Light grey bin
- Accepted: Tins and cans from food and drink packaging, aerosols for personal use (e.g. deodorant, hairspray), clean foil trays.
- NOT accepted: Metal furniture, cutlery, small electrical appliances, electrical cables, batteries, food or drink pouches, paint tins.
What can you put in your grey bin?
Your grey bin should be for household waste items that cannot be placed in your recycling bins.
Some of the most commonly queried items that can be put in your grey bin are:
- Cartons (Tetra pak)*
- Pots, pans and scrap metal*
- Toys*
- Hard plastic*
- Light bulbs*
- Textiles*
- Wallpaper.
- Polystyrene.
What is grey bin used for?
Grey bin. Grey bins are collected from every household. Use this bin for general waste that is unsuitable for recycling or composting.
What Colour bin is it for South Lanarkshire?
Blue bin – paper and card – South Lanarkshire Council.
What goes in black bin South Lanarkshire?
The following items can be put in your black/green non-recyclable waste bin:
- plastic bags.
- food packaging where it has been in direct contact with food.
- crisp and sweet wrappers.
- polystyrene.
- polythene.
- drinks cartons, Tetrapak etc.
- cooking oil (cooled and sealed in a plastic container)
Can dog poo go in food waste bin?
It is now perfectly fine to use any general litter bin to dispose of your dog’s poo, but if you can’t find one, do take it home with you. At home it should be placed in the general domestic waste bin, not the food or garden bin.
Can dog poop go in black bin?
As a rule, it is always better to dispose of your dog’s waste at home: In your domestic waste bin (black bin). Make sure you double wrap the waste to prevent smells. Biodegradable dog waste bags are available from some retailers and provide a more environmentally friendly alternative to plastic bags.
What colour bin Do sanitary towels go in UK?
Items to put in your black bin
Use the black bin for non recyclable items like: disposable nappies. tissues, kitchen roll and wipes. menstrual and incontinence pads, bag these.
Can you put shoes in recycling bin?
Textile recycling banks can be used to recycle textiles in any condition and you can also drop off good quality shoes if you no longer need them (please tie the laces together or put them in a plastic bag to keep them in pairs).
Can clothes go in the recycling bin?
You can recycle clothes, batteries, and small electrical items with your weekly collection if you have a two wheeled bin. We collect small electrical items, household batteries, and clothing including shoes from your doorstep along with your green bin on your collection day.
What bin does dog poo go in Scotland?
We would encourage owners to dispose of dog waste in any public bin, as we are advising with our campaign slogan Bag the poo, any bin will do. If no bins are available nearby, we would ask people to take the waste home and dispose of it in your normal household waste.
What colour bin do tea bags go in?
Where? If you use loose leaf tea then this can be emptied directly into the food waste recycling bin, if you are using bags you could tear them open placing the the bag part in the general waste bin and contents in the food waste recycling bin.
What colour bin does hair go in?
Hair would need to go in the general waste bin, that’s the black bin bags which you put in the black bin. Once the bags are all full you can’t just leave them there, they would need a waste collection with a reputable provider.
Can duvets go in the black bin?
– Leave textiles, clothing, shoes and accessories out for collection in a sealed, clearly labelled bag next to your bins. – Stuffed items such as duvets and pillows can’t be recycled, please put these in your rubbish bin or take to your nearest community recycling centre.
What bin does cardboard go in South Lanarkshire?
blue bin
You can put cardboard which hasn’t been in contact with food in your blue bin and it will be sorted and baled at a recycling centre and sold on to mills to make new cardboard boxes. Large cardboard boxes or large amounts which won’t fit in your bin can be taken to the household waste and recycling centres.
What are the different Coloured bins for Scotland?
What goes in each bin
- grey bin – non-recyclable waste.
- blue bin – paper, card and cardboard.
- green bin – plastics, cans, cartons and glass.
- brown bin – garden and food waste.
- food caddy bin – food waste only.
Can dead flowers go in food waste bin?
Put them in the organic recycling.
The answer to that question is yes, and it is quite easy to do so! All you need to do is put the flower petals into a green garden waste bin as you would your vegetable peels or left-over food.
Can you put paper towels in food waste?
The paper towels, used or unused, can’t be recycled and should go in your rubbish bin. If you have a food waste bin, some councils let you put a small amount of kitchen towel in with your food waste, but you should always double check as local collections do vary.
Does chewing gum go in food waste?
Food waste
Place all food without packaging in the nearest food compost bin, excluding egg shells and chewing gum.
Is it OK to flush dog poo down the toilet UK?
The sewer network is not suitable for this kind of waste because of the presence of Toxocara (also known as roundworm) in animal faeces, which is tolerant of the relatively high temperatures and harsh conditions found in the final digestate stage in processing the used water that comes through to the treatment works
Is it OK to put dog poo down the toilet?
The Environmental Protection Agency endorses flushing as a safe way to dispose of dog feces.