Most flats in Gloucester City have communal recycling - this means that you have bins instead of boxes to present your recycling in, and you share the recycling bins with other tenants.
The number of bins depends on the number of flats using them.
If you believe that your property needs more (or new) recycling facilities, or if there are any issues with the bins, please ask your management company to contact us with your requests.
Sorting your recycling:
Your communal recycling bins should have stickers on them to tell you which one is which. If stickers are missing, or damaged and cannot be read, please ask your management company to contact us so we can replace them.
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Glass
- Clean glass jars and bottles (any colour)
- (no mirrors, pyrex dishes or drinking glasses please - they are made of a different kind of glass that we cannot accept in household recycling)
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Tins, cans and plastic
- Clean food tins
- Drink cans (make sure they're completely empty)
- Plastic bottles (please rinse and squash)
- Bleach and detergent bottles (empty with lids on)
- Bottles with a trigger spray (rinse and squash bottle where possible)
- Toiletries bottles (eg shampoo)
- Cartons such as Tetra Pak for milk, juice, soup (please rinse and squash)
- Household aerosols - must be empty with lids removed (lids can be recycled in the box)
- Mixed plastic containers such as meat trays, fruit punnets, yoghurt pots, butter and ice cream tubs, sweet tubs
- Aluminium foil and food trays - takeaway containers, pie cases, pet food trays, foil lids, kitchen foil (please scrunch foil lids, foil chocolate wrappers and kitchen foil together to make a larger ball)
- Toothpaste tubes
- Plant pots (but not black ones please)
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Paper and cardboard
- Newspaper and magazines
- Phone directories
- Catalogues and paperback books
- Junk-mail, letters and cards
- Cardboard egg boxes
- Envelopes
- Cereal and thin card food packaging
- Corrugated cardboard including mail-order packaging
- Sachet pet food boxes
- Washing powder boxes
- Clean pizza boxes (please make sure all food is removed)
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Food waste
- Meat & Fish (raw or cooked - including bones)
- Dairy products
- Raw or cooked fruit and vegetables
- Bread, cakes and pasta
- Uneaten food from plates
- Tea bags/leaves
- Coffee grounds
- Eggs / eggshell
- Cereals
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