For waste that you can't recycle including:

Black or red recycling boxes* Compostable Shipping Mailers

Textiles - leave in a tied bag next to your recycling boxes.

What you can't put in your recycling boxes:

Textiles - leave in a tied bag and place into any of your wheelie boxes.

What you can't put in your wheelie boxes:

*If you only have one or two boxes please rotate the materials you present each week, for example put out paper and cardboard one week, and glass the next week.

If you have more recycling than will fit into your recycling boxes, you can leave a single additional tied bag containing one type of item next to your recycling boxes and we will collect it with the rest of your recycling.

To order additional recycling boxes, go to order a bin.

Tips to help you increase your recycling:

If you don’t have a food waste bin or a kitchen food waste caddy, you can:

If you are waiting for a caddy and have a food waste bin, you can place food waste directly into your food waste bin or wrap it in newspaper.

Sharps (needles, syringes and lancets) are clinical waste and must never be placed in a domestic bin of any type as they can cause injury to recycling and processing operatives. Sharps boxes can also be purchased from pharmacies.

If you put the wrong materials into your recycling bins or boxes, we won't be able to collect them.  It can contaminate our collection and all waste in the lorry may have to go to landfill. 

We'll put a non-collection tag on it telling you why it wasn't collected.  Please remove the offending item, dispose of it correctly and put your bin or box out on the next collection date. 

Belfast City Hall, Belfast, BT1 5GS 028 9032 0202

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