Recycling rules for Bromley

Accepted

Not accepted

• ✗Black plastic containers — Not accepted, including black plastic plant pots
• ✗Plastic bags — Not accepted in the green boxInstead: Most larger supermarkets, or your refuse sack
• ✗Plastic film — Not accepted in the green boxInstead: Most larger supermarkets, or your refuse sack
• ✗Plastic toys — Not accepted in the green boxInstead: Put in your refuse sack
• ✗Crisp packets and sweet wrappers — Not accepted in the green box
• ✗Other metal — Only the listed cans, tins, foil and tubes
• ✗Pyrex — Not accepted in the green boxInstead: Wrap carefully and put in your refuse sack
• ✗Drinking glasses — Not accepted in the green boxInstead: Wrap carefully and put in your refuse sack
• ✗Crockery — Not accepted in the green box
• ✗Broken glass — Not accepted in the green boxInstead: Wrap carefully and put in your refuse sack
• ✗Window glass — Not accepted in the green box
• ✗Polystyrene — Not accepted in the green boxInstead: Refuse sack (cups and trays)
• ✗Recycling in black bags — We might mistake your recycling for rubbishInstead: Use your green box

Common mistakes

• ⚠Batteries — Loosely tied bag by your green or black box
• ⚠Small electrical items — Loosely tied bag by your green or black box
• ⚠Vapes — Bag with small electricals, by your box
• ⚠Clothes and textiles — Loosely tied bag by your box (houses)

Accepted

• ✓Fruit, vegetables and peelings
• ✓Meat, fish and bones
• ✓Cooked and uncooked food
• ✓Plate scrapings
• ✓Leftover food
• ✓Bread, pasta, cereal and rice
• ✓Tea bags and coffee grounds
• ✓Dairy products and eggshells
• ✓Cut flowers — Placed in a compostable bag or newspaper

Not accepted

• ✗Plastic film and food wrappings — Including plastic or biodegradable bags
• ✗Disposable nappies and incontinence pads — Not accepted in food wasteInstead: Double-bag and place in refuse
• ✗Pet waste — Not accepted in food wasteInstead: Double-bag and place in refuse
• ✗Any other household waste — Not accepted in food waste
• ✗Black bags instead of a container — We might mistake your recycling for rubbishInstead: Contact the council for another container

Common mistakes

• ⚠Cooking oil and fat→ goes in General Waste — Cool, seal in a container; not down the sink

Accepted

• ✓Newspapers and magazines
• ✓Old letters and bills
• ✓Envelopes
• ✓Catalogues and phone books
• ✓Cardboard packaging and boxes — Flatten or cut up to fit, or a neat 2ftx3ft bundle
• ✓Pizza, cereal and egg boxes
• ✓Cardboard tubes — E.g. toilet rolls
• ✓Greeting cards — No glitter
• ✓Shredded paper — In a large envelope, paper bag or cereal box

Not accepted

• ✗Hardback books — We cannot recycle the coverInstead: Give them to charity
• ✗Drink and milk cartons — These go in your green boxInstead: Green box
• ✗Tetra Paks — E.g. juice cartons - these go in your green boxInstead: Green box

Common mistakes

• ⚠Batteries — Loosely tied bag by your green or black box
• ⚠Small electrical items — Loosely tied bag by your green or black box