A-Z Recycling Guide
Use this A-Z Guide to find out if an item will be collected by our recycling kerbside service, can be taken to one of Essex County Council's Recycling Centres (Civic Amenity Sites). or can be taken to an alternative organisation.
To find your item, please scroll down the page or select the first letter of your item from the alphabet below.
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A| Item | Container |
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| Aerosol cans | White Sack |
| Aluminium foil tops | White Sack |
| Aluminium trays | White Sack |
| Apples (including apples fallen due to windfall) | Food waste caddy |
| Asbestos | Information on how to dispose of Asbestos |
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B| Item | Container |
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| Bags (plastic) | Black Sack or Reuse |
| Batteries (household) | Civic Amenity Site |
| Bed Sheets | Civic Amenity Site or Textiles bag |
| Belts | Textiles bag |
| Bicycle | Civic Amenity site- scrap metal bank |
| Birthday Cards (no glitter) | Blue Sack |
| Biscuit Tin | Black Sack |
| Bones (cooked chicken, fish etc.) | Food waste caddy |
| Books (hard and paperback) | Charity Shop, Book Bank (Recycling site at The Depot, The Drive, Warley) or Civic Amenity Site |
| Bottle (glass) | Red Box |
| Bottle (plastic) (wash, squash & replace lids) | White Sack |
| Branches (small) | Brown bin/Green Bio Sack |
| Bread packaging | Black Sack |
| Bubble wrap | Black Sack |
| Building materials- corrugated iron | Civic Amenity site |
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C| Item | Container |
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| Candles | Black Sack |
| Cans (food, lids inside) | White Sack |
| Cans (drink, lids inside) | White Sack |
| Cardboard | Blue Sack |
| Carrier bags (plastic) | Black Sack or Reuse |
| Cat food | Black sack |
| Cat food packaging | Black sack |
| Cat litter | Black sack |
| CD | Civic Amenity Site or Charity Shop |
| Cereal box | Blue sack |
| Cereal inner packaging packets | Black sack |
| Chicken carcass | Food waste caddy |
| Chocolate boxes (cardboard) | Blue sack |
| Chocolate sweet tray (plastic) | Black sack |
| Christmas Cards (no glitter) | Blue sack |
| Christmas decorations (baubles, tinsel etc.) | Black sack |
| Christmas trees | Brown bin/green sack |
| Cling film | Black sack |
| Clinical Waste | Information on how to dispose of clinical waste is available on the Clinical Waste web page |
| Clothes | Textiles bag |
| Coat hanger (plastic) | Black sack |
| Coat hanger (metal) | Black sack |
| Coffee Beans | Food waste caddy |
| Compost bags | Black sack |
| Computer | Freecycle, Computer Aid, Reuse Essex, Civic Amenity Site |
| Cooking Oil | Civic Amenity site |
| Cotton Wool | Black sack |
| Crisp packet | Black sack |
| Crockery | Black sack |
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D| Item | Container |
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| Dog food | Black sack |
| Drinking glass | Black sack (please wrap in newspaper) |
| Drinks cartons | Black sack |
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| Face masks (PPE) | Black sack |
| Facial wipes | Black sack |
| Facial wipes packaging | Black sack |
| Fat- cooking | Black sack (within plastic bottle) |
| Fish bones | Food waste caddy |
| Foil (no foil pouches) | White sack |
| Foil trays (no food traces) | White sack |
| Food trays (black plastic) (no food traces) | Black sack |
| Food trays (clear & coloured plastic) (no food traces) | White sack |
| Food wrapping e.g. cellophane, cling film | Black sack |
| Fluorescent tubes | Civic Amenity Site |
| Fridge/freezer | Civic Amenity Site or Special Collection |
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G| Item | Container |
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| Glass (broken) | Black sack (please wrap in newspaper) |
| Glass bottles & jars | Red box |
| Glass window | Civic Amenity Site |
| Grass cuttings | Brown bin/green bio sack |
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J| Item | Container |
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| 'J' cloths | Black sack |
| Jar lids (metal) | White sack |
| Jars (glass) | Red box |
| Juice cartons | Black sack |
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K| Item | Container |
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| Kitchen roll | Black sack |
| Kitchen roll cardboard tube | Blue sack |
| Kitchen roll packaging | Black sack |
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N| Item | Container |
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| Nails (metal) | Black sack |
| Nappies | Black sack |
| Newspaper | Blue sack |
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P| Item | Container |
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| Paint tins | Civic Amenity site |
| Papier mache | Black sack |
| Paper plates (clean) | Blue sack |
| Paper serviettes | Black sack |
| Pen | Black sack |
| Pencil | Black sack |
| Photographs | Black sack |
| Pizza boxes (no food traces) | Blue sack |
| Plants | Brown bin/green bio sack |
| Plastic bags (including clothing & parcel bags) | Black sack or Reuse |
| Plastic bottles (wash, squash & replace lids) | White sack |
| Plastic plant pots | Black sack |
| Plastic/rubber gloves | Black sack |
| Polystyrene | Black sack |
| Potato peelings | Food waste caddy |
| PPE face masks | Black sack |
| Pringle tubes | Black sack |
| Print toner | Civic amenity site |
| Pumpkins | Food waste caddy |
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S| Item | Container |
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| Saucepans | Civic amenity site |
| Scourers | Black sack |
| Sellotape | Black sack |
| Shampoo bottles | White sack |
| Shoes | Textiles bag |
| Shopping bags (plastic) | Black sack or Reuse |
| Shredded paper | Black sack |
| Spectacles | Vision Aid Overseas, Civic amenity site |
| Straw - drinking (plastic & paper) | Black sack |
| String/rope | Black sack |
| Styrofoam food tray | Black sack |
| Sweet tin | Black sack |
| Sweet tray (plastic) | Black sack |
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T| Item | Container |
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| Tablet pack (cardboard) | Blue sack |
| Tablet pack (plastic insert) | Black sack |
| Tea bags | Food waste caddy |
| Telephone directory | Blue sack |
| Tetrapak | Black sack |
| Textiles and clothing | Textiles bag, Civic amenity site |
| Tin foil | White sack |
| Tissue | Black sack |
| Tissue box | Blue sack |
| Tissue paper | Black sack |
| Toilet roll tube | Blue sack |
| Toilet roll packaging | Black sack |
| Toothpaste tube | Black sack |
| Towels | Textiles bag |
| Turkey carcass | Food waste caddy |
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V| Item | Container |
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| Vegetable peelings | Food waste caddy |
| Video cassette tape | Black sack |
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W| Item | Container |
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| Wallpaper (used or unused) | Black sack |
| Weeds | Brown bin/green bio sack |
| Wine cork | Black sack |
| Window envelopes | Blue sack |
| Wine glass | Black sack (please wrap in newspaper) |
| Wipes (anti bac, cleaning, wet wipes, make-up etc) | Black sack |
| Wipes packaging | Black sack |
| Wrapping paper | Black sack |
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X| Item | Container |
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| X-Ray scans | Black sack |
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Y| Item | Container |
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| Yellow pages | Blue sack |
| Yoghurt pots | White sack |
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