Household waste

On average every person in the UK throws away their own body weight in rubbish every seven weeks. These pages give you information about how you can recycle more, what the council does with the things you throw away and the services they offer to help you dispose of the items you no longer need.

You can find out about your bin collection days, what items go in which bin and what happens to the rubbish we collect.

Aerosol Can Recycling

You can now recycle empty aerosol cans in your blue lidded recycling bin*.

Estimates show that we each use an average of ten aerosols per year, such as deodorants, hair sprays, air fresheners and furniture polish. All of these cans can now be recycled.

Aerosols put out for recycling must be empty with any loose plastic lids removed. Cans must not be pierced or squashed.

Aerosols that we can't accept

Aerosols containing insecticides, oven cleaners, paint and automotive sprays (often marked with a skull and cross bones or a black cross on an orange background) must not be placed in the blue lidded recycling bin. Please continue to place these in your green lidded bin*

* Throughout the Household waste pages;
Where we refer to blue lidded recycling bins this also applies to properties with dedicated clear sack collections.

Where we refer to green lidded bins this also applies to properties with dedicated black sack collections or the general rubbish containers at flats or housing blocks.

August Bank Holiday revised collection days.

Useful guidance on maximising capacity in your recycling container can be found here.

Use this link to find out more information about Waste Collection calendars.

The council provides an effective, responsible commercial waste service to help businesses meet their responsibilities for waste disposal.

The service is available to businesses within the city boundary; however terms and conditions apply to the service. Enquiries are also welcome from businesses in close proximity to the city.

Commercial Waste Service