Food tins and drinks cans

Food tins and drink cans can be recycled at home. Please just give them a quick rinse to make sure there is no food residue. You can leave the label on but do not crush or flatten.

Items that can be recycled

• Drinks cans
• Food tins
• Empty aerosols (please remove plastic caps)
• Jar lids
• Clean foil and foil trays

Items that cannot be recycled

• General kitchenware e.g. cutlery, pots and pans
• Crisp and sweet packets/wrappers (some manufacturers, such as Walkers, offer a free recycling scheme. TerraCycle (opens in a new window) has a number of drop-off points where crisp packets and biscuit wrappers can be recycled).
• Laminated plastic food/drink pouches e.g. baby food, cat food, or coffee pouches, but some of these can be recycled through TerraCycle (opens in a new window)
• Metal containers for chemicals e.g. white spirits, paints, or engine oils, but empty paint paint containers can be recycled at your local reuse and recycling centre (opens in a new window)
• Any other metal items e.g. kettles, irons, pipes, white goods (visit our electrical and electronic items page (opens in a new window) to find out how to recycle electrical items. Metal pipes and wire coat hangers can be recycled at your local reuse and recycling centre (opens in a new window)