Recycle more in the kitchen
We are very good at recycling our cans, plastic drink bottles,
glass bottles, paper and cardboard.
Below is a list of other less frequently recycled items you
may find in your kitchen that can also be recycled at home.
 Beverage cartons from milk, juice and soup.
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Food tins and large sweet and biscuit tins.
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Milk and yogurt bottles. (Tubs may be accepted, please
check with your local contractor.)
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Detergent and washing up liquid bottles.
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Tissue boxes.
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Soap dispenser bottles.
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Sauce and jam jars.
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Vinegar and oil bottles.
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Plastic disinfectant bottles.
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Window cleaner bottles.
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Polish aerosols.
WHEN RECYCLING, REMEMBER 3 THINGS:
Compost tips
! Recycle all food waste, vegetable and fruit peelings by wrapping them in old
newspapers before placing them in your compost bin for collection.
A healthy compost bin shouldn’t smell. Healthy compost smells like soil. If your compost is
smelly, that's a sign that it needs more air.
DO COMPOST
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All your vegetable and
DON'T COMPOST
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fruit wastes, (including
such as bones, fat,
rinds and cores) even if
gristle, skin, etc.
they are moldy and ugly
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Fish or fish waste
Old bread, donuts,
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Dairy products, such as
cookies, crackers, pizza
cheese, butter, cottage
crust, noodles: anything
cheese, yogurt, cream
made out of flour!
cheese, sour cream,
Grains (cooked or
etc.
uncooked): rice, barley,
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Coffee grounds, tea
bags, filters
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Grease and oils of any
kind
you name it
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Meat or meat waste,
Why can't you compost
these food wastes?
Fruit or vegetable pulp
from juicing
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Old spices
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Outdated boxed foods
otherwise nutrient-rich
from the pantry
structure of other food
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Egg shells (crush well)
and vegetation waste
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Corn cobs and husks
(cobs breakdown very
They inbalance the
and breakdown slowly
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They attract rodents and
other scavenging
slowly)
animals
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Meat attracts maggots
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Your compost bin will
smell!