Residents in the Scarborough area have up to three waste containers:
- Blue bins for recycling
- Brown bins for garden waste
- Green bins for non-recyclable household rubbish
Blue bins for recycling
We will accept:
- paper and shredded paper
- glass jars and bottles
- card and cardboard
- plastic bottles and lids
- clean yoghurt pots
- clean margarine or butter tubs
- large plastic ice cream tubs
- plastic fruit punnets and food trays
- clean plastic ready-meal trays
- plastic washing tablet containers
- food and drink cans
- empty aerosols
- cartons, such as juice cartons and milk cartons
To find out about plastic resin codes, which are featured on items as a chasing arrows symbol surrounding a number, and which ones you can recycle at the kerbside visit our plastic recycling page.
We will not accept:
- Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) like face masks or gloves
- food waste
- plastic carrier bags
- black bin bags
- nappies
- polystyrene
- cling film and plastic film
- medicine blister packs
- DVD or CD cases
- coat hangers
- children's toys
- garden furniture
Brown bins for garden waste
We will accept:
- grass cuttings
- leaves
- shrubs
- weeds and bedding plants
- hedge trimmings and prunings less than five centimetres in diameter
We will not accept:
- rubble
- soil
- fruit and veg peelings
- food waste
- wood
Green bins for non-recyclable household rubbish
Use the green bin for non-recyclable household rubbish.
If you don't have a green bin and use sacks, you may use up to four green sacks per collection.
We cannot collect items such as tyres, rubble, tiles, carpets, soil and other DIY waste.