If your recycling bin is full you can put additional recycling next to your recycling collection provided it is presented in an appropriate manner. The cardboard should be broken down and bundled next to your recycling collection. Other items that would usually be put in recycling bins can also be placed in plastic carrier bags for side waste collection. However, black sacks won’t be taken, only small see-through carrier bags.
Recently I wrote about Textile collections via our weekly refuse collection, however, another useful service I do not often see used in the Parish is side waste collection. During the run-up to Christmas, we are more likely to be collecting cardboard packaging & other recyclable waste as we give and receive gifts for our nearest dearest, and we all wish to recycle as much as we can.
If you often have too much recycling you can request a second recycling bin, there is no charge for this! You can do this by the GBC Customer Services Centre at customerservices@guildford.gov.uk or call them on 01483 505050.
What we can put in our recycling bins / sacks
| Yes please | No thanks |
| Paper and card | General waste |
| Newspapers and magazines | Black bags |
| Glass bottles and jars (all colours) | Expanded polystyrene |
| Empty food and drink tins and cans | Bubble wrap |
| Empty aerosol cans | Light bulbs |
| Clean foil and foil trays | Hard plastic, such as plastics toys or garden furniture |
| Plastic bottles, tubs, pots and trays | Kitchen paper or tissues |
| Plastic carrier bags | Crisp packets or sweet wrappers |
| Cartons for food and drink | Plastic film (cling film) |
| Plastic and metal lids, caps and tops | Nappies |
| Drinking glasses, crockery and Pyrex | |
| Paint tins | |
| Garden waste | |
| Anything else not included on the ‘yes please list’ |