Brown Bin

Glass

• Glass bottles (any colour) e.g. wine, beer, spirit
• Glass jars e.g. sauces, jam, baby food
• Other glass bottles e.g. perfume, aftershave, face/body cream

Plastic

• Plastic cleaner and detergent bottles e.g. bathroom cleaners, washing up liquid, bleach
• Toiletries and other plastic bathroom bottles e.g. shampoo, shower gel
• Plastic drinks bottles e.g. juice, squash, milk
• Plastic pots e.g. yoghurt, soup
• Plastic tubs e.g. margarine, ice cream
• Plastic trays/punnets e.g. meat trays, take-away trays, fruit/veg trays, including black plastic)
• Chocolate and biscuit tubs and trays

Metal

• Drinks cans
• Food tins
• Metal lids and tops
• Biscuit/chocolate tins (including lids)
• Aerosol cans
• Aluminium foil
• Foil trays e.g. take-away trays

Cartons

• Drinks cartons e.g. juices and milk
• Food cartons e.g. soup

Cardboard and paper

• Cardboard boxes e.g. cereal boxes, delivery boxes
• Corrugated cardboard
• Plain greetings cards (no foil or glitter)
• Cardboard egg boxes
• Cardboard sleeves e.g. ready meal sleeves
• Cardboard tubes e.g. from inside toilet rolls and kitchen roll
• Brown packaging paper and brown envelopes
• Newspapers
• Magazines
• White paper e.g. printer paper and letters
• Brochures, catalogues and directories
• Junk mail including leaflets and flyers
• Envelopes (including windows)
• Shredded paper - please wrap this in a newspaper or envelope.

Glass

• Glass cookware e.g. Pyrex dishes
• Drinking glasses
• Vases
• Ceramics
• Mirrors
• Light bulbs and fluorescent tubes
• Window glass

Plastic

• Plastic bags
• Crisp packets, sweet wrappers, soft plastics and film
• Film lids from plastic pots and trays
• Laminated plastic food/drink pouches e.g. baby food pouches, cat food pouches or coffee pouches
• Rigid plastics e.g. toys, Tupperware, pipes and hangers
• Medicine pill packets e.g. blister packs
• Toothpaste tubes
• Polystyrene e.g. cups and packaging materials
• Plastic straws and cutlery

Metal

• Gas cylinders, e.g. soda stream or helium cylinders
• Paint and solvent tins (full or empty)
• General kitchenware e.g. cutlery, pots and pans
• Electrical items such as kettles, irons, pipes, white goods
• Batteries

Cartons

• Pringles/Twiglet style tubes
• Single use coffee cups

Cardboard and paper

• Greeting cards with foil or glitter decoration
• Paper towels and tissues
• Gift bags
• Wrapping paper
• Wallpaper
• Padded envelopes e.g. Jiffy bags
• Sandwich boxes
• Used pizza boxes
• Disposable nappies
• Cotton wool/make up pads
• Wet wipes

Whilst we recognise the benefit of reducing single use plastic some of the 'compostable' alternatives are not suited to the technologies used in Hertfordshire. For more information please see: Biodegradable Plastic - what you need to know.