Kerbside Recycling Service

You can find out if your street has a red and blue box collection and the day it takes place by entering your postcode at GreenBoxDay.

You can order red and blue boxes, covers, bags and garden waste bins using our recycling box/bag or garden waste bins online form. Replacement box covers and recycling bags are also available from your local library or local neighbourhood office.

Items that you can recycle in the blue box

Container/Bag	Items accepted
Blue box	Glass bottles, glass jars, aluminium cans, food and drinks cans, empty aerosols and clean Aluminium foil
Blue bag	Newspapers, magazines, computer paper, unwanted mail, all directories
Textile bag	Clothes, towels, clean sheets and shoes (in pairs)
Small clear bag (e.g sandwich/freezer bag)	All types of household batteries
Items that you can recycle in the red box
Red box	Cardboard, cardboard food and drinks cartons (e.g. tetapak type cartons), cereal boxes and greeting cards
Large clear plastic bag	All types of clean plastic bottles. You can also put plastic bottles in the red box with the cardboard

The plastic bottle bag gives you more capacity to recycle using your red box but you can put your plastic bottles into the red box if that's easier for you.

For more information please download our how to recycle with the red and blue boxes guide. You can also find out what happens to your recycling after it is collected.

Make sure your box is out for collection on the kerbside by 8am on your collection day.

Find out how to get help putting out your boxes for collection - visit our assisted collection page.