Your blue lid bin is for loose paper and cardboard items, including:
- paper and cardboard.
- newspapers, magazines and advertising material (remove plastic wrapping)
- paper based milk or juice cartons (gable top style from the chilled section)
- pizza boxes.
What goes in blue top bin?
Items to put in your blue bin
- glass bottles and jars.
- plastic bottles, tubs and trays unless it’s black plastic.
- tins, cans and empty aerosol cans.
- kitchen foil and foil meal containers.
- cardboard like cereal boxes, toilet roll tubes, food and drink cartons.
- cartons and Tetrapaks (often used for juice cartons)
What you can throw to blue bin?
Your blue bin is for recycling clean, dry items such as paper, cans, cardboard and rigid plastic food containers.
What is the blue bin used for?
your blue bin is for recyclable waste.
What should not be put in a blue bin?
Blue bin
| What you can put into your blue bin | *What can’t go into the blue bin |
|---|---|
| Plastic food trays (not black) | Plastic carrier bags |
| Plastic drinks bottles (lids on) | Waxed cartons including Tetra Pak (soup, juice, milk cartons) |
| Steel and aluminium bottle lids | Nappies |
| Plastic milk bottles (lids on) | Ceramics, ornaments or crockery |
Does food go in the blue or green bin?
All material must be placed in your blue recycling bin Clean, Dry Empty and Flat. Brown waste caddies and wheelie bins are used for the collection of food waste. The green/black bin is for all non-recyclable waste and we like to think of this bin as the last resort!
What are the 3 different bins?
The three bins are for the separation of waste into compostable, recyclable, and land fill.
What should you not put in your bin?
Items that should not be placed in the waste wheeled bin are as follows:
- Electrical items (WEEE)
- Textiles.
- Hot ashes.
- Builders rubble.
- Large amounts of soil.
- Clinical waste (other than incontinence pads)
- Clinical needles.
What goes in each bin?
Usually, brown bins are for organic waste, green bins are for recyclable waste and black bins are for general waste.
Can you put clothes in blue recycle bin?
Unfortunately, clothes, shoes and textiles can’t go in your blue recycling bin.
Can I put paper in the blue bin?
What goes where? Use your blue bin to recycle certain clean paper, cardboard, aluminium and plastic products as listed below. Use your brown or green bin for food waste and garden waste such as grass clippings, weeds, leaves and tree branches or twigs.
What type of waste is collected in a blue bin?
Blue dustbins are meant for disposal of plastic wrappers and non-bioderadable wastes. 3. Yellow dustbins are meant for papers and glass bottles.
Can I put glass in blue bin?
cardboard. cartons (fruit juice cartons, milk cartons, Tetra Pak) food tins and drinks cans. mixed glass, bottles and jars (lids and tops can be either left on or off)
What can not be thrown in blue bin *?
Junk mail, brown paper bags, cereal boxes, cardboard, comic books, mail, fliers, loose paper, stationery, paperback books; cans that contain poison, paint cans, automobile products cans; scrap metal, aluminum foil, disposable aluminum pie plates; plastic bags, plastic wrap; poison containers, motor oil containers, wide
Can pizza boxes go in blue bin?
The most common mistake was thinking we could recycle that used pizza box from last night’s takaway. Our attempt to be eco-conscious is a mistake because the leftover grease from all the cheesy goodness affects the quality of the cardboard and makes it unrecyclable.
Can envelopes go in blue bin?
Your blue bin is for paper, card and cardboard products only. This includes: paper, shredded paper, newspapers, magazines and envelopes – remove the plastic window from envelopes first.
Can potatoes go in green bin?
Adding Starches In Compost
Carbon-rich materials include your yard trimmings, grass clippings, and paper sources. Nitrogen-rich materials include kitchen leftovers including pasta, potatoes, and other starchy foods. What is this? All starchy foods cooked or uncooked can be added to your compost.
Can you put a frying pan in the blue bin?
Unlike other materials like papers, you have to separate your frying pans. Due to this, you can’t put them in your usual recycling bin. It would be best if you get a metal collection bin. This would serve as a place to put all your metal scraps, including your frying pans.
Can I throw clothes in the bin?
Don’t throw unwanted clothes in the bin
First things first, if you have to get rid of your clothes, don’t throw them in the bin. Discarded clothes sit in landfill, can take years to biodegrade and then contribute to toxic air pollution[1].
What are colour coded bins?
Colour coding for biomedical waste management: yellow, red, white, and blue bins
- YELLOW. Pathological waste. Soiled (infectious) waste.
- RED. Contaminated waste (recyclable) As you can see, the list is much shorter than in the previous category.
- WHITE (or translucent) Sharps waste.
- BLUE.
What are the colors of the bins?
Which colours to use for colour coded recycling bins
- BLUE: Paper and cardboard.
- GREEN: Glass bottles and jars.
- RED – Plastic bottles and packaging.
- GREY or BLACK –Tins and cans.