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A
ABS (acrylonitrile butadiene styrene)
Aerosol
Aftershave bottles
Airbed
ALU (aluminium) - 41
Aluminium cans
Aluminium foil
Animal Bedding
Anti-freeze bottle
Asbestos
Ash
B
Baby chair
Baby food jars
Baby items
Balloons
Bathroom cleaner bottles
Bathroom suites
Batteries
Bedding
Beds
Beer Bottles
Bicycle inner tubes and tyres
Bikes
Birthday cards
Biscuit tins
Biscuit trays
Biscuits
Black bags
Black food trays
Blankets
Bleach bottles
Bones
Books
Boots
Bottle tops
Bottles
Bras
Bric a brac
Bricks
Brochures
Broken glass
Brown Paper
Bubble wrap
Building materials
Business Waste
Buttons
C
C/PAP or PapAI (paper and cardboard/plastic/aluminium) - 84
Cables
Camera
Camping liquid fuel
Candle
Car batteries
Cardboard boxes
Carpet
Carrier bags
Cars
Cartons
Cassette players
Cassette tape cases
Cassette tapes
Cat food pouches
Cat litter
Catalogues
CD cases
CD Players
CDs
Cement roofs and gutters
Ceramics
Cereal boxes
Chairs
Chemicals
Chest of drawers
Chicken Carcasses
Children's games
Chocolate tins
Chocolate trays
Christmas cards
Christmas decorations
Christmas tree (plastic)
Christmas tree (real)
Christmas tree lights
Cleaning product bottles
Clear plastic packaging
Clingfilm
Cloth nappies
Clothes
Coat hangers
Coffee filters
Coffee grounds
Coffee pods
Coffee pouches
Coins
Compost bins
Compostable card takeaway containers
Compostable Magazine Wrapper
Compostable plastic
Computer keyboards
Computer monitors
Computers
Confidential documents
Contact lenses
Cooker hob
Cooking oil
Coolant
Corks
Corrugated cardboard
Cotton wool
COVID test
Crisp packets
Crockery
CSL (card-stock laminate, biodegradable plastic) - 87
Cupboards
Curtains
Cut flowers
Cutlery
D
Dairy products
Dead animal
Decking
Diesel
Dishwashers
Disposable coffee cups
Disposable Face Masks
Disposable Gloves
Disposable plastic cups
Disposable plastic cutlery
DIY equipment
DIY waste
Doors
Drinking glasses
Duvets and pillows
DVD cases
DVD players
DVDs
E
Egg cartons
Electric blanket
Electronic games
Energy saving light bulbs
Engine oil
Engine oil container
Envelopes
Erasers
Expanded polystyrene
F
Fabrics
Face cream jars
Fat
FE (steel) - 40
Fencing
Film lids
Fire alarms
Fire extinguisher
Fish bones
Floppy disk
Fluorescent tubes
Flyers
Foam chips
Foil trays
Food bags
Food blenders
Food mixers
Food pouches
Food tins and drinks cans
Food waste
Food waste from the garden
Foreign currency
Fridges and freezers
Fruit punnets
Frying pans
Furniture
G
Garden chemicals
Garden tools
Garden Waste
Gas bottles
General waste
GL (brown glass) - 72
GL (clear glass) - 70
GL (green glass) - 71
Glass bottles and jars, mixed
Glass cookware
Glasses (spectacles)
H
Hair straighteners
Hairdryers
Hand Sanitiser Bottle
Hard Plastic
Hazardous waste
HDPE (high density polyethylene) - 02
Headache pills
Hearing aids
Hedge trimmers
Helium Canister
Household plants
I
Ice cream tubs
Inhalers
Ink cartridges and toners
IPod
Ironing board
Irons
J
Japanese Knotweed
Jars
Jewellery
Junk mail
K
Kettle
Keyboards (musical)
Keys (metal)
Kitchen roll
L
Laminate flooring
Laminated food pouches
Lamps
Laptops
Large electrical appliances
Large Household Items
Laughing Gas Canisters
Lawnmowers
LDPE (low density polyethylene) - 04
Leaflets
Leftover food
Letters
Lids
Light bulbs
Light fittings
Lighter refill fluid
Lithium batteries
M
Magazine wrapping
Magazines
Make Up
Make-up pads
Mattress
Meat trays
Medical waste
Medicine packs
Medicines
Mercury Thermometer
Metal
Metal containers
Metal squeezable tubes
Microscopes
Microwaves
Mirrors
Mobile phones
Mobility aids
Moisturiser container
MP3 Players
Musical instruments
N
Nail Varnish
Nail Varnish Bottles
Nail Varnish Remover
Nappies
Needles
Newspapers
O
Organic waste
P
PA (polyamide or Nylon)
Packaging
Paint
Paint brushes, rollers and rags
Paint container
Paint thinners
PAP (corrugated cardboard) - 20
PAP (non-corrugated paperboard) - 21
PAP (paper) - 22
Paper (paper and miscellaneous metals) - 80
Paper and card
Paper and fibreboard/aluminium - 82
PapPet (paper and plastic) - 81
Paving slabs
Pencils
Pens
Perfume bottles
Pet food
PET or PETE (polyethylene terephthalate) - 01
Petrol
Photographs
Ping pong ball
Pipes
Pizza boxes
Plant pots
Plasterboard
Plastic bottle triggers/pumps
Plastic bottles
Plastic bottles containing chemicals
Plastic film
Plastic milk bottles
Plastic packaging, mixed
Plastic trays
Plastic tub
Plastics/aluminium - 90
Polystyrene takeaway containers
Post-it notes
Postage stamps
PP (polypropylene) - 05
Prams and pushchairs
Pringles tube
Printer cartridges
Printers
Projectors
PS (polystyrene) - 06
PS other (miscellaneous) - 07
PVC (polyvinyl chloride) and V (vinyl) - 03
Pyrex
R
Radiator
Radios
Razors
Records
Reusable water bottles
Rubble and hardcore
Rugs
S
Sandwich packets
Sanitary products
Sat navs
Saucepans
Sawdust
School uniforms
Scooters
Scrap metal
Sellotape
Sewing machines
Shampoo bottles
Shoes
Shopping Receipts
Shower hose
Shredded paper
Silica gel packets
Silicone
Six packs rings
Small Electrical Appliances
Smoke alarms
Sofa
Soil and stones
Speakers
Sport equipment
Squeezable tubes
Stamps
Staples
Stereos
Sticky labels
Straws
Suitcase
Sunbeds
Sweet tins
Sweet wrappers
T
Tables
Tablet (electrical)
Take away trays
Tea bags
Tea towels
Telephone
Telephone directories
Textiles
Tights
Tiles (floor and wall)
Tissue
Tools
Toothbrush
Toothpaste tubes
Torches
Train tickets
Tree logs
Turf
TVs and monitors
Tyres
U
Umbrella
Underwear
Used engine oil
V
Vape
Vape liquid bottle
Varnish
Vases
Vegware
VHS case
Video games
Video recorders
Video tapes
W
Wallpaper
Wardrobes
Washing machine
Washing up liquid bottles
Watches
Water filters
Wet wipes
Wicker basket
Window glass
Windowed envelopes
Wine bottles
Wood and timber
Wooden cutlery
Wool (knitting)
Wrapping paper
X
X-Ray Film
Y
Yogurt pots
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