Green bin collection day.
South Oxfordshire District Council will collect the following:
All paper and cardboard, including:
- books – only if not suitable for taking to a charity shop
catalogues - phone directories (including the Yellow Pages)
- cereal boxes
- corrugated cardboard
- envelopes (including envelopes with windows)
- greeting cards
- junk mail
- magazines
- newspapers
- shredded paper (loose)
- tissue boxes
- toilet roll tubes
- writing paper
- Mixed glass bottles and jars – any colour (and bottle tops, but please separate them)
All plastic bags, bottles, pots, tubs and trays (except film):
- plastic or carrier bags (except black bags)
- detergent bottles
- drinks bottles (and tops)
- food and drink cartons (Tetra Paks)
- food trays
- general plastic packaging
- ice cream tubs
- margarine tubs
- plastic milk cartons and bottles
- shampoo bottles
- yoghurt pots
Remember: When possible, please remove the tops and squash the bottle to make more space in your bin.
Metal
- aerosols
- clean foil
- food tins
- steel and aluminium food and drink cans (please wash and squash them first)
- metal lids (bottle and jar lids)
All these can go in your bin together and should be loose (no bagged materials). It’s best if all materials are clean – this helps to keep your bin clean and reduces contamination of the recycling . If you fill your green bin you can put extra recycling out for collection next to your bin in either clear or see through sacks, carrier bags or cardboard boxes.
Batteries
Batteries can be recycled on your recycling collection day. Just pop them in a clear plastic bag (such as a sandwich bag or food bag) on top of your green recycling bin.
We can collect household batteries, such as 6v batteries, 9v batteries (transistor batteries), D, C AA, AAA and button batteries (watch batteries) as well as mobile phone batteries, laptop batteries and lithium batteries with tape across the terminals.
We cannot collect batteries with trailing wires, car batteries, or other industrial batteries but you may be able to take these to a Household Waste Recycling Centre. For further information on battery recycling and disposal facilities, please see the Oxfordshire A-Z section on batteries.
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