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Grey household bin

Remove the plastic insert and put the cardboard in your blue recycling bin.

Blue recycling bin

Blue recycling bin, Recycling sites

Put in your grey household bin or take to the Recycling Village.

Take to the Recycling village.

If it is still working, you can donate it to a local charity.

If it is electric, take it to the Recycling village.

If it is not electrical, put in your grey household bin.

Hay, straw and sawdust - put in your grey household bin.

Pet blankets, towels and fabric beds - take to a recycling site which has a textile bank.

Put in your grey household bin.

Solid metal barbeques - take to the Recycling village.

Disposable barbeques - put in your grey household bin.

Plastic shampoo, bubble bath and moisturiser bottles - put in your blue recycling bin or take to one of our recycling sites.

You should rinse these out before you recycle them.

Razors, cotton buds, cotton wool and toothpaste tubes - put in your grey household bin.

If you are having a new bathroom professionally installed, the contractor should remove your old suite free of charge. This type of waste includes baths, sinks and toilets.

If you don't have a contractor you can take the suite to the Recycling village or you can arrange for a Council house and garden clearance or a bulky waste collection.

If these are in good condition, donate to a local charity shop, or recycle at one of our recycling sites with a textiles bank.

If the towel is in poor condition, put it in your grey household bin.

If they are in good condition, donate to a local charity.

Or take them to one of our recycling sites with a textile bank or the Recycling village.

Take these to the Recycling village or arrange a bulky waste collection.

If it is in good condition, donate to a local charity.

If it is broken, take to the Recycling village.

Cards with glitter, glue, metallic or 3D decoration - put in your grey household bin.

Plain birthday cards - put in your blue recycling bin.

Put in your blue recycling bin or take to one of our recycling sites.

Put in your grey household bin.

Put in your grey household bin.

Wrap carefully and put in your grey household bin.

Put in your grey household bin.

If they are in good condition, donate to a local charity.

Or take them to one of our recycling sites.

Put in your blue recycling bin, or take to one of our recycling sites.

You should rinse these out before you recycle them.

Remove them from the plastic bottle and put in your blue recycling bin.

Take to the Recycling village or arrange a house and garden clearance.

Put in the inner caddy of your blue recycling bin, or take to one of our recycling sites with a paper bank.

Ask your family or friends if they could use any unwanted cables or recycle through Universal Recycling by phoning 0800 294 2901.

These cannot be put in any of your bins.

Put in your grey household bin.

If the cylinder is leaking, contact the manufacturer.

Put in your blue recycling bin or take to one of our recycling sites.

You should rinse these out before you recycle them.

Put in your blue recycling bin.

If you have lots of cardboard items, take them to one of our recycling sites or the Recycling village.

Cardboard that has food or grease on it cannot be recycled and should be put in your grey household bin.

Take to the Recycling village or arrange a bulky waste collection.

Put these in your grey household bin.

Plastic bags cannot go in your blue or green bin as this can cause problems at the sorting facility.

Put in your blue recycling bin or take to one of our recycling sites.

You should rinse these out before you recycle them.

Put in the inner caddy of your blue recycling bin.

If they are in good condition, donate to a local charity.

Or wrap carefully and put in your grey household bin.

Take to the Recycling village and put in the wood container.

The staff can help you with this.

This includes adult nappies, sanitary products, soiled dressings and bandages, or any item that may be soiled by blood or bodily fluids.

Wrap carefully and put in your grey household bin.

Donate to a local charity or take to one of our recycling sites or the Recycling village.

If you can't access these, put in your grey household bin.

Donate to a local charity or put in your grey household bin.

Some supermarkets will recycle coat hangers.

Put in your compost bin or your grey household bin.

Take to the electrical goods area at the Recycling village or arrange a bulky waste collection.

Put in your grey household bin or use a specialist company.

Take to the Recycling village or arrange a bulky waste collection.

Once cool, place in a sealed plastic bag and take to the Recycling village.

Do not put in any bin.

If in good condition, donate to a local charity.

Or wrap carefully and put in your grey household bin.

If in good condition, donate to a local charity.

If not, take to one of our recycling sites with a textile bank.

Put in your grey household bin as a last resort.

If in good condition, donate to a local charity.

Or put in your grey household bin.

Put the cardboard boxes and plastic bottles in your blue recycling bin.

Put in the inner caddy of your blue recycling bin or take to one of our recycling sites.

Arrange a bulky waste collection or a house and garden clearance.

Do not put any of these items in any of your bins.

Wrap carefully and put in your grey household bin.

If in good condition, donate to a local charity.

Or take to the Recycling village or one of our recycling sites with a book and media bank.

Put in your grey household bin as a last resort.

Cardboard egg boxes - remove leftover food and put in your blue recycling bin.

Plastic egg boxes - put in your grey household bin.

Put in your compost bin or your grey household bin.

Take to the Recycling village.

Take to the Recycling village or arrange a bulky waste collection.

Make sure the oil is in its original container and take to the Recycling village.

The staff can help you with this.

Padded and jiffy envelopes - can either be reused or put in your grey household bin.

Other envelopes - put in the inner caddy of your blue recycling bin.

Donate to a local charity or take to one of our recycling sites with a textile bank.

Or take to the Recycling village.

Take to the Recycling village.

The staff can help you with this.

Wrap used fireworks carefully and put in your grey household bin.

Contact the supplier to collect.

Do not put in any of your bins.

These cannot be put in any of your bins.

You should contact the supplier you bought them from to see if they will take them back.

This may not be possible if you bought them online, so you should bear this in mind before you buy them.

Put in your grey household bin.

Put in your green garden bin or compost bin.

Or take to the Recycling village.

Take to the Recycling village.

Staff remove the hazardous mercury so the metal and plastic can be recycled.

Put in your blue recycling bin or take to one of our recycling sites.

You should rinse these out before you recycle them.

Put in your blue recycling bin or take to one of our recycling sites.

You should rinse these out before you recycle them.

Put in your grey household bin.

Some food can be put in a compost bin.

If it is in good condition, donate to a local charity or sell them through ads or classifieds.

If not, take to the Recycling village or arrange a bulky waste collection.

Put in your blue recycling bin or take to the Recycling village.

You should rinse these out before you recycle them.

If it is in good condition, donate to a local charity or sell them through ads or classifieds.

If not, take to the Recycling village or arrange a bulky waste collection.

Please do not leave these items in back lanes. Fly tipping is illegal and causes the Council problems.

Put in your compost bin or your green garden bin.

See a list of what you can put in your green bin.

Gas cylinders remain the property of the issuing company.

Please return them to the address shown on the label.

Camping gas and helium bottles can disposed of at the Recycling village.

Put in your grey household bin or take to the Recycling village.

Glass bottles and jars - rinse and put in your blue recycling bin. Remove corks, metal lids or plastic tops before recycling.

Window panes, mirrors, photo frames, light bulbs, ceramics and glass ovenware - wrap carefully and put in your grey household bin.

Broken glass - wrap carefully and put in your grey household bin.

Many high street opticians will take back unwanted glasses for re-use in developing countries.

If not, put in your grey household bin.

Put in your grey household bin.

Put in your green garden bin or take to the Recycling village.

Unwanted hearing aids can be sent to the Hearing Aid Appeal, run by Help the Aged. The hearing aids are tested and cleaned and sent to India.

Send to: Hearing Aid Appeal, Help the Aged, FREEPOST LON 13616, London, EC18 1PS or visit:

Put in your green garden bin or take to the Recycling village.

Remove the hard plastic casing and put in your blue recycling bin.

The plastic casing can be taken to the plastics container at the Recycling village.

Every pharmacy in South Tyneside now has a specially labelled inhaler bin on display.

Many patients can make an even bigger difference by switching to eco-friendly dry powder inhalers for most of their needs.

While one blue inhaler makes the same climate change impact as driving from South Shields to Liverpool, a dry powder inhaler is equivalent to driving from Shields to Jarrow.

Take to the general waste skips at the Recycling village.

If you suspect that you have Japanese knotweed on your property you should take care not to allow it to spread.

Japanese knotweed should not be put in any of your bins.

Put in the inner caddy of your blue recycling bin or take to one of our recycling sites with a paper bank.

Take to the laminate wood container at the Recycling village or arrange a house and garden clearance.

Electric and manual lawnmowers - take to the Recycling village or arrange a bulky waste collection.

Petrol lawnmowers can only be accepted if the tank is empty/fully drained. We do not accept petrol as it is hazardous.

Put in your compost bin or your green garden bin.

Do not place leaves in plastic bags in your green garden bin.

If in good condition, donate to a local charity.

If not, take to one of our recycling sites with a textiles bank or the Recycling village.

Wrap carefully and put in your grey household bin or take to the Recycling village.

Put in the inner caddy of your blue recycling bin or take to one of our recycling sites.

Take to the Recycling village or arrange a bulky waste collection.

Please do not leave these items in back lanes. Fly tipping is illegal and causes the Council problems.

Put in your blue recycling bin or take to one of our recycling sites.

You should rinse these out before you recycle them.

Empty glass medicine bottle and cardboard boxes - put in your blue recycling bin.

Foil packets - put in your grey household bin.

Unused medicines can be returned to a local pharmacist.

Take to the Recycling village.

If you use a company to remove scrap metal, ensure they have an appropriate license to do this.

Put in your blue recycling bin.

You should rinse these out before you recycle them.

Put in your blue recycling bin or take to the Recycling village.

You should rinse these out before you recycle them.

Wrap carefully and put in your grey household bin.

Put in your grey household bin.

Take to the Recycling village in its original container.

Once cool, place in a sealed plastic bag and take to the Recycling village.

If you have large quantities of cooking oil, there are a number of companies who operate waste cooking oil collections.

Check with the Environment Agency that any company you use is licensed to collect and transport waste oil.

If in good condition, donate to charity.

If not, put in your grey household bin or take to the Recycling village.

Paper, newspapers, brochures, catalogues and junk mail - put in the inner caddy of your blue recycling bin or take to one of our recycling sites.

Shredded paper - Wrap in newspaper or weigh it down and put in the inner caddy of your blue recycling bin.

Laminated paper, foil, glitter or foil wrapping paper - put in your grey household bin.

Put in the inner caddy of your blue recycling bin.

Make sure they are not damp or have any food or drink inside.

Put in your grey household bin.

This includes pet food pouches which often contain unwanted residue and that means they can't be recycled.

Take to one of our recycling sites with a textile bank or take to the Recycling village.

Put in your grey household bin.

These often contain unwanted food residue or grease that means they can't be recycled.

Put in your compost bin, green garden bin or take to the Recycling village.

Hard plastics - take to the Recycling village.

Plastic bottles and food containers - take off the plastic lids and put in your blue recycling bin.

Do not use plastic bags to separate these items.

Re-use or put in your grey household bin.

Plastic bags cannot go in your blue or green bin as this can cause problems at the sorting facility.

Put in your compost bin, green garden bin or take to the Recycling village.

If in good condition, donate to a local charity.

If not, take to the Recycling village.

If in good condition, donate to a local charity.

If not, put in your grey household bin or take to one of our recycling sites with a textile bank.

Take to the Recycling village.

Take to the Recycling village.

If you are using a contractor to carry out the works, then it is their responsibility to get rid of them.

Take to the Recycling village.

If you are using a contractor to carry out the works, then it is their responsibility to get rid of it.

If in good condition, donate to a local charity or sell them online.

If not, arrange a bulky waste collection.

Please do not leave these items in back lanes. Fly tipping is illegal and causes the Council problems. 

If in good condition, donate to a local charity.

If not, take to the Recycling village or one of our recycling sites with a clothes bank.

Put in your grey household bin as a last resort.

Wrap in newspaper or weigh it down and put in the inner caddy of your blue recycling bin.

Put in your compost bin, green garden bin or take to the Recycling village.

Small amounts - Put in your green garden bin. Do not put the soil in bags first.

Large amounts - If you're having building work done, the contractor should dispose of it for you. If not, arrange a house and garden clearance.

Large amounts of soil makes the bin too heavy for our operatives.

If in good condition, donate to a local charity.

If not, put in your grey household bin or take to the Recycling village.

Put in your blue recycling bin.

You should rinse these out before you recycle them.

Put in your grey household bin.

These often contain unwanted food residue or grease that means they can't be recycled.

Polystyrene containers - put in your grey household bin.

If in good condition, donate to a local charity.

If not, take to the Recycling village or one of our recycling sites with a book and media bank.

We cannot accept tarmac in any bin or at the Recycling village. Tarmac is classified as industrial waste and we are not legally required to accept it.

To arrange for the disposal of tarmac you should contact a legitimate commercial waste management or a skip hire company that is licensed to accept it.

Suitable companies can be found by looking in a telephone directory or using a search engine.

Put in your compost bin or your grey household bin.

Check that your tea bags are compostable first. Only 20-30% of tea bags are compostable.

Put in your blue recycling bin or take to one of our recycling sites.

If in good condition, donate to a local charity.

Or take to one of our recycling sites with a textile bank.

Put in your blue recycling bin or take to one of our recycling sites.

Put in your blue recycling bin with the tin.

If in good condition, donate to a local charity.

Small electric power tools - put in your blue recycling bin.

Large tools - take to the Recycling village.

Electrical toothbrushes and shavers - put in your blue recycling bin.

Hard plastic toothbrushes and shavers - put in your grey household bin.

Take to one of our recycling sites with a textile bank.

If in good condition, donate to a local charity.

Small electric toys - put in your blue recycling bin.

Cardboard boxes containing games - remove dices, cards and playing pieces and put in your blue recycling bin.

Soft toys - take to the Recycling village.

Put in your compost bin or your grey household bin.

Pour into a plastic container and put in your grey household bin.

Empty oil bottles - wash thoroughly and put in your blue recycling bin.

Put in your grey household bin.

Take to the Recycling village or arrange a house and garden clearance.

Take to the Recycling village.

We can accept all wood and timber for recycling apart from laminate flooring and treated timber.

Traditional brown paper - remove any sticky tape and put in the inner caddy of your blue recycling bin.

Any other wrapping paper - put in your grey household bin.

Put in your blue recycling bin.

You should rinse these out before you recycle them.