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Do you know what can go in your council recycling bins in Ryedale?

Green recycling container

We will accept:

  • plastic bottles from the kitchen, utility or bathroom
  • drinks and food cans, biscuit tins and aerosols

We will not accept:

  • yoghurt pots
  • plastic bags
  • polystyrene
  • cling film
  • food trays
  • pots
  • medicine blister packs
  • paint tins
  • cutlery
  • large metal items
  • toothpaste tubes

Black recycling container

We will accept:

  • all glass bottles
  • all glass jars

We will not accept:

  • window glass
  • crockery
  • ceramics
  • Pyrex and glass cookware
  • spectacles

Blue recycling containers

We will accept:

  • newspapers
  • magazines
  • junk mail
  • catalogues
  • white papers
  • telephone directories
  • cardboard boxes
  • cardboard food packaging
  • greeting cards
  • kitchen and loo roll tubes
  • envelopes
  • paper and card

We will not accept:

  • wallpaper
  • beverage cartons (Tetra Pak)
  • polystyrene
  • plastic bags
  • cling film
  • cardboard with food on it