What to do with your waste
It is as easy as A-Z. More information is also available about our weekly recycling and food waste collections (click on Recycling Collections), every other week rubbish collections (click on Rubbish Collections), collection service for large items (click on Large items) and our Recycling Centres (click on Recycling Centres).
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Kerbside collection |
Recycling Centres |
Other options (Council/non Council) |
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Aerosols |
Green box |
Can recycling bank |
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Asbestos* (see Recycling Centres for restrictions) |
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Landfilled. See an attendant (restrictions apply - go to Recyling centres to find out) |
Specialist contractor (see Hazardous waste) |
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Batteries - car |
Green box |
Recycled - hazardous waste cage |
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Batteries - household |
Green box |
Recycling bank |
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Beds - wooden or metal |
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Wood or metal recycling container |
Collection service for large items |
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Beds - not wooden or metal |
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Landfill skip |
Collection service for large items |
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Bicycles |
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Recycled or re-used. See an attendant |
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Bicycle Inner Tubes |
Drop off point - Cycle Circuit, Chelwood Drive, Odd Down BA2 2PR sent to charity Cycle of Good |
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Books |
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Bric-a-brac (including plates, cups etc.) |
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Recycling bank |
Charity shop |
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Cans |
Green box |
Recycling bank |
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Cardboard and brown paper |
Blue bag |
Cardboard recycling skip |
Home composting bin |
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Carpet |
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Landfill skip |
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Cartons – drinks and food (including lids) |
Blue bag |
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Recycling bank at Morrisons supermarket car park, London Road, Bath |
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CDs and DVDs |
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Original recordings in good condition for resale put in charity bank (at Keynsham Recycling Centre only) |
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Chemicals |
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Re-used or Energy Recovery. Hazardous waste cage |
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Christmas trees (real ones only) |
Garden waste skip for Composting |
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Clinical waste |
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Clinical waste collection- Energy recovery |
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Clothes (see also Textiles) including underwear, shoes (tied in pairs), accessories (including hats, belts, bags and jewellery) bedding, curtains, tableclothes and towels. Must be clean and dry so please place in a plastic bag. See here for more information about textiles |
Green box |
Recycling bank |
Charity shop See here for more information about textiles Visit Love your clothes to find out quick and easy ways to make the most of your clothes. Learn to repair your textiles at monthly sessions in Bath. The Big Mend |
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Computers |
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Electrical recycling container |
Donate to charity |
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Computer monitors |
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Recycling container for monitors and old TVs |
Donate to charity |
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Duvets |
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Landfill skip |
You may be able to donate them to local animal charity homes to use for pet bedding. |
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Electrical items |
Green box for small electrical items - must be able to fit into a carrier bag. Please place in open bag next to your green box, so we can see it is not rubbish. |
Electrical recycling container |
If they are working and in good condition donate to charities such as Mind http://shop.mind.org.uk/help/mind_in_your_areas/shops and British Heart Foundation www.bhf.org.uk Collection service for large items i.e. washing machines, tumble driers, fridges and freezers |
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Fluorescent tubes |
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Recycling container |
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Foil |
Green box |
Recycling bank |
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Food - cooked |
Food waste bin |
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Food - uncooked |
Food waste bin |
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Compost bin |
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Fridges and freezers |
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Fridge recycling area |
Selected charities i.e. The Genesis trust |
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Furniture |
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Recycled |
Selected charities i.e. The Genesis trust |
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Garden waste |
Garden waste collection |
Garden waste skip for composting |
Compost bin |
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Gas bottles |
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Recycled or re-used. Hazardous waste cage |
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Glass – bottles and jars |
Green box |
Recycling bank |
If glass is broken, please wrap it carefully in newspaper and put in your rubbish bin/re-usable rubbish bag. |
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Glass – window panes |
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Landfill skip |
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Hazardous waste |
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Energy recover - hazardous waste cage |
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Inhalers |
Inhalers can be recycled at participating pharmacies. For more information or to find your nearest pharmacy or visit Complete the cycle. |
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Lightbulbs - low energy |
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Recycling container |
Selected retailers, such as supermarkets have recycling containers |
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Lightbulbs - old style filament |
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Landfill skip |
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Mattresses |
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Landfill skip |
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Medicines (liquids and pills) |
Unopened, unused and out-of-date medicines can be returned to pharmacies for safe disposal. Once medicines have left the pharmacy, they cannot be recycled or re-used by anyone else. Do NOT flush medicines down the toilet. |
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Mobile phones |
Green box |
Recycling bank |
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Nappies |
Rubbish bin/re-usable rubbish bag |
Landfill skip |
See our special offer on re-usable nappy packs For advice and information on re-usable nappies please visit the Bath Cloth Nappy Library |
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Oil – cooking |
Small amounts of old cooking oil can be soaked into any newspaper or kitchen roll used to wrap your food waste and put in your caddy for your weekly food waste recycling collection. |
Recycling container |
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Oil – engine |
Green box (including oil filters) |
Oil recycling container |
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Paint |
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See attendant |
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Paper Most types including newspapers, magazines, envelopes, telephone directories, greetings cards and small amounts of shredded paper (no more than 2 carrier bags at a time). Please recycle brown paper with card in your blue bag. |
Green box |
Recycling bank |
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Pillows and cushions |
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Landfill skip |
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Plasterboard |
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Plasterboard recycling skip |
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Plastic – bags |
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Landfill skip |
Some supermarkets have recycling collection points or re-use smaller bags in your kitchen caddy for your food recycling collection Tesco in Keynsham has a plastic recycling bank where you can return those hard to recycle plastics such as plastic bags, plastic film, crisp packets and sweet wrappers click here for more information |
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Plastic – bottles (including lids) |
Green box |
Recycling bank |
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Plastic – packaging (tubs, pots, trays) |
Green box |
Recycling bank |
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Plastic - black packaging such as meat and fruit trays |
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Landfill skip |
Try to avoid buying products in black plastic |
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Plastic films - bubble wrap and cling film |
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Landfill skip |
Try to avoid using cling film - use reusable plastic containers for food storage or use foil which can be recycled in your green box. Tesco in Keynsham has a plastic recycling bank where you can return those hard to recycle plastics such as plastic bags, plastic film, crisp packets and sweet wrappers click here for more information |
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Plastic plant pots |
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Landfill skip |
Some garden centres collect for recycling or reuse such as Cleeve Nursery |
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Plastic – other (toys, furniture, film etc.) |
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Landfill skip |
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Polystyrene packaging |
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Landfill skip |
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Printer cartridges |
Green box |
Recycling bank |
Donate to charity |
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Rubbish |
Wheeled bin or Re-usable rubbish bag |
Landfill skip |
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Rubble |
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Rubble recycling skip (restrictions apply - go to Recycling Centres to find out more) |
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Scrap metal |
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Metal recycling skip |
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Shoes (tied in pairs) |
Green box |
Recycling bank |
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Soil |
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Rubble recycling skip - small amounts only (restrictions apply - go to Recycling Centres to find out more) |
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Spectacles |
Green box |
Recycling bank |
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Tapes |
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Landfill skip |
Charity shop |
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Televisions - old style CRT |
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Recycling container for monitors and old TVs |
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Televisions - new flat screen |
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Electrical recycling container |
Charity shop |
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Textiles including clothes, underwear, shoes (tied in pairs), accessories (including hats, belts, bags and jewellery) bedding, curtains, tableclothes and towels. Must be clean and dry so please place in a plastic bag. |
Green box |
Recycling bank Recycled or re-used |
Charity shop See here for more information about textiles Visit Love your clothes to find out quick and easy ways to make the most of your clothes. Learn to repair your textiles at monthly sessions in Bath. The Big Mend |
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Tissues |
Rubbish bin |
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Tyres |
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Recycling container (restrictions apply) |
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Videos |
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Landfill skip |
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Water filters |
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Several major retailers |
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Wood/timber |
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Wood recycling skip |
Donate to charity |