A-Z of rubbish and recycling
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Abandoned vehicles
Please see abandoned vehicles for more information on reporting abandoned vehicles and what to do when your vehicle reaches the end of its useful life.
Additional bins
Please see our page on how to apply for an additional bin as well as the circumstances under which we will provide additional bins to households.
Aerosols
Recycle your aerosol cans in your blue-lidded bin.
Do not pierce, crush or flatten the aerosol before recycling. Detach any loose or easily removable parts, such as the plastic lid, and dispose of them with the rest of your rubbish. Don't worry about removing the plastic nozzle - this will be removed during the recycling process.
Aluminium
Aluminium cans should be placed in your blue-lidded bin.
Household items such as saucepans that are in good condition can be taken to your local charity shop, jumble sale or offered on sites such as Freecycle.
Larger items can be recycled at the Household Recycling and Reuse Centre (the tip).
Asbestos
For more information, please visit our asbestos page.
Ash
Ash from wood fires which doesn't contain toxic materials can be used in home composting.
Assisted collections
Assisted collections are available where all residents in the household are unable to place their bins at the collection point due to ill health, infirmity or a disability. To find out more about applying for an assisted collection, please see assisted collections.
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Bank holidays
Household waste collections operate Tuesday to Friday. For details of changes over Easter and Christmas check collection days in your road. The Household Recycling and Reuse Centre (the tip) is open on all bank holidays except for Christmas Day, Boxing Day and New Year's Day.
Bathroom suites
Old bathroom suites can be taken to the Household Recycling and Reuse Centre (the tip), or if suitable could be offered for reuse on sites such as Freecycle.
Batteries (household and car)
Any retailer selling large quantities of household batteries, such as AA and AAA will provide battery recycling collection facilities in-store. Alternatively, they can be taken to the Household Recycling and Reuse Centre (the tip).
Instead of buying normal batteries, why not buy rechargeable ones? They are better for the environment and last longer.
Car batteries can be taken to the Household Recycling and Reuse Centre (the tip).
Bicycles / Bike reuse scheme
Bikes can be taken to the Household Recycling and Reuse Centre (the tip) where they will be repaired ready for reuse used by City Mission.
Bins
Please visit household bins or commercial waste for more information.
Bin liners / bags
You can buy compostable liners through our website for your food waste caddy. Alternatively you can purchase compostable liners in most supermarkets. You don't have to line your food waste caddy if you don't want to food waste can be put directly into your brown lidded garden waste bin or wrapped in a single sheet of newspaper. Please do not use plastic bags in either your brown lidded food and garden waste bin or your blue lidded recycling bin. Any waste presented in a black bag in either the recycling or garden waste bins will be assumed as contamination and will not be collected.
Bin repair / replacement
Where possible, we will always aim to repair rather than replace your damaged bins. If your bin has been damaged or stolen then please visit new bin or bin repair / replacement for more information on how to request a new one.
Bin tags
Bin tags cannot be recycled and should be put in your green-lidded bin. We would have liked for them to be recyclable, however, for them to be weatherproof as well as low cost, they are made from plastic-coated card.
Black bag waste
Black bag waste is anything that cannot be reused, recycled or composted and would therefore go into your green-lidded bin.
Blue-lidded bin (recycling)
Please visit blue-lidded bins for more information.
Body Shop
All items bought at The Body Shop can be returned for recycling.
Books
Books can be donated to a local charity shop, family, friends or school for reuse. You could also try using a website like BookMooch where you can swap your old books for someone else's.
Book a tip visit
You can book a tip visit online using My Account. For further information on using the tip, please see the Household Recycling and Reuse Centre (the tip).
Brown-lidded bin (garden waste)
Please visit brown-lidded bins for more information.
Bubble wrap
Bubble wrap cannot currently be recycled, but you could easily reuse it to wrap up valuables for transportation.
Building waste
Up to 6 bags per load of building waste from home DIY (excluding footings, internal wall removal, foundation work or internal render) can be disposed of at the Household Recycling and Reuse Centre (the tip). Please ask an advisor on site.
Bulky household waste
Bulky waste collections can be arranged for a charge. You can book for up to ten items at a time. Bulky waste items are currently collected by Emmaus who reuse and recycle as many of the collected items as possible.
Business waste
Please see commercial waste.
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Cans
Food and drink cans should be recycled in your blue-lidded bin. Don't forget to wash and squash them first! See also tin cans.
Car batteries
Please see batteries.
Card / cardboard
Recycle your cardboard in your blue-lidded bin. Large quantities can be recycled at the Household Recycling and Reuse Centre (the tip). Make sure that any staples are taken out of boxes and then squash the cardboard flat. If you are putting it into your blue-lidded bin, please ensure that it will not get stuck, as this may prevent your bin from being emptied fully.
Carpets
Carpets and rugs are made of a variety of fibres which are difficult to separate for recycling, therefore reuse of carpets and rugs is preferred. Carpets can be disposed of at the Household Recycling and Reuse Centre (the tip).
Cartons
These can be recycled in your blue-lidded bin, or they could be used for arts and crafts projects. Remember to wash and squash them first!
Cartridges
Many types of printer cartridges can be refilled at shops such as Cartridge World. Try to check that the cartridges can be reused before you buy a printer! They can also be taken to the Household Recycling and Reuse Centre (the tip). Many charities can also make money by recycling them.
Catalogues
These can be recycled in your blue-lidded bin.
Cat litter
Used cat litter should be bagged or wrapped in newspaper and put in your green-lidded bin. See also dog waste.
CDs, DVDs and videos
Most charity shops will take these in good condition, you could swap them or give them away to friends and family, or some websites will give you money for old CDs and DVDs.
Cereal boxes
Cereal boxes can be flattened and recycled in your blue-lidded bin. They could be used for arts and crafts along with cartons!
Chemicals
All hazardous and chemical waste that is destined for disposal must be cleanly and safely packaged in a container suitable for the purpose, clearly labelled and submitted for disposal at the Household Recycling and Reuse Centre (the tip). Please advise staff of any items you may have upon arrival at the site.
China plates and ornaments
If they are in good condition then they can be donated to a charity shop. Otherwise, please put them in your green-lidded bin as they cannot currently be recycled. Be careful to wrap any sharp edges.
Children's toys
Please see toys.
Christmas cards and paper
Glitter and foil wrapping papers can’t be recycled - they need to go into your green lidded bin. If you’re unsure try the scrunch test to check if your paper is recyclable. If your paper springs back after you scrunch it up it can’t be recycled. If it stays in a ball it can go into your blue lidded bin. You can tear the glitter section off of cards before you recycle them or save them to make gift tags for next year.
There are some great alternatives to traditional wrapping paper. You could consider using brown paper and twine to wrap your presents the brown paper could then be recycled or reused.
Plastic and glass baubles can’t be recycled. If they are in good condition you could take them to a charity shop or resell them to fund new decorations. If they are past their best please put them in your green-lidded bin or take them to the tip.
Christmas trees
Real Christmas trees can be cut up and placed in your brown-lidded bin. Otherwise they can be taken to the Household Recycling and Reuse Centre (the tip). If Christmas trees are artificial then these may be reused for subsequent years, or given to a friend or family member for reuse.
Cling film
Cling film cannot be collected for recycling. It can damage the machinery used for sorting recycling by becoming tangled around it. It must go in your green-lidded bin. Why not try to reduce the amount that you use by storing things in reusable containers instead.
Clinical waste
Please see our pages on household or commercial clinical waste.
For needles or syringes in a public area please visit needles and syringes.
Clothing, textiles and bedding
Unwanted clothing and textiles can be taken to your local charity shop, given to a friend or family member or recycled at the Household Recycling and Reuse Centre (the tip). See also shoes.
Every year 900 million textile items go to waste in this country, but old jumpers and unwanted clothing are a valuable resource in many less developed countries. In Africa and the Baltic States 90% of people depend upon reclaimed textiles from developed countries for their clothes!
Coffee cups
We are unable to recycle drinks cups at present. Why not reduce the number of coffee cups you use by using a reusable coffee cup or mug? Many coffee shops offer discounts for bringing your own mug!
Coins
Most charities have a scheme where you can donate your unwanted foreign currency. If you have notes why not exchange them using a currency conversion service.
Commercial waste
Please see our commercial waste page.
Compostable Liners
Compostable liners can be purchased for your food waste caddy.
Composting
Subsidised composting bins are available to Coventry residents through Coventry Recycling Club.
Why not visit our composting pages to find out more on:
Computers
If your computer is in good working order you could try selling it using online auction sites. If you can't sell it you could try giving it away using Freecycle.
Alternatively, you can dispose of them at the Household Recycling and Reuse Centre (the tip).
You should ensure that all personal information is removed before attempting to sell or dispose of your computer.
Contamination
Putting things that we can't collect into the recycling (blue-lidded) or garden (brown-lidded) bin can contaminate the whole load collected by our crews. Putting the wrong items into these bins can cause problems with the recycling process and increase costs of providing the service.
Controlled waste
See controlled or hazardous waste.
Cooking oil
Cooking oil can be disposed of at the Household Recycling and Reuse Centre (the tip). Please see fat for more information.
Corks
Natural corks can be sliced finely and put into a compost bin, or they could be reused to make an interesting notice board.
Crisp packets
Crisp packets are soft, mixed plastic, so need to be placed into your general waste bin, the same as chocolate bar wrappers, cling film etc.
There are, however, 2 collection points in the city where you can deposit crisp packets, which are then sent to Terracycle, specialists in hard to recycle plastics.
There is one at The Hub, Jordan Well, Coventry University and the other is a private collector, collecting all manner of hard to recycle items who is contactable via Facebook.
Cutlery and crockery
These should be given to friends or family members or bunched into sets and taken to a charity shop.
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Damaged bins
If your wheeled bin is damaged then it may be unsafe to empty it. You should contact us through My Account to request a repair or replacement. We aim to repair rather than replace wherever possible. Please see new bin or bin repair / replacement for more information.
Disposable nappies
Disposable nappies make up 4% of Coventry's household waste - that's 14,000 tonnes per year! They can take up to 500 years to decompose, more if disposed of in a plastic bag.
They should be bagged and placed in your green-lidded bin (general rubbish). They contain human waste and can therefore not be recycled in your blue-lidded bin.
Each household with a baby in disposable nappies generates an extra bag of rubbish each week. Reusable, cotton nappies are a good way of reducing this rubbish.
Dog waste
Dog waste should be placed in dog bins on the streets. If these are unavailable, or you are at home, then it should be bagged and placed in your green-lidded bin. See also cat litter.
Drinks bottles and cans
These can be recycled in your blue-lidded bin. Please wash and squash them first!
Duvets and pillows
Please see quilts.
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Egg boxes
If made from cardboard these are great for your home composter; just make sure that you break them up first!
Egg shells
Egg shells are excellent for home composting as they reduce the acidity, making the compost better for worms, which are very important in the composting process. They can also be a slug deterrent if crushed and sprinkled around plants. Egg shells can also go into your food and garden waste bin.
Electrical goods / appliances
Electrical goods and appliances can be recycled at the Household Recycling and Reuse Centre (the tip). Alternatively you can arrange for a collection using our bulky waste collection service for a small charge. Electrical appliances of any size should not be put into any of your household bins.
If your items are still in working order and good condition (no mould or rust) why not donate them to a charity shop, or offer them to friend or family?
Electricity
Switch off electrical appliances when they are not in use. Many electrical appliances still use 50% of the electricity on standby as when they're on!
Engine oil
Engine oil can be disposed of at the Household Recycling and Reuse Centre (the tip).
Envelopes
If you can't reuse old envelopes, recycle them in your blue-lidded bin.
Environment
For more information on how Coventry is doing in terms of current rubbish and recycling please see where are we now? For more information on what you can do to help, please see:
Excess waste
You can take any extra waste you may have to the Household Recycling and Reuse Centre (the tip) or arrange a bulky waste collection. Waste should not be compacted or forced into the bin as this may mean that your bin is not fully emptied.
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Fabrics
Please see clothing, textiles and bedding.
Fat
Cooking fat can cause blockages if it is poured down the drain. It can be sealed in a container and taken to the Household Recycling and Reuse Centre (the tip), or you could mix it with bird seed and leave it to solidify. This makes a great bird feed for the winter!
Fire extinguishers
Fire extinguishers should never be put in a household bin as they can be very dangerous. They can be taken to the Household Recycling and Reuse Centre (the tip) for disposal.
Fluorescent tubes and bulbs
These can be taken to the Household Recycling and Reuse Centre (the tip).
Flytipping
Please visit flytipping for more information.
Foil
Please check online as some charities collect foil to raise money. Alternatively, it can be recycled in your blue-lidded bin.
Food and drink cartons
See cartons.
Food waste
Food waste currently makes up the largest component of the average Coventry households waste. You can separate food waste in your kitchen using your food waste caddy. Once full your caddy can be emptied into either your food and garden waste bin or your household rubbish bin. More information on using your food waste caddy. For more information on reducing food waste, please visit Love Food Hate Waste.
Fridges and freezers
Fridges and freezers can be taken to the Household Recycling and Reuse Centre (the tip) or a bulky waste collection can be arranged to remove them. Many retailers will take them away for you when delivering a new one. Flytipping is an offence.
Furniture
Items in good condition can be donated to local charity shop, offered to friend or family or on website such as Freecycle. You may even be able to sell them using an online.
Items in poor condition can be taken to the Household Recycling and Reuse Centre (the tip). Alternatively, you can arrange for a collection using our bulky waste collection service for a small charge.
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Garden chemicals
Please see chemicals.
Garden tools
If your garden tools are in working condition why not give them to friends or family. Old tools can be recycled at the Household Recycling and Reuse Centre (the tip).
Garden waste
Compostable garden waste can be put in your brown-lidded bins. You can also home compost or take it to the Household Recycling and Reuse Centre (the tip). Garden waste collections are carried out every other week all year round.
If you believe that you have harmful or non-native plant species, such as Japanese knotweed, please see the gov.uk website for guidance.
Gas bottles / cylinders
These can be returned to the supplier or taken to the Household Recycling and Reuse Centre (the tip).
General rubbish
Please see green-lidded bin.
Gift wrap
Please see christmas cards and paper.
Glass
Glass can be recycled in your blue-lidded bin. Sheet glass can be taken to the Household Recycling and Reuse Centre (the tip). Broken glass should be wrapped to avoid injury and put in your green-lidded bin.
Going greener
Please visit going greener for more information on ways that you can become more environmentally friendly and reduce your waste.
Green-lidded bin (rubbish)
Please visit green-lidded bin for more information.
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Hazardous waste
Chemicals, batteries, electronic equipment and some paints are all classified as hazardous waste and should not be disposed of through the household waste collection service. Find out about controlled waste.
Household bins
Please see the following pages for more information:
- Blue-lidded bins (recycling)
- Brown-lidded bins (food and garden waste)
- Green-lidded bins (rubbish)
- Bin tags
To find out when your collections are, please find your street in our directory.
Heavy bins
If your bin is too heavy we cannot empty it as it may break, fall or damage equipment when lifted at the back of our vehicle. You should remove some of the items and return your bin to your property until your next scheduled collection day. You can take extra waste to the Household Recycling and Reuse Centre (the tip).
Household Recycling and Reuse Centre (the tip)
The Household Recycling and Reuse Centre (the tip) is located on Bar Road off the London Road. It is free to use for residents of Coventry.
Household waste
Coventry City Council provides fortnightly collections of your general waste (green-lidded bin) and on the alternate weeks for your recycling (blue-lidded bin) and garden waste (brown-lidded bin). Many other household waste items, that you cannot put in these bins, are accepted at the Household Recycling and Reuse Centre (the tip) e.g. batteries and light bulbs.
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Inhalers
Unused inhalers should be returned to your doctor or pharmacist for safe disposal. Used inhalers may be disposed of in your green-lidded bin.
Inkjet cartridges
Please see cartridges.
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Japanese knotweed
Japanese knotweed requires special disposal and therefore cannot go into your household bins or to the Household Reuse and Recycling Centre. The Environment Agency must be notified if you find Japanese knotweed on your property or elsewhere. Information on harmful weeds and contact details for the Environment Agency can be found on the gov.uk website.
Jars
Glass jars can be recycled in your blue-lidded bin.
Junk mail
Can be recycled in your blue-lidded bin. To stop unaddressed mail, register your address with Royal Mail. To stop addressed, unsolicited mail, you can register with the Mailing Preference Service.
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Kettles
Please see electrical goods and appliances.
Kitchen roll
Kitchen roll can assist home composting or should be disposed of in your green-lidded bin.
Knives
Knives should not be disposed of loose in any of your bins. They may be transported carefully to the Household Recycling and Reuse Centre (the tip) and put in the metal container.
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Labels
You do not need to remove labels from cans or bottles before recycling them.
Laptops
Please see computers.
Leaves
Leaves can be put in your brown-lidded bins or can be home composted.
Light bulbs
Light bulbs can be taken to the Household Recycling and Reuse Centre (the tip). They should not be put in your household bins.
Love Food Hate Waste
Love Food Hate Waste provides free information and cooking tips for reducing food waste.
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Magazines
These can be recycled in your blue-lidded bin. If you have lots of magazines, people are sometimes interested in these on websites like Freecycle.
Master composters
Master composters are volunteers who try to encourage and promote home composting in their local community.
Mattresses
Many retailers offer removal of mattresses when they deliver new ones. If mattresses are in good condition and still have a fire label attached then they may be taken to a charity shop. Alternatively, you could arrange for a bulky waste collection for a small charge, or mattresses can be taken to the Household Recycling and Reuse Centre (the tip).
Medicines
Please return any unused or out of date medicine to your local doctor or pharmacy. If medicines are allowed to escape into the environment then they could be harmful to animals or plants, so it is important that these are dealt with properly.
Metal
Metal cans may be recycled in your blue-lidded bin. Scrap metal can be recycled at the Household Recycling and Reuse Centre (the tip).
Microwaves
Please see electrical goods and appliances.
Milk bottles
Plastic milk bottles can be recycled in your blue-lidded bin. Please wash and squash first!
Glass milk bottles should be returned to your milkman for reuse.
Mirrors
You could try giving away or selling mirrors using Freecycle or an online auction site. Alternatively, they can be taken to the Household Recycling and Reuse Centre (the tip) or can be collected as part of a bulky waste collection.
Missed bins
For more information on missed bins and details on how to report one, please see missed bins.
Mobile phones
Unwanted mobile phones can be taken to the Household Recycling and Reuse Centre (the tip), or can be sold on online shops.
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Nappies
Please see disposable nappies.
New bins
Newspapers
These can be recycled in your blue-lidded bin.
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Oil
See fat, cooking oil and engine oil.
Ovens
Please see electrical goods and appliances.
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Packaging
Most packaging can be recycled in your blue-lidded bin. If you have too much to put in your bin then it may be taken to the Household Recycling and Reuse Centre (the tip).
The most environmentally friendly thing to do is to try to buy things that have the minimum amount of packaging possible. Please see going greener for more information. You can contact retailers if you feel that they have used excessive or unnecessary packaging.
Paint
Check online as some charities can redistribute unused paint. You can also take it to the Household Recycling and Reuse Centre (the tip), where water based paints can be disposed of in the landfill container. Gloss based paints should be identified to a site operative.
Paper
Paper can be recycled in your blue-lidded bin. See also shredded paper.
Pet waste
Please see dog waste and cat litter.
Plant pots
Plant pots are not currently recyclable, so must be placed into your green-lidded bin. You could also try to reuse them in the garden as you pot on smaller plants.
Plasterboard
For more information please see our page on plasterboard.
Plastic
Plastic recycling facilities are available at all of the Household Recycling and Disposal Centre (the tip).
Plastic carrier bags
Some larger supermarkets now offer recycling facilities for plastic bags. However, reusing plastic bags or replacing them with a reusable "Bag for Life" or longer-lasting cotton or jute bags are the best options environmentally. With the new 5p plastic bag charge, you will save money by taking a reusable bag with you every time you go shopping.
Hard plastics
Hard plastics such as garden furniture, kid's toys, trays and collapsible crates can be recycled at the Household Recycling and Reuse Centre (the tip).
Waste plastics for recycling - Biffa
Policy outlining Biffa's approach to managing plastics sent for recycling, including plastics which are exported.
Plastic bottles
Plastic bottles can be recycled in your blue-lidded bin.
Polystyrene
Please dispose of polystyrene in your green-lidded bin. Although polystyrene is a form of plastic, the process of expanding the plastic into polystyrene causes changes to the plastic, meaning that I cannot currently be recycled. The best option environmentally is to try to avoid buying anything in polystyrene, as it takes hundreds of years to break down after it is thrown away. We are able to collect small quantities of polystyrene in your green lidded bin, we would ask where possible this is bagged. Large quantities should be disposed of at the Recycling and Reuse Centre (the tip), on the London Road.
Postage stamps
Some charities collect old stamps to raise money. You can search the internet to find a charity that accepts stamps locally.
Printer cartridges
Please see cartridges.
Pyrex dishes and glasses
These cannot be recycled as they can explode when heated up in the glass recycling furnace. If they are in good condition then they can be taken to the a charity shop, or they can be taken to the Household Recycling and Reuse Centre (the tip).
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Quilts
Can be given to friends or family members. Otherwise, they can be disposed of at the Household Recycling and Reuse Centre (the tip).
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Rainwater
Why not collect rainwater in a water butt for use in your garden?
Recycling bins
Please see blue-lidded bin.
Recycling type codes
Anything with a 1 or 2 is recyclable, and can be placed into your recycling bin.
Report it
Please visit the following pages for reporting anything related to waste:
Replacement bins
To request replacement bins if yours are damaged or stolen, please visit new bins or bin repair / replacement.
Requests
Rubble, bricks and soil
Rubble and soil can be taken to the Household Recycling and Reuse Centre (the tip), where it will go for reuse.
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Saucepans
Saucepans that are still in a usable condition should be taken to a charity shop or given to a friend or family member. If they are no longer usable then they may be taken to the Household Recycling and Reuse Centre (the tip).
Schools
We work closely with many schools in Coventry in order to educate children on the importance of reuse and recycling, and what they can do to help.
Shoes
If you don't want to keep a pair of shoes you can take them to your nearest charity shop, or recycle them at the Household Recycling and Reuse Centre (the tip).
Shopping bags
Please see plastic carrier bags.
Shredded paper
Shredded paper can be added to your home composting or used for animal bedding. If you can do neither of these then it can be disposed of in your green-lidded bin.
Spectacles
Ask at your opticians or search online for charities that collect and reuse old spectacles.
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Takeaway food containers
If the container is made of plastic or foil then you can wash it and either reuse it or recycle it in your blue-lidded bin. Polystyrene containers cannot be recycled currently. The best option environmentally for polystyrene containers is to find an alternative use for them or to try to avoid having them in the first place. Pizza boxes which are contaminated with pizza (eg. grease on the inside of the box) cannot be recycled.
Telephones
Please see electrical goods and appliances or mobile phones.
Telephone directories
Can be recycled in your blue-lidded bin.
Tetrapaks
Tetrapak food and drink cartons can be recycled in your blue-lidded bin.
Tin cans
Cans are sorted from other waste either by hand or by machine; the cans are then divided into metal types using magnets, steel cans are separated leaving aluminium cans to be shredded into small pieces. These small pieces of aluminium are then formed into blocks. The blocks are then put into a furnace and heated to over 750°C. Chemicals are added to improve the quality of the molten metal which is then poured into moulds and cooled by a curtain of water and then rolled into very thin sheets, ready to be into more cans and can be back on the shelves in just 6 weeks.
The Tip
Please see the Household Recycling and Reuse Centre (the tip).
Toilet roll
Toilet roll can assist home composting or be disposed of in your green-lidded bin.
Tools
Please see garden tools.
Toys
If your old toys are in good condition, why not take them to your nearest charity shop or give them to someone you know with Children?
Tumble dryers
Please see electrical goods and appliances.
TVs and monitors
Recycle your TVs and monitors at the Household Recycling and Reuse Centre (the tip).
Tyres
You can dispose of up to 4 car tyres or 2 motorcycle tyres at the Household Recycling and Reuse Centre (the tip).
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Umbrellas
Umbrellas are always useful particularly with the British weather! If yours breaks it can be disposed of in your green-lidded bin.
Unaddressed mail
Please see junk mail.
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Vacuum cleaners
Please see electrical goods and appliances.
Vegetable peelings
Vegetable peel can be put in your home composting or in your green-lidded bin.
Volunteers (Recycling Champions)
Recycling Champions are volunteers who encourage others in their community to waste less and recycle more. Please see Coventry Recycling Club for more information.
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Washing machines
Please see electrical goods and appliances.
Water
There are many ways that you can reduce, reuse and recycle water in the home. Please visit Waterwise for more information.
Water butts
Water butts can be used to collect rainwater to use on your garden instead of using treated tap water. Please visit home composting for more information.
What happens to my waste now?
Please visit Our aims for your waste.
Wood and timber
Wood can be recycling at the Household Recycling and Reuse Centre (the tip).
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Xmas
Please see Christmas cards and paper and Christmas trees for more information.
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Yellow pages
Old yellow pages' or telephone directories can be recycled in your blue-lidded bin.
Yoghurt pots
Yoghurt pots can be washed and then recycled in your blue-lidded bin.
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Zinc
Batteries have zinc in them - please see batteries for how you can recycle them.
Customer Services
Open 9am–5pm Monday to Friday (excluding bank holidays). If you do need to call us, please try to avoid our busiest times of lunchtime and early afternoon. Many queries relating to Council Tax, benefits or bin and bulky waste collections can be dealt with directly by logging into My Account.
