Black bin collection day.
Your black bin is for non-recyclable items, which will be sent to landfill. There shouldn’t be much left after you have recycled your food waste and all the items that go in your green bin. Things that can go in your black bin include:
- cling film
- polystyrene
- crisp packets
- sanitary products
- nappies
- cat litter
- VHS tapes/cassettes (however, up to 100 tapes at a time can be sent to EMS provided that you pay for the postage)
Please do not put the following in your black dustbin
- bricks
- rubble
- soil
- large items i.e. furniture
- electrical items
- garden waste
- batteries
- hot ash (can go in the black bin once cooled)
These can all be taken to the county council waste recycling centres.
Paint
If you can’t use up spare paint or give it away, the best way to dispose of it is to add sawdust, sand or soil to the tin and leave the lid off until the paint becomes solid and dry. You can then put it in your black bin.
For more information on refuse collection please visit the following South Oxford District Council website links:
http://www.southoxon.gov.uk/services-and-advice/recycling-rubbish-and-waste/household-collections/collection-days
Food waste caddy collection day.
South Oxfordshire District Council will collect the following:
Food waste items
All your raw and cooked food waste such as leftovers and spoilt food, and including:
- meat and fish – raw and cooked including bones
- all dairy products such as cheese and eggs
- raw and cooked vegetables and fruit
- bread, cakes and pastries
- rice, pasta and beans
- uneaten food from your plates and dishes
- tea bags and coffee grounds
- cooking oil, lard and fats (do not put cooking oil in plastic containers)
- old flowers
What cannot go in your food recycling bin?
- packaging
- plastic bags
- glass
These can all go in your recycling bin.
Lining your food recycling caddy
Food waste for recycling can be put into your caddy loose, wrapped in a couple of sheets of newspaper, or in caddy liners with the code EN 13432. Caddy liners are composted along with the food at our in-vessel composting plant but are removed at our anaerobic digestion plants and used to make refuse derived fuel.
For more information on refuse collection please visit the following South Oxford District Council website links:
http://www.southoxon.gov.uk/services-and-advice/recycling-rubbish-and-waste/household-collections/collection-days