A - Z  What do do with your rubbish

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A

Aluminium cans and aerosols

Asbestos

B

Batteries

Bikes

Books

Bric a brac

  • Car boot sale

  • Donate to a 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

Business waste (See ‘trade waste’)

C

Cans (see ‘Aluminium’ or ‘Steel’)

Cardboard

Cards

Carpets (see ‘Furniture’)

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

Catalogues (See ‘Paper’)

CDs, tapes, records

Christmas trees

Clothes and textiles

  • Car boot sale

  • Donate to a 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 a 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. Phone 0161 770 6644 to arrange

Drinks cans (See ‘Aluminium cans’)

E

Electrical appliances

Envelopes (See ‘Paper)

F

Foil

Food Waste

  • Put it in your green food caddy

  • Compost (not meat, dairy and cooked food products). See Composting.

Fridges/freezers (see ‘White goods’)

Furniture

G

Garden waste

Gas bottles

Glass jars and bottles

Light bulbs, Pyrex, crystal, window glass, and mirrors cannot be recycled. Wrap carefully and put in your greybin, or take to a Household Waste and Recycling Centre.

H

Hazardous waste

I

Ink cartridges

J

Junk mail (see ‘Paper’)

K

Kitchen waste (see ‘Food Waste’)

L

Litter

  • To report litter or flytipping phone 0161 770 6644.

  • Get involved, join Litterwatchers

M

Magazines (See ‘Paper’)

Medicines

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

Mobile phones

N

Nappies

O

Oil

P

Paper

Plastic bottles

R

Rubble, bricks, and hardcore

S

Scrap metal

Shoes (see clothes)

Spectacles

Steel tins and cans

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’)

Toys/games (See ‘Bric a Brac’)

Trade waste

  • Phone 0161 770 6644

Tyres

W

Washing machines (see ‘White goods’)

White goods

  • Donate to a charity

  • If you are buying new white goods, your supplier may get rid of your old one

  • Free collection service for bulky items such as fridges and freezers, cookers and all large electrical items. Phone 0161 770 6644 to arrange collection from Bulky Bobs

  • Visit a Household Waste and Recycling Centre

Wood

Y

Yellow Pages (see 'Paper')