep the containers/trays made from no.1 plastic (PET) out of your recycling.

• Electronic Waste: Any broken electrical equipment such as irons, microwaves, washing machines or computer equipment for recycling of the plastic and metal components
  
• Aluminium foil, e.g. Pie plates, some yoghurt seals, foil food wrap
• Any craft materials such as wool, cotton, material scraps, beads, greeting cards, etc. also for the Motherwell Buyback Centre ladies to make items for sale
  
• Used cooking oil for manufacturing bio fuel.  (Please put in a screw top, plastic bottle any size and ensure it is closed tightly as a leak will contaminate the rest of your recycling)
• Old X-Rays