Green recycling bin
Your green-lidded recycling bin is collected fortnightly. Please make sure it is at the boundary of your property by 7am on your collection day.
Please don't put food waste, garden waste, paint or disposable nappies in the green bin.
If you have excess recyclables please place these in carrier bags, clear or white bin liners or cardboard boxes beside your bin.
⚠ We cannot take recyclable items in black sacks.
What you can put in your green recycling bin
✔ Cardboard
All cardboard boxes
Cardboard packaging (including food packaging)
Cereal boxes
Corrugated card
Egg boxes
Greetings cards
Greyboard
Tissue boxes
✔ Cardboard cartons
All cardboard cartons
Juice cartons
Liquid food cartons
Milk cartons
Tetrapak cartons
✔ Glass
All glass bottles and jars
Beer/spirit/wine bottles
Baby food jars
Cook-in sauce jars
Jam jars
Perfume bottles
✔ Metal cans and tins
Aluminium takeaway containers
Biscuit and sweet tins
Drinks cans
Foil
Food tins (including pet food)
Tin lids
✔ Paper
Books
Brochures
Catalogues
Envelopes (with and without windows)
Junk mail
Kitchen paper/tissues
Magazines
Newspapers
Office paper (white and coloured)
Paper packaging
Shredded paper
Wrapping paper
Yellow Pages & directories
✔ Plastic bags and low-density polyethylene (LDPE) film
Bags and low-density polyethylene (LDPE) film which is sometimes marked with a number 4. Such as:
Plastic carrier bags
Plastic sacks (not black)
Plastic wrappers from bakery goods
Plastic breakfast cereal liners
Plastic toilet roll wrappers
Plastic bags from fruit and vegetable
Plastic bread bags
Plastic freezer bags
✔ Plastic bottles
All plastic bottles including:
Bottle tops
Cleaning product bottles
Fabric conditioner and other cleansing product bottles
Milk bottles
Shampoo and other toiletry bottles
Soft drink bottles
✔ Plastic food containers
Ice cream containers
Margarine/butter tubs
Meat trays
Party platters
Plastic cups
Plastic sandwich packs
Plastic takeaway food containers
Plastic tubs
Ready meal food trays
Yoghurt pots
✔ Plastic - other types of plastic
CD and DVD cases
What you cannot put in your green recycling bin
Not sure what to do with something? You can find out if you can recycle it.
✖ Electrical/electronic items
Batteries
DVD/VCR players
Electric shavers
Electric toothbrushes
Hairdryers/hair straighteners/curlers
Irons
Kettles/toasters/other kitchen appliances
Light bulbs
TVs
What you can do
If your item can be recycled, and it's still in working condition, you might choose to donate it instead.
Can't sell or donate your item? For small electrical items you can visit one of the drop off points at:
• Saffron Walden Library
• Dunmow Library
You can also take these to your nearest recycling centre or for larger items you can book a bulky household waste collection.
✖ Glass that is not bottles and jars
Drinking glasses/vases
Mirror glass
Plate glass
Pyrex bowls/jugs etc
Window/windscreen glass
What you can do
Put in your grey waste bin. Please wrap any glass in paper or a double bag.
✖ Scrap metal
Car parts
Ironing boards
Scrap metal
What you can do
You can take these to your nearest recycling centre.
✖ Paper
Jiffy bags
Wallpaper
What you can do
Put in your grey waste bin.
✖ Plastic - hard plastics
Toys
Washing up bowls
What you can do
You can take these to your nearest recycling centre.
✖ Plastic - other plastics
Polystyrene
Cups
Packaging
Trays
Bubble wrap
Plastic film/cling film
What you can do
Put in your grey waste bin.
✖ Sanitary waste
Disposable nappies
Incontinence waste
Sanitary waste
What you can do
Put in your grey waste bin.
✖ Textiles and shoes
Bed linens
Clothes
Curtains
Duvets
Pillows
Shoes
Sleeping bags
What you can do
Take these to your nearest recycling centre.