Frequently asked questions
1. Can plastic bags be recycled?
Plastic bags cannot be currently recycled through the
process the Council uses. However plastic bags can be
recycled at specially-marked recycling bins at the front
of most supermarkets.
2. What can I put my food waste in?
You can use compostable sacks (conforming to
EN13432) to put food waste in. These can be bought
at various shops and supermarkets. Please do not
use biodegradable or normal plastic bags or sacks.
Food waste can also be wrapped in newspaper as an
alternative to buying bags.
3. What if I don’t have enough space in my grey refuse
bin?
If you recycle and compost as much as possible in your
other bins, you will be surprised how little waste will be
left. If you are still struggling, please contact us.
4. What do we do with nappies?
Disposable and biodegradable nappies should be put
in your grey bin as these cannot currently be recycled.
For information on reusable nappies, please contact
Warwickshire County Council on 01926 412593
5. What happens to my recycling?
Mixed recycling is taken to a material recycling facility
in Ettington where it is separated. Materials are then
transported to reprocessing facilities where they are
made into new products.
6. What happens to the contents of my green bin?
Garden and food waste is taken to an in-vessel
Your Guide
composting plant at Ufton near Southam where the
material is treated and turned into compost.
to the kerbside
7. What happens to the contents of my grey refuse bin?
Refuse is either taken to a landfill site in Bubbenhall or
the energy from waste facility in Coventry.
household waste
If you find the text in this leaflet difficult
and recycling
to read we may be able to supply it in a
format better suited to your needs
collection service
We currently recycle or compost almost
60% of household waste that is collected
from households in the district. This puts
us in the top 10 performing Councils in the
country. With your help we can do even
more.
This leaflet sets out detailed information
For more information
about what you should put in each of your
please visit our website
wheeled bins.
www.stratford.gov.uk
or telephone
01789 260616
for Stratford District
SDC/1530/NOV18
Recycling Collection
Composting Collection
in your blue lidded bin
in your green lidded bin
Please do not put any plastic bags, black sacks,
YES PLEASE
NO THANK YOU
plastic film or compostable sacks in your blue
� Grass cuttings
� Tree trunks and branches
lidded bin as we currently cannot recycle these
� Hedge cuttings
(over 10cm in diameter
items.
� Twigs, branches and
� Animal bedding (from
Please note your blue lidded bin may not be collected if any
small logs (maximum
meat eating animals)
of the non-recyclable items are found in it.
10cm diameter)
� Plastic flowers
� Christmas trees
� Plastic / Non-compostable
Wash and squash recyclables to avoid your bin smelling and
� Plants, flowers, leaves
bags
increase space in your bin. It is not essential to remove, lids
and prunings
� Plastic plant pots
from jars, labels from cans or plastic bottles.
� Cut flowers and house
� Stones, bricks and rubble
YES PLEASE
NO THANK YOU
plants
� Noxious weeds (e.g.
� Bark and wood shavings
Knotweed and Ragwort)
� Newspapers &
� Tissue paper
� Animal bedding from
� Nappies or bio
Magazines
� Waxed paper
vegetarian animals
degradable nappies
� Envelopes
� Books
(e.g. rabbits)
� Large quantities of soil
� Catalogues/directories
� Leaflets
� Any food waste
� Litter tray contents and
� Scrap paper
pet waste (incl. cat and
dog waste)
� Cardboard packaging,
food waste
boxes and tubes
� Corrugated cardboard
Refuse Collection
� Greetings cards
in your grey lidded bin
� Bottles (with lids)
� Light bulbs
YES PLEASE
NO THANK YOU
� Jars (with lids)
� Glass window panes
� Drinking glasses
� Household waste that
� Commercial or business
� Broken crockery
cannot go in your blue-
waste
lidded bin or green bin
� Asbestos
� Drinks cans
� Any other metal items
� Paint
� Food tins
� Hot ash
� Biscuit tins
Textiles, batteries and
� Plastic drinks bottles
� Plastic bags / black sacks
� Fruit punnets
� Compostable bags
small electrical goods
� Microwave trays
� Cling film, film wrap and
� Yoghurt pots
film lids
in a tied, standard sized carrier bag placed next
� Margarine and ice cream � Children’s plastic toys
to any wheeled bin on your normal collection day
tubs
� Crisp packets and sweet
� Large sweet containers
wrappers
YES PLEASE
NO THANK YOU
� Cleaning product
� Plant pots
containers (empty)
� Coat hangers
� Kettles, Toasters & Irons � Light bulbs
� Expanded polystyrene
� Hairdryers
� Fluorescent tubes
� Clocks & Watches
� Televisions
� Kitchen foil
� Calculators
� Computer monitors or
� Pie and cake trays
� Remote controls
laptops
� Mobile phones
� Large white goods (eg
� Cameras
fridges & cookers)
� All empty household
� Chargers
� Anything that will not fit in a
aerosol spray cans
� Radios, MP3 & CD
standard sized carrier bag
players
� Power tools
� Soup cartons
� Smoke detectors
� Fruit juice cartons
� Small electronic toys (eg
� Other tetrapak cartons
remote control cars)
� Small electrical items
with a plug or batteries
� Clothes
� Pillows & duvets
IMPORTANT – No plastic bags or sacks, thank you
� Sheets
� Anything that will not fit in a
If possible please break down larger cardboard boxes to
� Rags
standard sized carrier bag
fit into the blue lidded bin.
� Towels & t-towels
� Curtains
� Paired shoes
Extra recycling can be put out for collection alongside
� Household batteries
� Car batteries
your blue lidded bin on collection days in a rigid container
(all sizes)
or a cardboard box. Recyclables left in a plastic bag will
not be taken.
For all other items not listed please contact us on
01789 260616 or visit www.warwickshire.gov.uk/
azrecycling for more information.