Box-it! Container Guide

Our Box It! service only collects certain items for recycling. This guide will help ensure the correct items are placed for collection in the right containers.

If you have signed up to participate in our Box It! kerbside recycling scheme, your household will have been supplied with two boxes, made from recycled plastic, to put items to be recycled in. There is a big box and a smaller box and a bag.

Small Recycle Box

Yes	No
Newspapers	Cardboard (inc thin card)
Junk mail	Plastic coated papers
Magazines	Padded envelopes
Catalogues	Thick brown envelopes
Letters	Packaging
Brochures	Plastic Bag wrappers
Greetings Cards

Large Recycle Box

Yes	No
Food & drink cans	Plastic food trays
Clean aluminium foil (placed in a bag)	Plastic bags
Plastic bottles	Margarine tubs
- shampoo	Yoghurt pots
- shower gel	Packaging
- fizzy drinks	Wrappers & cling film
- water	Polystyrene
- milk	Flower pots
- sauce	Toys
	Other metal items

Recycling Bag

Yes	No
All food & drink glass bottles	Plate glass
Glass jars	Wine & drinking glasses
	Perfume & novelty glass bottles
	Crockery
	Pyrex glass

How to prepare your recyclables

Discard all plastic covers from magazines and junk mail etc.

The lids from plastic bottles can be recycled. It is best to remove the lid and squash the empty clean bottle flat then replace the lid. This will keep the bottle flat and create more space in the box. Don’t worry about trying to squash bleach and other strong cleaner bottles, just leave the lids on.

Metal lids and caps from glass jars can be recycled, place them in the bigger box.

Wash out all plastic bottles, cans, aluminium foil, glass bottles and jars using the end of the washing up water after you have finished the dishes; if possible.

Collect up clean aluminium foil in a bag and when the bag is full put it in the bigger box.

Ensure there are no plastic bags in either box except for the one containing clean aluminium foil.

Storing your containers

Your boxes can be stored either inside or outside your house, or wherever you have suitable space. You have only been given one lid for the paper box. You can stack the paper box on top of the bigger box, which will prevent materials blowing away, help save space and keep the paper dry.

On very windy days the lid could blow off. If this is likely to happen to you please place a brick or similar object on top of the box to reduce litter.

It may not always be possible to give you back the same boxes each time they are emptied because of the collection methods being used. However, you are welcome to place your house number on the boxes and the crews will try to return them.

Please ensure the boxes are kept clean. Washing the items for recycling before placing in the box will help with this. The glass bag is machine washable at a low temperature but do not tumble dry or iron.

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