What goes in your bins in the Craven area?

Green bins and black sacks

Use your green bin or black sack for general household waste that cannot be recycled or composted.

We cannot take:  

• batteries and vapes
• building materials
• soil and rubble
• clinical waste
• asbestos
• large bulky items like furniture
• electrical items
• toxic or hazardous waste like car batteries, motor oil, paint or corrosive materials

Batteries

Please do not place used, dead batteries in the rubbish bin or recycling as these can be crushed or punctured when the waste is collected and processed. Some battery types can ignite or explode when they are damaged and can then set fire to other materials in your waste bin.

Batteries should be recycled safely at one of the Household Waste Recycling Centres or find your local battery recycling point on the Take Charge website.

Ash and dust

• hot ashes from a fire can go in the green bin once cooled and must be bagged
• sawdust and dust can go in the green bin and must be bagged

Large items like furniture can be collected using our bulky waste collection service. There is a charge for this. Book a bulky waste collection.

Blue bins and clear sacks

Use your blue bin or clear sack for recycling. We recycle four main types of waste:

1. glass bottles and jars
2. paper, cardboard and cartons
3. food tins, drink cans, aerosols (spray cans) and foil
4. plastic bottles, tubs, pots and trays

All items for recycling should be loose (not bagged), clean and dry.

We can’t accept clothing and textiles for recycling. These should be taken to charity shops or recycling banks.

We are unable to accept food waste. 

Waste we can’t accept is called contaminated waste. It’s important not to put this into your bin, as we won’t take it away. If we find contaminated waste in your bin, we will put a tag on your bin to let you know. You should remove the contaminated waste and put the bin out on the next collection date.

You can take rubbish we don’t accept to your local household waste recycling centre.

Glass bottles and jars

We accept all general glass bottles and jars. Please rinse out all glass and jars before putting them in the bin. We can’t accept:

• pottery or ceramics
• window glass
• light bulbs
• Pyrex and glass cookware
• spectacles

Paper and cardboard

We accept most general clean and dry cardboard and paper waste. Please flatten cardboard packaging before putting it in the bin. If it’s too big to fit, you will need to cut it up first. Make sure there is no food waste on any cardboard placed in the bag.

We will accept:

• newspapers and magazines
• catalogues, brochures, directories and junk mail
• envelopes with or without windows
• greetings cards (without glitter)
• wrapping paper, but not the foil or plastic type
• general cardboard packaging
• cereal boxes
• egg boxes
• kitchen and toilet roll tubes

We will not accept:

• hardback books
• wallpaper
• jiffy bags and plastic padded envelopes
• takeaway coffee cups
• wet cardboard
• cardboard packaging larger than 120 centimetres by 60 centimetres – cut it up first
• takeaway containers and pizza boxes
• kitchen roll and tissues
• nappies

Cartons

We will accept:

• milk and juice cartons
• fabric conditioner cartons
• food and soup cartons

Food tins, drink cans, aerosols (spray cans) and foil

We accept most general household metal packaging. Please rinse food cans before putting them in the bins. You don’t need to remove the label.

We will accept:

• food tins
• drink cans
• aerosol and spray cans
• sweet or biscuit tins
• all metal tin and can lids
• foil containers and trays
• clean aluminium foil

We will not accept:

• crisp packets
• pots and pans
• paint tins
• cutlery

Plastic bottles, tubs, pots and trays

We will accept:

• plastic bottles and tops
• milk, juice and water bottles
• shampoo or conditioner bottles
• washing up liquid bottles
• detergent and fabric conditioner bottles
• toiletry and cosmetic bottles
• cleaning product and bleach bottles
• ready meal trays, washed and film removed
• yogurt and jelly pots
• margarine and ice cream tubs
• fruit and veg punnet or containers
• cream, custard, soup and sauce pots

We will not accept:

• black sacks, plastic bin bags or carrier bags
• black plastic
• black bagged waste
• polystyrene
• cling film or plastic wrap
• food wrappers like biscuit wrappers, crisp packets or tubes
• breakfast cereal plastic inner bags
• crisp packets
• rigid plastic such as Tupperware, children's toys and Lego

Brown bins

We will accept:

• grass cuttings
• tree and hedge clippings
• plants and weeds
• leaves, twigs and bark
• cut flowers and houseplants

We will not accept:

• large branches
• wood
• soil or stones
• rubble and building waste
• turf
• peelings and food / vegetable waste
• ash
• sawdust
• pet bedding
• cat and dog waste
• paper / cardboard
• compostable or biodegradable bags and coffee cups
• other household waste