Residents in the Hambleton area may have up to 4 waste containers:
- Black bin - refuse and general waste
- Green bin - garden waste
- Blue bin - recycling
- Blue box – glass recycling
Bins must be available by 6am on collection day
Please do not tie anything to bins as this could get caught on the lifting mechanism.
Black bin - refuse and general waste
We will accept:
- non recyclables
- dust and ash bagged securely
- hard plastics
- food waste
- polystyrene plastic
- pet bedding
- bagged dog andpet waste
- bagged nappies
- wet soiled paper
We will not accept:
- recyclable items
- paint tins
- rubble
- soil or turf
- tiles
- tarmac
- concrete
- bricks
- construction materials
- loose dust and ash
Green bin - garden waste
We will accept:
- grass cuttings
- hedge clippings
- small pet bedding (not newspaper)
- garden fruit windfall
- moss
- leaves
- plants and weeds
- bark
- real trees, chopped up
We will not accept:
- ash
- all plastic bags, including any labelled as compostable or biodegradable
- cardboard and paper
- cat and dog waste
- food waste
- fruit and veg peelings
- household rubbish
- pumpkins
- plant pots
- stone, soil, turf and compost
- treated wood or bark
Blue bin for recycling
We will accept:
- aerosols
- biscuit and chocolate tins
- cardboard
- egg boxes
- cardboard tubes - toilet and kitchen roll
- cartons - food, drink and similar containers, rinsed
- envelopes (including windowed)
- foil and aluminium food trays, rinsed
- food packaging card
- greetings cards (remove glitter and decorations)
- junk mail and catalogues
- newspapers and magazines
- office paper
- other paper, including clean paper bags
- pet food tins, rinsed
- plastic bottles, including trigger spray bottles and roller ball bottles, cleaned
- food pots, trays and containers
- yogurt pots margarine tubs, all colours except black.
- shredded paper, contained in a cardboard box such as a cereal box
- steel and aluminium food and drink cans
- telephone directories, Yellow Pages and similar
We will not accept:
- batteries
- black plastic trays
- black sacks, empty or full
- bubble wrap
- car products
- card and aluminium takeaway container lids
- compostable or biodegradable plastic packaging
- corks
- corrugated plastic sheeting
- crisp packets
- DIY products
- domestic and commercial oil cans
- domestic insecticide containers
- electrical and electronic items
- foil laminate pouches - including pet food and drinks
- food waste
- glue containers
- hardback books
- light bulbs
- metal paint tins
- nappies
- oil cans
- paint aerosols
- plastic carrier bags
- plastic packaging films and cling film - biscuit wrappers and crisp packets
- plastic plant and paint pots
- polystyrene cups, polystyrene cups pizza trays and polystyrene cups packaging materials
- small UHT milk cartons and coffee pods
- takeaway pizza boxes and drink cups
- textiles and clothing
- toys, videotapes, CDs and DVDs
- tubular steel - camping chair legs etc
- used kitchen roll or tissues
- wallpaper and photographs
- washing up bowls, cutlery and drainer trays
Blue box – glass recycling
We will accept:
- glass jars, lids off
- glass bottles, lids off and no corks
Metal lids can be placed in your blue lidded bin.
We will not accept:
- drinking glasses
- Pyrex and other glass and ceramic cookware
- window glass
- spectacles