What do I put in my different bins?

Wheelie bins

Grey Food Waste Bin

Your grey food waste bin is for:

  • Meat and fish
  • Cooked bones (meat and fish)
  • Dairy products including eggs, egg shells, butter and cheese
  • Raw and cooked vegetables and fruit
  • Bread, cakes and pastries
  • Rice, pasta and beans
  • Uneaten food from your plates and dishes
  • Tea and coffee grounds
  • Cat and dog food

You cannot put the following in your food waste bin:

  • Plastic bags and packaging of any sort
  • Polystyrene
  • Liquids
  • Any oil and fat (including solid fats such as lard)
  • Animal faeces
  • Cardboard
  • Nappies
  • Pet litter
  • Animal bedding
  • Tetra Pak containers
  • Uncooked bones

You can wrap your food waste in newspaper or you can purchase compostable bags from local shops. Compostable bags must carry the compostable logo. You cannot use plastic or biodegradable bags that aren't compostable to put your food waste in.

 

Compostable Bags are available from the following local shops:

  • Morrisons – Cribbs Causeway & Yate
  • MS-2 Store – 75 Quakers Road, Downend
  • MS-2 Store - 82 Firgrove Crescent, Yate
  • Sainsbury’s – Kingswood & Stoke Gifford
  • Pound Road Stores - Kingswood
  • Harvest Store – Wotton-Under-Edge
  • Bristol Bin Cleaning Co Ltd. - web-site address: www.cleaner-bins.com - Tel no: 07815 314161 or 01179 314161 - Bradley Stoke
  • Wilkinsons - Kingswood
  • South Gloucestershire Composting Website - http://www.southglocs.getcomposting.com/Shop/Accessories.html
  • Hawkins, High Street, Thornbury
  • Walkers News, Shortwood Road, Pucklechurch
  • Glevum Paper Liners (www.glevumpaperliners.co.uk) for both compostable and paper liners
  • Greens Newsagents, Beesmoor Road, Frampton Cotterell
  • HRD Hardware, 20 Westcourt Drive, Oldland Comon
  • Hulbert, Fruit & Veg, 3 Greenhill Parade, Alveston.

Green Wheeled Bin

Your green bin is for:

  • Grass cuttings and garden trimmings, weeds, prunings, twigs and leaves (Please note that any branch or twig must be no more than 4 inches (10 cm) in diameter and must be cut to fit inside the bin)
  • Garden or house plants with as much soil as possible shaken off
  • Rabbit, guinea pig and rodent bedding but not for cat or dog litter or bird cage linings
  • A small quantity of shredded paper provided it is wrapped in newspaper (no plastic bags or bin liners)

Please do not put the following in your green wheeled bin:

  • Cardboard (this is collected separately so that it can be recycled rather than composted)
  • Greetings cards
  • Turf or soil
  • Invasive weeds

We cannot empty your green bin if you have put non compostable items in, such as plastic bags and bin liners, or food waste and cardboard which are collected separately. Our crews check the bins for contamination each time they empty them.

We will not collect extra material left next to the bin, but an additional green bin can be purchased for £37.50. Please contact the Corporate Contact Centre for details.

Green recycling box

Your green recycling box is for:

  • Glass bottles and jars (please rinse)
  • Food and drink cans (please rinse)
  • Empty aerosol cans (remove tops)
  • Aluminium foil (squash clean foil into a bag)
  • Clothes and textiles (please keep dry in a bag)
  • Shoes (tied together in a bag)
  • Car batteries (leave next to the box)
  • Household batteries (in the polythene battery bag provided or a clear plastic bag)
  • Engine oil (in a sealed container (1 gallon max) next to the box)
  • Newspapers and magazines (if you do not use your green bag)
  • All envelopes (plastic inserts removed)

Please try and keep items sorted in your box and if you use carrier bags to keep items separate. Please don't tie the handles.  

Black wheeled bin

Your black bin is for:

  • Any rubbish from your household that cannot be recycled.

Side Waste

We will not empty black or green bins with the lids up or collect any rubbish left by the side of the bin.

General information about bins and boxes

Please:

  • Ensure your bins and recycling are out by 7.00am on your collection day with the lid closed
  • Please place your bins and recycling containers at the edge of your property next to the adopted highway for collection
  • Do not put items in your bin which may damage the bin or collection vehicle, eg hot ashes, bricks, rubble, oil, paint, large pieces of wood or metal
  • Do not put very heavy items in your bin, for safety reasons the collection vehicles cannot lift bins weighing more than 50kg