What goes in your green recycling box

Within the Tendring district we operate an alternate weekly collection for recycling.  We have green recycling boxes for plastic bottles, tins and cans and red recycling boxes for paper and cardboard.

Food waste is collected every week.  We have two sizes available; a small internal food caddy for use inside your home and a larger external food caddy to present for collection.

To ensure that your box is emptied, please place it just inside your front boundary by 7am on the day of collection, but no earlier than the night before.

What goes in your green box

Remember

• If its plastic and a bottle - recycle it
• Rinse and squash all plastic bottles
• Wash out all tins and cans
• You can leave the lids on your drink and milk bottles

To make sure you put the right box out in time for collection, take a look at our Rubbish and Recycling collections days form, which tells you when your boxes are due to be emptied.