What you can put in your rubbish

Items you should put in your rubbish

• Plastic wraps and foil wraps.
• Disposable cups, plates and cutlery.
• Polystyrene takeaway containers and meat trays.
• Nappies and sanitary products.
• Broken glass, wrapped.
• Some plastic items - visit How to get rid of plastic to check how to dispose of specific plastic items.
• Noxious weeds - visit How to dispose of weeds.

For items not on the above list, visit How to get rid of unwanted items.

Items you should not put in your rubbish

• Hot ashes.
• Garden waste.
• Medical waste (except Rapid Antigen Tests).
• Building material.
• Large household items.
• Chemicals and hazardous items.
• Recyclable items such as cans, glass and plastic bottles, paper and cardboard.

To know how to dispose of these items, visit How to get rid of unwanted items.

For recyclable items, visit What you can put in your recycling.

For food scraps and garden waste, visit Reduce your food scraps and garden waste.

For hazardous chemicals and paint, visit Hazardous waste.