USE YOUR
USE YOUR
USE YOUR
Brown Bin
Blue Bin
Green Bin
TO COMPOST
TO RECYCLE
FOR WASTE
GARDEN
WASTE
FOOD AND
DRINK CANS
CARDBOARD
Cereal boxes
Aluminium and steel
FOOD WASTE
Place all food waste including
sauces and out of date food
in a corn starch caddy liner
or wrap in newspaper before
putting in the brown bin.
Please remove any
packaging first.
Packaging
cans
Large empty tins, for
example, biscuit tins
Corrugated cardboard
Egg boxes
Greetings cards
Aerosols (ensure
NO THANK YOU
they are empty)
Nappies
Aluminium foil
Foil food trays
Hard plastic items
including children’s toys
and plant pots
Sweet wrappers
Dog, cat and horse waste
- place in green bin
Soil and rubble - take
to HWRS
GLASS BOTTLES
AND JARS
Ash - place in green bin
Wood - take to HWRS
NO THANK YOU
Plastic film and
cling film
Cardboard - place in
blue bin
Polystyrene - place in
green bin
ONLY Use your
green bin for
anything
that cannot
be reused,
recycled or
composted
Plastic
bottles, pots,
tubs and trays
Including lids
Crisp packets
Plastic food bags such as
frozen food bags, bread
bags and vegetable bags
Polystyrene
Ash
NO THANK YOU
Yoghurt pots
Bubble wrap
Margarine tubs
Food trays
Do you need a caddy?
Plastic bottles
If you need a new caddy please visit www.eastriding.gov.uk/bins
Fruit and vegetable
punnets
Need FREE Caddy liners?
Replacement corn starch caddy liners can be collected at any HWRS, library, mobile library,
customer service centre or leisure centre (excluding East Riding Leisure South Holderness).
Please do not use carrier bags AS caddy liners.
PAPER
Household Waste Recycling Sites (HWRS)
There are ten Household Waste Recycling sites in the East Riding of Yorkshire where a wide range of items
can be recycled including electrical items, textiles and excess garden waste. For a full list of items
and locations please visit www.eastriding.gov.uk/bins
More Information?
Scan with your smartphone to see a full list of items that can go in your bins or
visit: www.eastriding.gov.uk/bins email: wastewatchers@eastriding.gov.uk or
telephone: (01482) 395586
CARTONS
Soup cartons (rinsed)
Fruit juice cartons
Milk cartons
All paper including
wrapping paper, envelopes
and junk mail (remove
plastic wrapping).
Shredded paper can be
wrapped in newspaper.
Hard plastic items including
children’s toys and plant pots
- place in green bin
Food waste - place in
brown bin
Nappies - place in green bin
Clothes, shoes and textiles
- take to charity shop, textile
banks or HWRS
Polystyrene - place in
green bin
Plastic film - place in
green bin
Bread and food bags
- place in green bin
Carpets and rugs - take to
HWRS
Please Do not place recycling in black bin bags,
place items loose in the bin.
Food waste - place in
brown bin
Anything that can be placed
in your blue or brown bin
Soil and rubble - take
to HWRS
Garden waste - put in
brown bin
Electrical items - take to
HWRS
Batteries - take to HWRS
Light bulbs - take to HWRS
Carpets and rugs - take to
HWRS
How to reduce your waste tips
Reduce the amount of food waste you are producing by planning meals, using leftovers in recipes and
storing food correctly. Tips on reducing food waste are available on our website at
www.eastriding.gov.uk/reduceandreuse
Any remaining food waste should be placed in your brown bin to be composted.
Good quality clothes, shoes, books and toys can be taken to a charity shop or placed in a charity bank to
be reused.
Reusable items taken to any of the HWRS will now be available for sale at the brand new reuse shop at
Humberfield HWRS. A percentage of the shop’s profits will be donated to local charities.
Make sure you’re recycling everything you can in your blue bin - don’t forget items from the bathroom
such as toilet roll tubes, shampoo bottles, empty cleaning product bottles and empty aerosol cans.
If you have a small blue bin and would like a larger one visit www.eastriding.gov.uk/bins. You can also
request an additional blue bin if required.
Please place all waste inside the green bin for collection,
waste left at the side of the bin will not be collected.