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Your Guide to Dry Recyclate Collection

You will have received 2 green wheelie bins (with blue lids) and 2 inner caddies for your recycling material. Please ensure that all recyclable materials (thin card/paper/glass/plastic bottles) are placed loose in the bins. If they are mingled together, your bin will not be collected. Internal caddies are provided for storage only and should not be used to present recycling for collection.

Recycling is more valuable when they are clean. If in doubt, please leave it out.

Plastic Bottles

Yes please: Shampoo bottles, household cleaner bottles, drinks bottles and plastic milk bottles

No thanks: Yogurt pots, plastic bags and food containers, (e.g. margarine tubs, fruit punnets, vending cups).

Please rinse, squash and remove tops.

Cans

Yes please: Food cans/tins, drink cans/tins, aluminium foil, aerosol cans, metal lids from jars/bottles, foil trays, lids and food wrappers (all clean and empty).

No Thanks: Paint/petrol cans.

Please rinse, do not crush or pierce, place can tops inside cans and remove labels.

Glass

Yes please: Glass bottles and glass jars.

No thanks: Light bulbs, cookware (e.g. ‘Pyrex’) or broken glass.

Please rinse. All colours accepted.

Paper/ Thin Card

Yes please: Unwanted mail, magazines, thin card (e.g. cereal box), newspaper, envelopes and shredded paper.

No thanks: Cardboard, cartons, plastic envelopes, large catalogues and egg boxes.

Please flatten thin card boxes.

• Recyclates must be properly separated or they may not be collected. All materials collected are shipped south to a variety of processors for recycling.
• If you have any queries on Alternate Weekly Collection, please phone 01856886367 or email nsi@orkney.gov.uk