Recycling item list
What goes in your green recycling bin?
Items placed in your green recycling bin must be empty, clean and loose. Do not put any items in plastic bags before placing it in your recycling bin. If in doubt about any items, please put them in your general waste bin.
The items which can be recycled at our current Veolia recycling centre will differ from other boroughs and cities. This means that universal recycling icons on packaging may not always be relevant. Please check the list below for items we can and cannot recycle.
Putting the wrong items in your green bin can cause lorry loads of recycling waste to be rejected and sent to the general waste incinerator instead. Find out more about this on our recycling contamination webpage.
Yes please, these are items we can recycle
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Mixed paper & card (dry and flattened where possible)
Cardboard – cereal boxes, egg boxes, other cardboard packaging (remove tape), toilet rolls
Catalogues, brochures, telephone directories
Greetings cards (no glitter)
Newspapers and magazines
Paper – junk mail, envelopes (includes window envelopes but not padded envelopes), brown paper and writing paper (not shredded, or ripped up paper smaller than a receipt)
Wrapping paper (no glitter or shiny paper. Do the crumple test: scrunch it into a ball and if it maintains the crumpled shape, it's recyclable).
Food tins & drink cans (empty and clean)
Aerosol cans
Cans and tins - food and drink
Cartons (not Tetra Pak foil lined cartons)
Large tins (not large metal sweet tins)
Plastics (empty and clean. Please remove lids, squash the bottle and replace lid)
Plastic bottles including lids – milk, water, soft drinks, laundry and household cleaning bottles (not spray bottle tops), beauty product bottles
Plastic tubs and pots – clean yoghurt pots and margarine tubs
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No thanks, we can't recycle these items
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Bagged waste – please leave your recycling items loose in the bin
Batteries – please put in a plastic bag on top of your waste bin on collection day (not including car batteries or industrial batteries)
Cardboard/ plastic takeaway packaging (due to food residue)
Cling film
Crisp packets
Foil
Food and drink waste - tea bags, egg shells, plate scrapings etc
Fruit punnet packaging
Garden waste – Grass cuttings, hedge trimmings etc will need to go in your brown bin - Sign up for brown bin garden waste collections
Glass – please put clean glass and jars in your glass collections box
Large metal biscuit/ sweet tins
Light bulbs
Mirrors
Nappies
Paper Tissue
Pet food pouches
Plastic carrier bags, bin liners
Plastic trays
Polystyrene
Pyrex
Shredded paper
Spray bottle tops/triggers
Sticky labels
Tetra Pak packaging (Waxy outer with foil lined inner) - juice and milk cartons
Textiles
Vapes
Wallpaper
Additional recycling bins
Households that produce an exceptional amount of recyclables can request additional green recycling and glass boxes at the discretion of Gedling Borough Council free of charge by filling out the online form. See the waste and recyling policy for more information.
Find out when your next bin or glass collection day is.
Visit the Nottinghamshire County Council website for more information on how other items should be disposed of, along with details on Calverton Recycle Centre.