Make our city burgh You can now recycle plastic bottles and batteries BLUE BOX 4 Glass bottles 4 Glass jars 4 Aluminium cans 4 Food and drinks cans 4 Empty aerosol cans 4 Clean aluminium foil 8 Light bulbs 8 Glass dishes 8 Window panes 8 Bottle or carton lids 8 Sweet wrappers 8 Crisp packets Put the following paper items in your blue bag and place with your blue box ready for collection: 4 Newspapers 4 Magazines 4 Computer paper 4 Junk mail 4 All directories 8 Food wrappers 8 Plastics 8 Envelopes Put the following textile items with your textiles bag and place with your blue box ready for collection: 4 Clothing 4 Towels 4 Clean sheets 4 Shoes (in pairs) 8 Duvets 8 Pillows Put the following item in a sealed clear bag, ie freezer bag and place with your blue box ready for collection: 4 Household batteries 8 Car batteries 8 Laptop batteries RED BOX 4 Cardboard 4 Cardboard food and drinks cartons, ie tetrapak type cartons 4 Cereal boxes 4 Greeting cards 8 Polystyrene 8 Styrofoam Put the following item in your opaque bag and place with your red box ready for collection: 4 All types of clean plastic bottles 8 Plastic tubs 8 Oven-proof plastic trays 8 Bottles or carton lids 8 Plastic bags 8 Mixed or dirty waste Tuesday collections 2011 – please place your boxes and bags on the kerbside by 8am Jan Feb March April May June July Aug Sept Oct Nov Dec 4 1 1 5 3 7 5 2 6 4 1 6 11 8 8 12 10 14 12 9 13 11 8 13 18 15 15 19 17 21 19 16 20 18 15 20 25 22 22 26 24 28 26 23 27 25 22 27 29 31 30 29 Tuesday collections 2012 – please place your boxes and bags on the kerbside by 8am Jan Feb March April May June July Aug Sept Oct Nov Dec 3 7 6 3 1 5 3 7 4 2 6 4 10 14 13 10 8 12 10 14 11 9 13 11 17 21 20 17 15 19 17 21 18 16 20 18 24 28 27 24 22 26 24 28 25 23 27 31 29 31 30 30