What goes in your red 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 red box

red recycling box
Yes please No thank you
Cardboard Shredded paper
Mixed paper & junk mail Tissues
Newspaper Kitchen roll
Magazines & catalogues Wet wipes
Cereal boxes & egg cartons Tetra pak & drinks cartons

Remember

  • Make sure your recycling is dry and clean
  • Please flatten larger cardboard boxes and present them alongside your recycling box

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.

Contact

Recycle

Town Hall
Station Road
Clacton-On-Sea
CO15 1SE

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