| Material | Additional information | Bin |
| Aerosols | Empty, without lids. | Blue bin |
| Batteries - Car and vehicle | Car and vehicle batteries can be taken to your nearest household waste and recycling centre. | None |
| Batteries - Household | Black Box or take to supermarket battery recycling facility.
| Black box & textile bag |
| Books | Only paperback books can be put in the burgundy bin (not hardback). Consider donating to a local charity shop or book bank. | Burgundy bin |
| Bric-a-brac | General reusable items can be taken to your nearest charity shop or placed within your Green Landfill Waste Bin. | Green bin |
| Bubble wrap | | Green bin |
| Cans and tins | Food, drink, biscuit and sweet tins – rinsed with labels and lids left on. | Blue bin |
| Cardboard | Includes egg boxes, kitchen/toilet rolls, corrugated/thick cardboard and cereal/ready meal boxes (flatten and remove tape). | Burgundy bin |
| Cartons | Includes juice, milk, smoothie and fabric conditioner. | Blue bin |
| CDs | General reusable items can be taken to your nearest charity shop | Green bin |
| Ceramics | If still in good condition, consider reuse and donation at a local charity shop. | Green bin |
| Chocolate wrappers | Check your local supermarket as many recycle soft plastics. | Green bin |
| Christmas trees | Brown Garden Waste Bin, cut into sections or taken to Roughmute or Kinneil Kerse Household Waste Recycling Centre. | Brown bin |
| Cling film and other plastic film | Check your local supermarket as many recycle soft plastics. | Green bin |
| Clothes and shoes | Clothes and pairs of shoes can be placed inside textile bags and deposited in the Black Box, or they can be taken to a textile bank or charity shop. | Black box & textile bag |
| Colostomy bag | Also known as stoma bag or ostomy bag. Please empty and use the Green Landfill Waste Bin or apply for a 2 weekly bagged collection with the Absorbent Hygiene Product Service. | Green bin |
| Cooking or vegetable oil | Small amounts should be put in a sealed container then it can be put in the Green Landfill Waste Bin. | Green bin |
| Cookware (pots, pans) | If still in good condition, consider reuse and donation at a local charity shop. | Green bin |
| Crisp packets | Check your local supermarket as many recycle soft plastics. | Green bin |
| Crockery (plates, dishes) | If still in good condition, consider reuse and donation at a local charity shop. | Green bin |
| Disposable nappies | Green Landfill Waste Bin or apply for a 2 weekly bagged collection with the Absorbent Hygiene Product Service. | Green bin |
| Drinking glasses | Green Landfill Waste Bin - this glass has a different melting point to glass bottles and jars. | Green bin |
| Duvet | If still in good condition, consider reuse and donation at a local charity shop. | Green bin |
| Flowers (cut) | | Brown bin |
| Foil | Washed and clean foil/aluminium trays. | Blue bin |
| Food waste | Plastic bags can be used as liners. There is no need to use biodegradable or compostable bags. | Grey Food Waste Caddy |
| Gas bottles | Gas bottles can be taken to your nearest household waste and recycling centre. | None |
| Glass | Broken or shattered glass needs to be wrapped up. | Green bin |
| Glass bottles and jars | Rinsed and lids can be left on or taken off. | Black box & textile bag |
| Grass cuttings | Lawn mowings or edgings. | Brown bin |
| Green garden waste | | Brown bin |
| Greeting cards | Without containing containing glitter or foil. | Burgundy bin |
| Hard plastics | Consider selling or donating to a local charity shop. | Green bin |
| Hedge clippings | | Brown bin |
| Hoover (vacuum cleaner) | Hoovers and vacuum cleaners can be taken to Roughmute or Kinneil Kerse Household Waste Recycling Centre. | None |
| Ink and toner cartridge | They may be returned to be recycled at some local electronic stores. Many organisations accept you ink and toner cartridges through the post. | Green bin |
| Leaves | | Brown bin |
| Light bulbs | Low energy bulbs and fluorescent tubes can be taken to Roughmute or Kinneil Kerse Household Waste Recycling Centre. Old style filament light bulbs (bagged or wrapped) should go in the Green Landfill Waste bin. | Green bin |
| Make-up | Beauty and grooming packaging items can recycled at some stores. Check the recycle Now locator tool to show you which shops accept these (rinsed). | Green bin |
| Microwave film | | Green bin |
| Mirror | If still in good condition, consider reuse and donation at a local charity shop. | Green bin |
| Paint | | Green bin |
| Paper and envelopes | Including newspaper, magazines, telephone directories, catalogues, brochures, leaflets, junk mail and greeting cards (all without glitter and or foil). | Burgundy bin |
| Pet litter/waste/Animal bedding | | Green bin |
| Photographs | As photos have a plastic film covering, they cannot be recycled and would 'contaminate' the paper recycling. These should be disposed of in the Green Landfill Waste bin. | Green bin |
| Pillow | If still in good condition, consider reuse and donation at a local charity shop. | Green bin |
| Plants from hanging baskets and planters | Must be without soil. | Brown bin |
| Plants, twigs and small branches | Must be without soil. | Brown bin |
| Plastic bags and polythene plastic bags | Must be empty. Check your local supermarket as many recycle soft plastics. | Green bin |
| Plastic cleaning bottles | Including fabric conditioner, detergent and bleach. | Blue bin |
| Plastic coat hangers | Metal hooks if possible to be removed or unscrewed can be recycled at the recycling centre. | Green bin |
| Plastic drink bottles | Rinsed, lids can be on or off. | Blue bin |
| Plastic fruit or vegetable trays | | Blue bin |
| Plastic pens/biro recycling | | Green bin |
| Plastic plant pots | | Green bin |
| Plastic toiletry bottles | Including shampoo. | Blue bin |
| Plastic toys | Children's plastic toys and CDs can be reused through for example, charity shops. If not these hard plastic items can be placed in the Green Landfill Waste Bin, and larger items can be taken to Roughmute or Kinneil Kerse Household Waste Recycling Centre. | Green bin |
| Plastic trays | Including meat, fish and cake trays. | Blue bin |
| Plastic tubs | Including yoghurt pots ice cream and margarine tubs. | Blue bin |
| Polystyrene | | Green bin |
| Shredded paper | | Burgundy bin |
| Small domestic appliances | For example hair straighteners, kettles, shavers, mobile phones, drills, power tools and phones. Put items in the Black Box and not in plastic bags. | Black box & textile bag |
| Soil and turf | Soil and turf can be taken to your nearest household waste and recycling centre. | Green bin |
| Soup or sauce tubs (pots) | | Blue bin |
| Sweetie wrappers | Check your local supermarket as many recycle soft plastics. | Green bin |
| Syringes and sharps boxes | Do not dispose of in any kerbside bins. You should follow box instructions for disposal. This may be to return to your GP or local pharmacy. | None |
| Tablet and medicine bottles | Plastic (rinsed and washed) | Blue bin |
| Tea bags and coffee grounds | Plastic bags can be used as liners for the grey food caddy | Grey Food Waste Caddy |
| Textiles, clothing and shoes | In Falkirk Council, use textile recycling bags inside the Black Box, take items to charity shops or recycle at Roughmute or Kinneil Kerse Household Waste Recycling Centres.
Duvets, pillows and cushion pads should not be put in the textile banks or the Black Box. | Black box & textile bag |
| Toothpaste tubes or dispensers | | Green bin |
| Tree bark | | Brown bin |
| Tyres | Tyres can be taken to your nearest household waste and recycling centre. | None |
| Vapes, E-Cigarettes & Elf bars | | Black box & textile bag |
| Video tapes | | Green bin |
| Wallpaper | | Green bin |
| Wax or waxed packaging | | Green bin |
| Waxed paper coffee/tea cups | | Green bin |
| Weeds | | Brown bin |
| Windfall from fruit trees | | Brown bin |
| Wood | Wood can be taken to your nearest household waste and recycling centre | Green bin |
| Wrapping paper | Without glitter or foil. | Burgundy bin |