Bags and containers

The following table shows you what you can recycle at the kerbside, and what other facilities are available to you for the recycling of other materials.

 

 

Yes please

No thanks

Clear sack

Clear sack

Plastic bottles  -

All household plastic bottles,

including milk bottles, shampoo

bottles, household cleaners

Please squash your bottles!

Food trays, yoghurt pots, ice

cream tubs

Engine oil

Lids

Green box

 

Green recycling boc

 

Paper – Paper, magazines,

junk mail, envelopes

Cans – Food and drink cans,

aerosol cans

Glass – Glass bottles and jars

Please separate the materials

to assist the collection crew!

Yellow pages, hardback

books, food packaging,

greetings cards, cardboard

 

Aluminium foil, ‘take away’

containers

 

Broken glass, light bulbs,

window glass

Green bin

 

Green recycling bin

Garden waste –

Small branches, twigs, wood

prunings, leaves, weeds

Grass cuttings

Plant and hedge trimmings

Flowers and household

plants

Treated wood, fence panels

Grass turf or soil

Thick branches or plant pots

General refuse

Neighbourhood Recycling Centres (NRCs)

 

Recycling center (NRC)

 

Glass, Cans and Paper

Plastic bottles

Cardboard

Textiles, Books and Shoes

Household waste

Fly tips

Hertfordshire County

Council Household

Waste Recycling Centres

Plastic food trays, yoghurt pots, ice cream tubs, garden waste,

wood, engine oil, fridges, TVs and computers, tyres, batteries.

For more information visit the related links.

 

Purple sack

 

purple sack image

Non-recyclable household

waste only

Recyclable material including

paper, cans, glass, plastic,

cardboard, textiles – these

should be recycled at the

kerbside or NRCs where

appropriate

 

After you have recycled everything you can, there shouldn't be much left to go in your purple sack!