Burgundy bin
Bin tagged as being contamined?↑
Our contamination in bins page shows our contamination tags and what they mean.
Your burgundy bin is collected every 4 weeks from the kerbside (or the agreed collection point) and should be presented by 6:30am on the morning of your collection day.
You can recycle the following in your burgundy bin:
- paper
- card
- cardboard
Right stuff, right bin!
Don't get caught out by wishcycling. Wishcycling is unintentionally putting the wrong thing in the burgundy bin.
What you can recycle in the burgundy bin↑
Paper (clean and dry)
- Letters and envelopes (including windows)
- Paper food packaging
- Magazines
- directories
- Newspapers
- Yellow Pages
- Brochures
- Catalogues
- Leaflets
- Wrapping paper
- Office and shredded paper
- Junk mail
- Paperback books (can also be reused via charity shops or recycling centres)
Cardboard (flattened)
- Cereal boxes
- Large and small cardboard boxes (large cardboard boxes can also be taken to one of the recycling centres)
- Cardboard packaging
- Greetings cards
- Brown corrugated boxes
- Toilet and kitchen roll tubes
- Egg boxes
Top tips on using your burgundy bin↑
- Flatten and tear up cardboard boxes to save space
- Remove plastic wrapping from junk mail or magazines
- Materials should be loose, not bagged
In the interest of health and safety, please ensure that your bins are presented at the kerbside for collection without anything attached, including rope or bungee cords, as this can become entangled with our lifting equipment and is a danger to operatives.
Problems occur when recycling bins include items which they are not supposed to, this is called contamination. Putting the wrong items in the wrong bin causes recyclable material to become contaminated, and can lead to it being rejected by our re-processor.
If your burgundy bin contains the wrong material, we will advise you by placing a tag on the bin. The bin will not be uplifted. Any wrong material must be removed and placed in the correct bin/container. The bin can then be presented again on the next scheduled collection day.
What not to put in your bin↑
Please DO NOT PUT the following materials in your burgundy bin:
- Plastics, cans and cartons (use the blue bin)
- Tissues and napkins (use the green bin)
- Padded envelopes (use the green bin)
- Wallpaper (use the green bin)
- Kitchen towels (use the green bin)
- Food waste (use the food waste caddy)
- Nappies (use green bin or AHP Collection)
- Polystyrene (use the green bin)
- Plastic carrier bags (take to supermarket carrier bag recycling points, reuse them when you next go shopping or to line your kitchen food waste caddy - if not being reused, put in your green bin)
- Plastic film such as cling film, crisp and sweet packets foiled lined plastics (use the green bin)
- Polythene, such as bubble wrap (use the green bin)
- Glass bottles (use black box or take to a recycling point)
- Textiles (use textile banks or take to a recycling centres)
- Small electrical items (take to a recycling centre or use small electrical retailer take back scheme)
- Disposable takeaway coffee cups (use the green bin)
- General household waste (use the green bin)
- Hardback books (use local charity shops or take them to recycling centres)
If you are not sure if a material can be placed in your burgundy bin, please contact us: