Your glass bottles and jars recycling explained
Orkney Islands Council
Bins out by 8am
Rinse please
No liquids. Remove metal tops/lids, pop them in with your cans.
Do not recycle:
- Mirrors
- Cookware (eg “Pyrex”)
- Broken Window Glass
- Light bulbs
Recycling is more valuable when it's clean
IMAGE: Orkney Islands Council poster headed “Your glass bottles and jars recycling explained”. It shows glass bottles and jars labelled “wine”, “BEER”, “GIN”, “OLIVE”, “Jar”, “FOOD” and “PICKLES”. The poster also contains the text “Bins out by 8am”, “Rinse please”, “No liquids. Remove metal tops/lids, pop them in with your cans”, “Mirrors”, “Cookware (eg “Pyrex”)”, “Broken Window Glass”, “Light bulbs”, “ORKNEY ISLANDS COUNCIL” and “Recycling is more valuable when it's clean”.
Your metals recycling explained
Orkney Islands Council
Bins out by 8am
Clean, dry and empty
Scrunch foil into a ball
No hiss from your aerosols
Remember to include bottle tops and jar lids
Do not recycle:
- Paint or petrol cans
- Pringles type tubs
- Scrap metal
- Food pouches
Recycling is more valuable when it's clean
IMAGE: Orkney Islands Council poster headed “Your metals recycling explained”. It shows metal recycling examples including a foil tray, a ball of scrunched foil, cans, an aerosol can and food tins. The poster also contains the text “Bins out by 8am”, “Clean, dry and empty”, “Scrunch foil into a ball”, “No hiss from your aerosols”, “Remember to include bottle tops and jar lids”, “Paint or petrol cans”, “Pringles type tubs”, “Scrap metal”, “Food pouches”, “ORKNEY ISLANDS COUNCIL” and “Recycling is more valuable when it's clean”.
Your paper and thin card recycling explained
Orkney Islands Council
Bins out by 8am
Clean recycling please, no food waste
Do not recycle:
- Corrugated cardboard
- Large catalogues
- Juice cartons
- Egg boxes
Take cardboard boxes to your local recycling centre.
Recycling is more valuable when it's clean
IMAGE: Orkney Islands Council poster headed “Your paper and thin card recycling explained”. It shows examples of paper and thin card, including a cat food box, a cereal box, a food package, mail, a cardboard tube, a tissue box, sheets of paper and a newspaper labelled “NEWS”. The poster also contains the text “Bins out by 8am”, “Clean recycling please, no food waste”, “Take cardboard boxes to your local recycling centre”, “Egg boxes”, “Large catalogues”, “Juice cartons”, “Corrugated cardboard”, “ORKNEY ISLANDS COUNCIL” and “Recycling is more valuable when it's clean”.
Your Plastic recycling explained
Orkney Islands Council
Bins out by 8am
Plastic bottles only
Rinse please. Leave lids on and squash.
Do not recycle:
- Food containers (e.g. margarine tubs, fruit and meat trays)
- Yogurt pots
- Plastic bags or film
No other plastics.
Recycling is more valuable when it's clean
IMAGE: Orkney Islands Council poster headed “Your Plastic recycling explained”. It shows plastic bottles labelled “MILK”, “SHAMPOO” and other bottles, plus spray and cleaning bottles. The poster also contains the text “Bins out by 8am”, “Plastic bottles only”, “Rinse please. Leave lids on and squash”, “No other plastics”, “Food containers (e.g. margarine tubs, fruit and meat trays)”, “Yogurt pots”, “Plastic bags or film”, “ORKNEY ISLANDS COUNCIL” and “Recycling is more valuable when it's clean”.