Southampton City Council fact sheet
The following list has been designed to tell you what you can and can't place in your recycling bin or clear recycling sack.
Put these in your recycling bin or clear recycling sack
Newspapers - Any newspapers or free papers, magazines, holiday brochures and catalogues with black or coloured print.
Magazines - Any magazines, holiday brochures or catalogues.
Cardboard - Brown or coloured cardboard packaging.
Paper - All clean household paper, yellow pages, NOT shredded paper or Christmas wrapping paper.
Food packaging - Any card used to package food, i.e. cereal boxes, card wrap around ready made food.
Non food card packaging - Tissue boxes, clean card packaging, birthday cards.
Office paper - Plain or printed, white or coloured photocopier or office paper.
Junk mail - All dyed coloured or printed 'sales' papers and flyers.
Envelopes - White or brown including 'window'.
Plastic bottles only - All household plastic bottles under 25 litres in size, please remove the bottle tops.
Food tins, drinks cans and aerosols - All food tins (please ensure that they are rinsed out), drinks cans, empty aerosols* (do not pierce or squash the aerosol and remove the loose plastic lid).
*Aerosols displaying a skull and cross bones or black cross on an orange background must not be placed in your recycling bin.
NOTE: Please ensure all materials are placed loose in the bin, not inside carrier bags or black bin bags.
Don't put these into your recycling bin or clear sack:
Black bags of rubbish - Bags of household waste, dust or dirt.
Household rubbish - Cooked or non cooked food of any kind, nappies.
Light fraction - Any recyclable material smaller than one centimetre, for example small pieces of paper, film and plastics.
Paper - Shredded paper or christmas wrapping paper, any paper contaminated with food waste, liquid etc.
Plastic film - Supermarket carrier bags, black bin liners, shrink wrap, cling film, film packaging or blister packs.
Hard plastics - Margarine tubs, polystyrene cups and packaging, yoghurt pots, food trays.
Glass - Any glass.
Metals - Aluminium foil, i.e. baco type foil, pet food foil trays, scrap metal of any sort, batteries.
Composites - Waxed cartons, tetrapak cartons.
Textiles - All textiles and shoes.
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Last updated: 26 July 2010