Mixed recycling or cans
Blue bin
What goes in:
- Yoghurt pots, plastic tubs, food trays, foil or foil containers
- Tetra Pak cartons — juice, milk, soup
- Aerosols (empty)
- Sweet tins
- Plant pots — all colours except black
- Glass — leave lids on glass jars and bottles
- Cans — do not crush
- Paper, magazines, newspapers, junk mail, catalogues, phone directories and wrapping paper which is not plastic or metallic
- Envelopes including plastic windows
- Cardboard food boxes, inner toilet or kitchen roll and egg cartons — flattened
- Cereal, cardboard packages with plastic padding removed and food boxes
- Plastic drinks, shampoo and cleaning bottles — lids on, do not flatten
What doesn't go in:
- Black bag waste
- Plastic bags, cling film or plastic padding
- Metal objects, shredded paper or polystyrene
- Food or liquids
- Textiles, clothes and shoes — take clothes and bric-a-brac to your local charity shop or recycling bank
- Paint tins — donate leftover paint to your local community repaint scheme
- Electrical items — take these to your nearest recycling centre or arrange a bulky item collection
- Syringes
- Wood
Liverpool says: Place all items loose in the bin — do not put them inside plastic bags: