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What goes in what bin?

You can pop to any library and pick up your caddy liners but be quick because once they are gone they are gone!

Together at St Helens Borough Council we can get our recycling right.

St Helens Borough recycles
Recycling is really important to the environment; it helps to save energy, reduce greenhouse gas emissions, and helps tackle climate change. It also helps to reduce the need for new products to be made from raw materials that we sometimes see on the shelves when we do our shopping. Its far better to recycle existing products than to damage land in the search for new raw materials. More and more people recycle everyday, which is helping to reduce the need for landfill. You can help do your bit by taking part in recycling. 

Please make sure you put the correct items in your containers - the guide below will help you. Sometimes the wrong thing ends up in the incorrect container; this will contaminate it, and can result in your recycling not being taken on your collection day. You can order containers online.

What you do really makes a difference. We have come a long way way but there is still room to grow. Thank you for taking part!

Recycling containers

Weekly collection

All the items in the picture can be recycled - take a look:

all recyclable items

All Recycling containers

 

What goes into my blue bag?

 

What goes into my black box?

 

What goes into my white/pink bag?

 

What goes into my food caddy?

 

Top tips for keeping your food caddy clean

 

What happens to my recycling? Boxes or bins?

 

 

 

 

Green bin

Fortnightly collection. This year's subscription period runs from Monday 6 March 2023 to Friday 8 December 2023. The charge for collections is £40. To subscribe to the service, please click here 

green bin photo

You can put these items in your green bin:

  • Grass cuttings/leaves
  • Flowers/plants/weeds
  • Privet/hedge clippings
  • Small branches and twigs

Please do not put these items in your green bin; it will be contaminated and will not be emptied:

  • Cardboard
  • Food waste
  • Plastic
  • Soil
  • Hay, straw or pet bedding

Brown bin

Fortnightly collection

Brown bin

 

You can put these items in your brown bin:

  • General non-recyclable household waste

 

Please do not put these in your brown bin; you can put them in your recycling containers:

  • Any recyclable materials
  • Food waste
  • Garden waste