Maldon: which bins go out tonight?
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What Maldon collects
Food waste
food caddy
What goes in:
- meat, fish and bones (raw and cooked)
- coffee grounds
- eggshells
- tea bags
- fruit and vegetables peelings
- mouldy food
What doesn't go in:
- packaging of any kind
- liquids
- oil
- pet bedding
Maldon says: Extra sacks and food waste caddy liners can be collected free of charge from one of our stockists.
Source: www.maldon.gov.uk
Glass
blue recycling box
What goes in:
- glass bottles
- glass jars (no food residue)
What doesn't go in:
- drinking glasses
- picture or window glass
- mirrors
- light bulbs and fluorescent tubes
- pyrex or ceramics
- glass candles
Maldon says: We recommend that you present your glass box on every collection day even if there is very little in your box.
Source: www.maldon.gov.uk
Mixed recycling or cans
pink sack
What goes in:
- Newspapers, magazines & catalogues (no hardbacks)
- Paper, cardboard and junk mail. Large pieces of cardboard should be folded and placed by the side of your pink sacks
- Plastic bottles e.g. soft drink bottles, milk bottles, shampoo bottles
- Plastic food tubs, trays and pots e.g. margarine tubs, microwave meal trays, yoghurt pots
- Foil and foil trays
- Food tins and drink cans
- Aerosols. Please ensure that aerosols are empty
- Beverage cartons e.g. juice cartons
- Plastic bags and wrappings
What doesn't go in:
- Glass - please use your blue recycling box for glass bottles and jars. Mirrors, windows and other types of glass can be taken to a local recycling centre for household waste
- Food waste - please use your food caddy
- Nappies and wet wipes - dispose of in your grey wheeled bin
- Kitchen roll and tissues - dispose of in your grey wheeled bin
- Polystyrene - dispose of in your grey wheeled bin. Large quantities of polystyrene can be placed in black refuse sacks next to your bin. Please put a note on the sack to advise that it contains polystyrene only
- Hard plastic items e.g. DVD cases, toys etc - please dispose of in your grey wheeled bin. Good quality items can be donated to local charities or reuse organisations
- Wallpaper & wrapping paper - please dispose of in your grey wheeled bin
Maldon says: Please ensure that all recycling is clean and free of food residue.
Source: www.maldon.gov.uk
Rubbish
grey wheeled bin
What goes in:
- Nappies and wet wipes - dispose of in your grey wheeled bin
- Kitchen roll and tissues - dispose of in your grey wheeled bin
- Polystyrene - dispose of in your grey wheeled bin. Large quantities of polystyrene can be placed in black refuse sacks next to your bin. Please put a note on the sack to advise that it contains polystyrene only
- Hard plastic items e.g. DVD cases, toys etc - please dispose of in your grey wheeled bin. Good quality items can be donated to local charities or reuse organisations
- Wallpaper & wrapping paper - please dispose of in your grey wheeled bin
Maldon says: Refuse and recycling must be presented by 7am on the day of collection at the front boundary (or agreed location) of your property.
Source: www.maldon.gov.uk
What Maldon says about bin day
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Maldon says present your glass box every collection day, even if there is very little in it, so it does not get too heavy.
From Maldon's website (checked 2026-10-21)
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Maldon says hard plastic items such as DVD cases and toys go in the grey wheeled bin, not the pink sack.
From Maldon's website (checked 2026-10-21)
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Maldon says refuse and recycling must be out by 7am at the front boundary of your property.
From Maldon's website (checked 2026-10-21)
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