What to do with your rubbish

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

A

Aluminium cans and aerosols

• Put in your brown bin or black box
• Visit a recycling bank
  
• Visit a household waste and recycling centre
  

Asbestos

• Visit a household waste and recycling centre
• Get asbestos removed

B

Bikes

• Visit Gremlins Cycle Centre

Batteries

• Visit a household waste and recycling centre

Books

• Put them in your blue bin or no-blo bag
• Use the Swap it website
• Donate to charity
  
• Visit a recycling bank - check with your local one
• Visit a household waste and recycling centre

Bric a brac

• Car boot sale
• Donate to charity
• Donate to your local school, playgroup, or doctors’ surgery (for toys and games)

Brochures (see ‘Paper’)

Building materials (see ‘Rubble, bricks, and hardcore’)

Bulky waste

• Use Bulky Bob's collection service

Business waste

• Phone 0161 770 6644

C

Cans

• Put in your brown bin or black box
• Visit a recycling bank
  
• Visit a household waste and recycling centre

Cardboard

• Re-use for storage, or playing with kids
• Put in your blue bin or no-blo bag. Large boxes should be flattened and put next to your paper recycling container
• Visit a recycling bank
• Visit a household waste and recycling centre
• Compost it (shred first)

Cards

• Put in your blue bin or no-blo bag
• Cut up cards to use as gift tags or for art activities with kids
• Playgroups, nurseries, or schools may collect cards
• Visit a recycling bank
• Visit a household waste and recycling centre

Carpets

• Use Bulky Bob's collection service
• Car boot sale
• Mend, re-upholster, or restore old furniture, before buying new
• Donate to charity

Carrier bags

• Re-use bags (take them to the supermarket again, or use them as bin liners)
• Many supermarkets have carrier bag recycling bins at their stores or sell ‘bags for life’

Cars

• Phone: 0161 770 6644 to report an abandoned car

CDs, tapes, records

• Donate to charity
• Visit a recycling bank - check with your local one

Christmas trees

You can chop up your tree and recycle it in the green bin, if you have one.

• Or visit a household waste and recycling centre

Clothes and textiles

• Car boot sale
• Donate to charity. Some charities give out sacks that are collected from your door.
• Visit a household waste and recycling centre
• Some charities will take unrepairable clothing for shredding and re-use as stuffing (Oxfam Wastesaver - phone: 01484 542021 or The Salvation Army - phone: 01933 441086)

Crockery and cutlery

• Re-use as storage or pot plant holders
• Donate to charity

Computers

• ITUK: 0161 230 6644
• Computer Recycling Centre Salford: 0161 287 8913
• Computer Aid International: 0870 1212101

Cookers (See ‘White goods’)

D

Dead animals

• 24-hour free removal service for all dead animals found on the public highway. Phone 0161 770 6644 to report

E

Electrical appliances

• Use Bulky Bob's collection service
• If in reasonable condition some charities will take them to refurbish (Emmaus Mossley - 01457 838608)
• Visit a household waste and recycling centre - un-repairable electrical appliances

F

Foil

• Put in your brown bin or black box
• Visit a recycling bank
• Visit a household waste and recycling centre

Food Waste

• Put it in your green food caddy or garden waste bin
• Put it in your garden compost bin (not meat, dairy or cooked food products). See Composting.

Fridges/freezers (see ‘White goods’)

Furniture

• Use Bulky Bob's collection service
• Car boot sale
• Mend, re-upholster, or restore old furniture, before buying new
• Donate to charity

G

Garden waste

• Put in your green bin (no soil or turf)
• Compost - See Composting.
• Visit a household waste and recycling centre
• Hire a skip for large amounts of soil and garden waste

Gas bottles

• Re-fill them
• Visit a household waste and recycling centre

Glass jars and bottles

• Re-use as storage
• Put in your brown bin or black box
• Visit a recycling bank
• Visit a household waste and recycling centre

Light bulbs, Pyrex, crystal, window glass, and mirrors cannot be recycled. Wrap carefully and put in your grey bin, or take to a household waste and recycling centre.

H

Hazardous waste

• Contact the Environment Agency

I

Ink cartridges

• Re-fill
• Donate to charity (only some deal with ink cartridges)

J

Junk mail (see ‘Paper’)

• To stop getting junk mail visit the MPS website

K

Kitchen waste (see ‘Food Waste’)

L

Litter

• To report litter or flytipping phone 0161 770 6644
• Get involved, join Litterwatchers (phone 0161 770 6644)

M

Medicines

• Clean empty bottles can be recycled as glass or plastic.

Mobile phones

• Donate to charity

N

Nappies

• Nappy laundry service
• Use biodegradable disposable nappies

O

Oil

• Visit a household waste and recycling centre

P

Paper, magazines, envelopes, cardboard

• Re-use newspaper and magazines for art activities with your children.
• Donate to schools for art activities, or magazines to doctors/ dentists’ surgeries.
• Composting (shredded paper)
• Put in your blue bin or no-blo bag bag
• Visit a recycling bank
• Visit a household waste and recycling centre

Plastic bottles

• Re-use for storage, or in the garden for covering plants.
• Put in your brown bin or black box
• Visit a recycling bank
• Visit a household waste and recycling centre
• All other plastic items should be put in your grey rubbish bin

R

Rubble, bricks, and hardcore

• Hire a skip
• Visit a household waste and recycling centre

S

Scrap metal

• Visit a scrap metal merchant
• Visit a household waste and recycling centre
• Use Bulky Bob's collection service

Shoes (see clothes)

Spectacles

• Donate to charity

Steel tins and cans

• Put in your brown bin or black box
• Visit a recycling bank
• Visit a household waste and recycling centre

T

Tools

• Your local DIY shop may refurbish tools
• Donate to Tools for Self Reliance. Phone 02380 869697 to arrange collection
• Recycle as scrap metal (see ‘Scrap metal’)

Trade waste

• Phone 0161 770 6644

Tyres

• Visit a household waste and recycling centre

W

White goods e.g. washing machines

 

• If you are buying new white goods, your supplier may get rid of your old one
• Use Bulky Bob's collection service
• Visit a household waste and recycling centre

Wood

• Donate timber to your local school
• Reclamation yards will take timber in good condition
• Visit a household waste and recycling centre

Y

Yellow Pages (see 'Paper')

Donate to charity