Which bin does it go in?
Search 69 everyday items to see which bin most UK councils want them in, how to prepare them, and the common mistakes that get a bin left behind.
Key: Recycling General waste Food waste Garden waste Glass The tip Take-back Special
A
- Aerosol cans Recycling
- Aluminium foil and foil trays Recycling
B
- Baby wipes and wet wipes General waste
- Batteries Take-back
- Bread Food waste
- Broken plates, mugs and ceramics General waste
- Bubble wrap General waste
C
- Car tyres Take-back
- Cardboard boxes Recycling
- Cat litter General waste
- Chemicals, weedkiller and pesticides The tip
- Clothes and textiles Take-back
- Clothes hangers Take-back
- Coffee pods and capsules Take-back
- Cooking oil and fat The tip
- Crisp packets General waste
D
- Dog poo General waste
- Drinks cans Recycling
E
- Egg boxes Recycling
- Eggshells Food waste
- Engine oil The tip
- Envelopes Recycling
F
- Food and drink cartons (Tetra Pak) Recycling
- Food tins Recycling
- Fridges and freezers Special
- Fruit and vegetable peelings Food waste
G
- Gas bottles and camping gas Special
- Glass bottles and jars Glass
- Grass, leaves and hedge cuttings Garden waste
- Greetings cards Recycling
K
- Kitchen roll and tissues Food waste
L
- Light bulbs Take-back
M
- Mattresses Special
- Meat, fish and bones Food waste
- Medicines and tablets Take-back
- Mirrors and window glass The tip
- Mobile phones and laptops Take-back
N
- Nail varnish and remover The tip
- Nappies General waste
- Newspapers and magazines Recycling
P
- Paint tins The tip
- Paper plates and party cups General waste
- Pet food pouches General waste
- Pizza boxes Recycling
- Plastic bags and carrier bags Take-back
- Plastic bottles Recycling
- Plastic film and cling film General waste
- Plastic milk bottles Recycling
- Plastic plant pots Take-back
- Plastic pots, tubs and trays Recycling
- Plate scrapings and leftovers Food waste
- Polystyrene General waste
- Printer ink cartridges Take-back
R
- Real Christmas trees Garden waste
S
- Sanitary products General waste
- Shoes Take-back
- Shredded paper Recycling
- Small electrical items Take-back
- Sofas and armchairs Special
- Soil, rubble and plasterboard The tip
T
- Takeaway coffee cups General waste
- Tea bags and coffee grounds Food waste
- Till receipts General waste
- Toothpaste tubes General waste
- Toys Take-back
V
- Vapes and e-cigarettes Take-back
W
- Wood and old furniture The tip
- Wrapping paper Recycling
Y
- Yoghurt pots Recycling
These are the rules most UK councils use. Councils can differ, so your own council's guidance and bin stickers always come first.