If it opens up, put it in your grey bin. Printer paper and shredded paper. Mixed paper. Envelopes. Cardboard. Telephone
Your recycling guide
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This bin is for mixed recycling
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Milk bottles (no lids)
Cans and tins
Plastic bottles (no lids)
Foil and foil trays
Aerosol cans
Glass bottles and jars (no lids)
Did you know? The only plastics you can recycle in this bin are plastic bottles.
Garden waste collections are chargeable from £35 per year
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These bins are for food and garden waste
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All cooked and uncooked food (no oils, no liquids and no packaging)
Garden waste: leaves, twigs, hedge clippings and grass cuttings (no japanese knotweed). Branches need to be smaller than 10cm diameter
Fruit and veg peelings
Did you know? You can still recycle all your food waste in your green bin for free. Please visit www.trafford.gov.uk/foodandgarden for more information. To make sure we keep making high quality compost, please only use compostable bags with this seedling logo for your silver kitchen caddy. If you need more free compostable bags, please contact us.
Tea bags
Meat and bones
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This bin is for paper and card
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Envelopes
Telephone directories and magazines
Cardboard
Printer paper and shredded paper
Mixed paper
Did you know? If your paper scrunches up, recycle it! If it opens up, put it in your grey bin.
Please put all of your bins out by 6.30am on the day of collection
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This bin is for waste we cannot recycle Items which cannot be recycled should go in this bin and include:
Plastic bags
Nappies
Plastic pots and tubs
Polystyrene
Broken windows and drinking glass
Bottle tops and jar lids
ks Snac Ready Salted
Crisp packets
Did you know? We cannot recycle plastic trays, pots or tubs so please put them in your grey bin.
Need more compostable bags? To help you recycle all food waste, we provide every household with a roll of 52 compostable bags every year when we deliver your calendar. When you need more please contact us by phone and we will deliver another roll for free. Alternatively you can collect a free roll from your local council library. All the food you recycle is turned into compost in Greater Manchester. Visit recycleforgreatermanchester.com/revive to find out how.
Bulky waste collections You can request a bulky waste collection from us by getting in touch online or by phone. There is a minimum non-refundable charge of £32* which covers up to five items. Please visit trafford.gov.uk/bulkywaste for details and full terms and conditions. We use an appointment system and you will be given a collection day. Please keep your bulky items indoors until your collection date. *Charge will be reviewed in April 2019.
Contact us Get in touch to request recycling bins, caddies and free compostable bags.
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