What we can recycle
The city council is constantly seeking new ways to increase the range of materials that can be recycled. At present householders can place the following items in their green bins:
Paper and cardboard
Plastic bottles (wash, squash and tops off, please)
Aerosols
Fruit juice type cartons
Drink and food cans made from aluminium and steel
Glass bottles and jars (but not Pyrex-type heat-treated cookware,
window glass or drinking glasses)
Textiles should not be placed in green bins. Good quality clothing should be taken to charity shops while other fabrics can be taken to textile ‘bring banks’.
Brown bins should be used to recycle organic garden material such as:
Grass cuttings
Leaves
Shrubs
Weeds and dead flowers
Hedge trimmings and prunings
Using a home composting bin is great for converting vegetable and fruit peelings, tea bags, coffee granules and egg shells into a nutrient-rich soil improver for your garden. For more information about composting visit: www.recyclenow.com/compost.
For more information about recycling in Peterborough, please visit www.peterborough.gov.uk/page-4120.
