Recycling rules for East Hampshire

Accepted

Not accepted

• ✗Shredded paper — Also gift wrap, laminated paper, tissues and wallpaper
• ✗Plastic or foam packaging inside boxes — Not accepted in the recycling binInstead: Refuse bin
• ✗Pizza boxes — Due to food debris
• ✗Plastic bottles that still contain liquid — Empty them first
• ✗Pump or spray mechanisms — Not accepted in the recycling binInstead: Refuse bin
• ✗Paint tins and dirty tins — Also other metals or metal packaging
• ✗Aerosol lids and part-full aerosols — Not accepted in the recycling bin
• ✗Plastic pots, tubs and trays — Only until the new Eastleigh recycling facility opensInstead: Refuse bin
• ✗Polystyrene — Not accepted in the recycling binInstead: Refuse bin
• ✗Carrier bags and bin liners — Not accepted in the recycling binInstead: Refuse bin
• ✗Cartons — Fruit juice, soup and milk cartons, TetrapakInstead: Refuse bin
• ✗Glass bottles or jars — Collected separatelyInstead: Glass box
• ✗Foil — Not accepted in the recycling binInstead: Refuse bin
• ✗Textiles — Clothes, shoes, linen
• ✗Garden waste — Not accepted in the recycling binInstead: Garden waste bin

Common mistakes

• ⚠Glass bottles and jars→ goes in Glass — In the glass box, rinsed, without corks or tops
• ⚠Cartons→ goes in General Waste — Tetrapaks and cartons go in the refuse bin
• ⚠Plastic pots, tubs and trays→ goes in General Waste — Until the new Eastleigh facility opens
• ⚠Foil→ goes in General Waste — Goes in the refuse bin

Accepted

• ✓Uneaten raw and cooked food and plate scrapings
• ✓Raw and cooked meat and fish — Including bones
• ✓Tea bags and coffee grounds
• ✓Fruit and vegetables — Including peelings, pips, stones and stalks
• ✓Out of date or mouldy food
• ✓Shellfish and seafood shells
• ✓Dairy products — Such as cheese
• ✓Bread, cakes and pastries
• ✓Eggs and eggshells
• ✓Rice, pasta and beans
• ✓Pet food

Not accepted

• ✗Packaging of any kind — Except your caddy liner
• ✗Glass — Not food waste
• ✗Liquids — Milk, liquid fat or gravy
• ✗Oils — Such as used cooking oil
• ✗Cat litter, animal faeces and pet bedding — Not food waste
• ✗Garden waste — Not food wasteInstead: Garden waste bin

Accepted

• ✓Grass cuttings
• ✓Hedge cuttings
• ✓Real Christmas trees — Collected on the first collection of the new year
• ✓Weeds
• ✓Small branches
• ✓Leaves
• ✓Prunings

Not accepted

• ✗Soil, concrete and rubble — Not accepted in the garden waste bin
• ✗Vegetable peelings — Not accepted in the garden waste binInstead: Food waste caddy
• ✗Food scraps — Not accepted in the garden waste binInstead: Food waste caddy
• ✗Coal and ash — Not accepted in the garden waste bin
• ✗Animal waste — Not accepted in the garden waste bin
• ✗Commercial waste — Not accepted in the garden waste bin
• ✗General household waste — Not accepted in the garden waste bin
• ✗Fruit from trees — Not accepted in the garden waste bin