Recycling bin

Your recycling bin is blue, or black with a blue lid.

Use the Bins and waste service area to:

• Report a missed recycling bin collection
• Request a recycling bin
• Request a replacement recycling bin

Every item that goes into your recycling bin needs to be:

• Clean. A quick rinse will do.
• Dry. Make sure you pour out any liquids before you put your items in the bin. 
• Loose. Please don’t put your recycling in plastic bags.

Guide to what can be recycled

Type of waste	Yes please	No thanks
Paper & Card	Junk mail Cereal and egg boxes Newspapers and magazines Wrapping paper (if scrunchable) Catalogues and directories Coffee cups and lids	Shredded paper Paper towels Tissues Polystyrene cups
Foil	Clean takeaway containers Foil trays Tin foil	Food pouches Pet food pouches Crisp packets
Glass Bottles & Jars	Wine bottles Beer bottles Perfume bottles Jam jars Sauce jars	Pyrex© Drinking glasses and crockery
Metal cans & aerosols	Food cans Drink cans Pet food cans Empty aerosols Biscuit and sweet tins	Cables Batteries Electrical items
Cartons	Fruit juice cartons (lids on) Custard cartons Soup cartons Milk cartons
Plastic bottles & containers	Milk/drink bottles (lids on) Bathroom/laundry bottles and tubs Moulded plastic packaging Food, fruit and ready meal pots, tubs and trays Plastic container lids	Plastic toys and furniture Plant pots and seed trays Plastic bags and film Polystyrene

Use this checklist to help you understand why your recycling bin might not have been collected. 

• Your bin wasn’t available to collect from 7am 
• Your recycling bin contains items we can’t recycle 
• Your bin is over-full 
• The contents of your bin are stuck, due to freezing conditions or jammed material 
• The road is blocked or access has been hindered in some way 

If you would like to report a recycling bin that we haven’t collected, please check whether there was a problem that needs putting right before contacting us to arrange collection again. 

In accordance with our waste collection policy, recycling bins that contain non-recyclable or contaminated items will not be emptied. The bin will instead be collected on the next scheduled collection date, provided that all contamination has been removed and no further non-recyclable materials are present.

Bin collection days

Report a missed bin collection

Food kitchen caddy and bins 

How to book a slot at a recycling centre

Recycling in the community

Recycling educational resources

Online Enquiry Form

Customer services waste management team
Tel: 01444 477440
Email: wastematters@midsussex.gov.uk