Recycling - bags and containers
Summary
Blaby
District Council provides an integrated refuse and recycling service. Each household is issued with either bins and boxes
or sacks.
What can I put in my recycling containers?
Plastic and Can box
Yes please
- Plastic bottles – milk, mineral water, drinks bottles, shampoo, detergent, bleach, fabric conditioners etc
- Tins and cans – aluminium drink cans and steel food tins(please rinse)
- Foil – tin foil, foil trays, foil pie trays, takeaway trays
- Empty aerosol cans – hairspray, deodorants etc
- Food trays, fruit punnets (including lids), packaging film, margarine and ice cream tubs
- Small plant pots and seed trays (no soil)
- Yoghurt pots, tetra pak (milk and juice cartons)
- Foam fast food boxes
- Plastic cutlery
No thanks
- Paint tins
- Kitchen utensils, pots and pans, cutlery
- Video tapes
Glass box
Yes please
- Glass bottles(any colour)
- Glass jars (any colour)
No thanks
- Plate glass
- Crockery
- Glass ornaments
- Ceramics
Battery Bag
Yes please
- Used household batteries
- Used mobile phone batteries
- Used lithium batteries
No thanks
- Industrial batteries
- Car batteries
- Motorbike batteries
Paper and Card Bin (green lid)
Yes please
- Newspapers
- Magazines
- Junk mail
- Envelopes
- Catalogues
- Cereal boxes
- Telephone directories (including yellow pages)
- Cardboard
No thanks
- Drinks cartons (tetrapak)
- Plastic wrap
- Foil wrap
- Hardback books
- Plastic bags/bin liners
- Bubble wrap
Mind bag
Textiles
Yes please
- Household textiles – duvet covers, curtains, sheets etc
- Clothing – trousers, jackets, skirts, jumpers, blouses, shirts, coats etc
- Shoes (paired) – trainers, boots, wellies etc
No thanks
- Duvets
- Pillows
WEEE (small electrical items)
Yes please
- Irons
- Toasters
- Kettles
- Sandwich makers
- Deep fat fryers
- Electric knives
- Hair dryers
- Electric toothbrushes
- Shavers
- Radios
- Alarm Clocks
- Vacuum cleaners
- Sewing machines
- Hi-fi’s
- Personal computers/laptops/notebooks
- Printers
- Typewriters
- Calculators
- Telephones/answering machines
- Video cameras
- Video recorders
- Portable televisions
- Small electric power tools
- Electric toys, eg x-box, ps3, hand held games
- Small microwaves
- Electric fans
No thanks
- Large household appliances, eg
- Washing machines
- Cookers
- Fridges
- Tumble dryers
- Dish washers
- Large televisions
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Further information
Each household is issued with the following standard recycling containers:
- 140ltr wheeled bin (green lid) for paper and card
- 55ltr green box for plastic bottles, tins, cans and clean foil
- 44ltr green box for glass bottles and jars
We will also collect any used household batteries (not industrial, car or motorbike). Please put your used batteries out in a special battery bag or small sandwich bag with your recycling boxes.
Recycling
The following larger paper and card bins are available:
- 240ltr wheeled bin
- 360ltr wheeled bin
Additional boxes are also available for plastic bottles, cans, tins and clean foil; and for glass bottles and jars.
Please note – larger or additional recycling boxes/bins are free of charge.
For those properties unable to accommodate wheeled bins, we do provide refuse and recycling sacks free of charge. These are delivered by us on a quarterly basis.
Garden Waste
There are two different sized garden bins available. You can rent at a cost (from 1st April 2011 to 31st March 2012):
- a 140ltr bin for £14.40 per year, or
- a 240ltr bin for £20.40 per year
In addition to the bins, garden waste sacks are available from many outlets in the district.
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Contact us
| Officer / Team | Neighbourhood Services |
|---|---|
| Postal address | Blaby District Council Council Offices Desford Road Narborough Leicester LE19 2EP |
| E-mail address | environmental.health@blaby.gov.uk |
| Telephone | 0116 272 7555 |
| Fax | 0116 272 7594 |
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This page was last updated on 7th February 2012
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