Kerbside Recycling Collections

If you have a Kerbside collection of recyclables, please try to use it - we would like to offer this service to as many households as possible, and we are including more every year.

Your collection is arranged and run by your DISTRICT council. There are several different schemes running in Worcestershire so please be sure to check which items your scheme takes.

Worcester City, Redditch and Wychavon Wheelie Bin Recycling

Green Recycling Bin

• Newspapers
• Junk mail (including envelopes with see-through windows)
• Bank statements and bills - These can be shredded first to ensure details are confidential
• light weight card such as cereal packets - please flatten them
• magazines - even glossy ones
• phone books
• Any metal food cans - no need to remove lables, but please rinse out contents
• Any metal drinks cans - no need to remove lables, but please rinse out contents
• Aerosol cans EXCEPT ones containing paint
• Metal lids from jars and bottles
• Plastic drinks and milk bottles EXCEPT Brown or Black ones - please remove tops
• Plastic toiletry bottles EXCEPT Brown or Black ones - please remove tops
• NO OTHER PLASTICS - no yoghurt pots, no meal trays, no plastic cups, no plastic bags...... ONLY BOTTLES
• All glass bottles
• All glass jars
• NO TEXTILES / CLOTHING thanks

Worcester City, Malvern Hills and Wychavon bagged collections

Purple bag for Paper and Textiles

• Newspapers
• Junk mail (including envelopes with see-through windows)
• Bank statements and bills - These can be shredded first to ensure details are confidential
• light weight card such as cereal packets - please flatten them
• magazines - even glossy ones
• phone books
• CLEAN card packaging from food containers
• CLEAN and REUSABLE clothing and textiles, but no pillows, duvets, sleeping bags, tights or underwear please

Clear Bag for Cans and Plastic Bottles

• Any metal food cans - no need to remove lables, but please rinse out contents
• Any metal drinks cans - no need to remove lables, but please rinse out contents
• Aerosol cans EXCEPT ones containing paint
• Metal lids from jars and bottles
• Plastic drinks and milk bottles EXCEPT Brown or Black ones - please remove tops
• Plastic toiletry bottles EXCEPT Brown or Black ones - please remove tops
• NO OTHER PLASTICS - no yoghurt pots, no meal trays, no plastic cups, no plastic bags...... ONLY BOTTLES

Green Box for Glass (only applies to some properties in Wychavon)

• Any colour clean empty glass bottles and jars.
• NO FLAT GLASS, BROKEN GLASS, PYREX or LIGHTBULBS thankyou

Bromsgrove

Red Box for Paper and Textiles

• Newspapers
• Junk mail (including envelopes with see-through windows)
• Bank statements and bills - These can be shredded first to ensure details are confidential
• light weight card such as cereal packets - please flatten them
• magazines - even glossy ones
• phone books
• CLEAN card packaging from food containers
• CLEAN and REUSABLE clothing and textiles, but no pillows, duvets, sleeping bags, tights or underwear please

Blue Box for Cans, Plastic Bottles and Glass

• Any metal food cans - no need to remove lables, but please rinse out contents
• Any metal drinks cans - no need to remove lables, but please rinse out contents
• Aerosol cans EXCEPT ones containing paint
• Metal lids from jars and bottles
• Glass jars and bottles - no need to remove lables but please rinse out contents
• NOT lightbulbs, broken glass or window glass
• Plastic drinks and milk bottles EXCEPT Brown or Black ones - please remove tops
• Plastic toiletry bottles EXCEPT Brown or Black ones - please remove tops
• NO OTHER PLASTICS - no yoghurt pots, no meal trays, no plastic cups, no plastic bags...... ONLY BOTTLES

Wyre Forest

Black Box for Paper and Textiles

• Newspapers
• Junk mail (including envelopes with see-through windows)
• Bank statements and bills - These can be shredded first to ensure details are confidential
• light weight card such as cereal packets - please flatten them
• magazines - even glossy ones
• phone books
• CLEAN card packaging from food containers
• CLEAN and REUSABLE clothing and textiles, but no pillows, duvets, sleeping bags, tights or underwear please

Green Box for Cans, Plastic Bottles and Glass

• Any metal food cans - no need to remove lables, but please rinse out contents
• Any metal drinks cans - no need to remove lables, but please rinse out contents
• Aerosol cans EXCEPT ones containing paint
• Metal lids from jars and bottles
• Glass jars and bottles - no need to remove lables but please rinse out contents
• NOT lightbulbs, broken glass or window glass
• Plastic drinks and milk bottles EXCEPT Brown or Black ones - please remove tops
• Plastic toiletry bottles EXCEPT Brown or Black ones - please remove tops
• NO OTHER PLASTICS - no yoghurt pots, no meal trays, no plastic cups, no plastic bags...... ONLY BOTTLES

What happens to the kerbside recycling?

It depends on your district collection scheme, but generally, the materials are sorted by type, compressed into bales and sent to a specialist recycler to be made into new items. This is done at our Materials Recovery Facility (MRF) or at the kerbside depending on where you live.

My Recycling went in the Bin Lorry!!!!

If you see your recycling being thrown into a refuse collection vehicle, please don't worry! Many of our bin lorries are made with two sections - one for waste, one for recyclables. They are called 'split body' vehicles. If you are not convinced, please ask the bin men if the recycling is being collected separately - if not, LET US KNOW and we will sort it out as soon as possible. call 01905 768257