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| Material | Examples |
| Paper | Newspapers, magazines, scrap paper, envelopes, catalogues & directories and shredded paper (ideally contained in an envelop/newspaper/cardboard box) |
| Cardboard | Greetings cards, boxes packaging material and corrugated cardboard (broken up to fit in the bin) |
| Glass | Bottles and jars |
| Tins and Cans | Food tins, drink cans, biscuit tins |
| Plastic Packaging | Bottles, yoghurt pots, margarine / ice cream tubs, fruit punnets, microwave meal trays |
| Aerosols | Deodorant cans, hair spray cans |
| Aluminium foil | Clean kitchen foil, cake and pie trays |
| Cartons | Drinks cartons, soup cartons and tetrapak |
| Material | Where it can go |
| Carrier bags | Reuse if possible or put in your grey refuse bin |
| Black refuse sacks | In your grey refuse bin |
| Plastic film, cling film and film lids | In your grey refuse bin |
| Expanded polystyrene | In your grey refuse bin |
| Nappies | In your grey refuse bin |
| Food Waste | In your green compost bin |
| Garden Waste | In your green compost bin |
| Hard plastic items | Items such as coat hangers, plant pots and toys should be reused if possible or put in the grey refuse bin |
| Electrical and Electronic items | Please read how to dispose of electrical goods |
| Clothes, textiles and shoes | Should be reused if possible or put in the grey refuse bin |
Any excess material that does not fit in your bin can be placed in a rigid container next to your wheeled bin for collection. Alternatively, you can take it to a Waste and Recycling Centre.
Recyclable material is collected and taken to a Material Recycling Facility (MRF) run by Pure Recycling in Ettington. The mixed material is segregated using magnets, optical sorting and other technology until the different materials are sorted into separate waste streams.
Materials are then transported to specialist reprocessing facilities in the UK where they are made into new products. Examples of what your recycling could become are listed below:
| Material | New product |
| Paper | Newspapers and telephone directories |
| Cardboard | Boxes and packaging |
| Glass | New bottles and jars, road surfacing material |
| Tins and cans | Window frams, steel beams, engine parts |
| Plastic packaging | Traffic cones, fleece clothing, carpets, pipes, recycling boxes |
For more information on what happens to your material, please visit Pure Recycling's website for an in-depth look at the recycling process. Alternatively, you can watch a short film showing how the material is processed.
View our bin collection calendar for your collection days.
If you would like more information or wish to speak to a member of the Council's Streetscene team, please contact us:
Telephone: 01789 260616
Fax on 01789 260607, or
Email streetscene@stratford-dc.gov.uk
External links:
Pure Recycling
See also:
What Happens to my recycling?
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