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Soil improver is now available at the HWRCs subject to availability. Please remember to bring your own bag

What Goes In Which Bin

Below is your guide to what goes in each bin:

Brown
Recycling Bin

Please only put the following items in this bin:
  • Glass bottles and jars
  • Plastic bottles and their lids
  • Metal food tins
  • Metal drinks cans
  • Magazines
  • Paper and cardboard
  • Empty aerosols
  • Clean foil and foil trays
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Click here to download our leaflet on what goes in your recycling brown bin

The Council is advising people to wash and squash plastic bottles to aid recycling and create more space in your bin.

Green
Household Bin

Please only put the following items in this bin:
  • Food waste
  • Juice cartons
  • Wrapping paper or card with foil
  • Pet waste and cat litter
  • And any plastic which is not a bottle or lid – such as carrier bags, food packaging, yoghurt pots, margarine cartons, fruit and vegetable punnets
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Click here to download our leaflet on what goes in your green bin

Most household waste will be used to produce valuable energy, rather than being sent to landfill sites.

Brown
Garden Bin

Please only put the following items in this bin:
  • Grass cuttings
  • Hedge trimmings
  • Twigs and weeds
  • Flowers
  • Plants
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Click here to download our leaflet on what goes in your garden waste brown bin

The Council collects Garden Waste from mid- March to the end of November.

If the item you’re looking to dispose of is not on the lists above, click here to find out what can be recycled or disposed of at your local household waste recycling centres.

What happens to my waste in Wakefield?

The Waste Treatment Facility at South Kirkby continues to increase recycling, reduce the amount of waste we send to landfill and help generate green sustainable energy.

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page last updated :
5th April 2024