What can go in my bin?

Spelthorne waste collection
What can go in
your bins
Recycling bin
Your light green bin is for recycling.
After collecting your recycling it is taken
to a local sorting facility and then sent
to be made into new products.
Glass
Including:
• bottles and jars, any colour
Plastic containers
• drinks, shampoo and cleaning bottles any colour
• yoghurt pots
• margarine and
ice-cream tubs
• food trays
• bottle tops
Paper and cardboard
Including:
• junk mail
• magazines
• shredded paper • envelopes
• cardboard
• newspaper
Cans and tins
Including:
• food and drink cans and tins (rinsed and
as clean as possible)
No carrier bags, No plastic bags, No bin liners
Food waste bin
All food waste should be bagged in compostable liners or wrapped in newspaper.
Including:
• mouldy and out of date food
• meal leftovers
• fruit and vegetable peelings
• meat and fish
• bones, fat and gristle
• rice, pasta, beans and cereal
• cheese, yoghurt and egg shells
• tea bags and coffee grounds
• bread, cakes and pastries
û no oils or liquids
Visit www.lovefoodsurrey.com
for advice on reducing food waste.
Recycling sites
To find your nearest Local
Recycling Bank and the items
that can be taken there please
visit www.spelthorne.gov.uk
Remember...you can also
recycle many other items at
your local community recycling
sites these include textiles,
shoes, videotapes.
Alternatively you can call
Customer Services on
01784 451499 or e-mail
customer.services@
spelthorne.gov.uk
Other items that can be recycled at Charlton
Lane Community Recycling Centre include:
Many other items can be recycled at Charlton Lane
Recycling Centre including:
beverage cartons
aluminium foil
batteries including car
textiles and shoes
flower pots
electrical items
televisions and computers
gas bottles
carpet
freezers and fridges
mobile phones
oil and filters
scrap metal
toys
wood
Charlton Lane, Recycling Centre, Charlton
Lane, Shepperton, TW17 8QA
Tel: 01932 782792
Garden Waste
If you join our garden waste scheme
we will issue you with a brown wheelie
bin and collect your garden waste
every other week*.
For more information call Customer
Services on 01784 451499 or visit
www.spelthorne.gov.uk/gwform
* Collections stop for the winter from December until mid-February