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What CAN I put out for the recycling service?
Please give us the following materials:
Newspapers and magazines
Junk Mail
Office type paper (in any colour)
Cardboard
Glass bottles and containers
Metal tins and cans (including tin
foil if clean and not
contaminated with food stuffs)
Plastic bottles and containers
(including cleaned out yogurt
pots, margarine tubs etc)
Tetrapak cartons (the wax
type, milk and orange juice
cartons)
Garden waste (grass cuttings,
hedge clippings etc)
Textiles including bedding
and pillows
Household batteries (See A-Z)
Polystyrene
What CAN’T I put out for the recycling service?
Please don’t give us the following materials
(we are not able to recycle them at present)
Anything still containing food
or drink
Crisp packets
Sweet wrappers
Other small pieces of paper
Any rubbish
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DID YOU KNOW...
LANDFILL SITES PRODUCE AROUND ONE
QUARTER OF THE UK’S EMISSIONS OF
METHANE, A GREENHOUSE GAS WHICH IS
20 TIMES MORE POTENT THAN CO2.
Benefits of Recycling...
It reduces landfill by decreasing the amount of rubbish
sent to landfill sites.
There are over 1,500 landfill sites in the UK and they produce
harmful methane gasses. By sending items to landfill, we are
effectively removing reusable resources from circulation. Landfill sites
contaminate the land, water, air and are rapidly filling up!
Residents’ Guide to Recycling and Waste Services in Rhondda Cynon Taf