Recycling rules for Mid Suffolk
Based on Mid Suffolk published guidance · Last verified October 2026
Under Simpler Recycling, councils across England are standardising collections. Here's what currently goes in each bin in Mid Suffolk.
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Polystyrene: Not accepted in Mid Suffolk's recycling bin
Cardboard: Goes in your paper & card bin
Food waste: Mid Suffolk has a separate food waste collection
Takes bread, cakes and pastries, coffee grounds, eggshells and more.
Tins and cans: Goes in your recycling bin
Aerosols: Goes in your recycling bin
Drink cartons: Goes in your recycling bin
Your bins in Mid Suffolk, by colour
Container colours as published by Mid Suffolk. Some homes get a different container. See the notes.
Blue bin
Glass, plastics, metal, and cartons
Blue is the recycling colour in 30 of the 66 councils with a checked recycling colour.
Blue bin or blue-lidded bin
Green bin
Paper and card
Green is the paper and card colour in 6 of the 28 councils with a checked paper and card colour.
Green lid
Grey bin
Food waste
Grey is the food waste colour in 14 of the 49 councils with a checked food waste colour.
Black bin
Refuse (general rubbish)
Black is the general rubbish colour in 40 of the 78 councils with a checked general rubbish colour.
Brown bin
Garden waste
Brown is the garden waste colour in 64 of the 114 councils with a checked garden waste colour.
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What goes in each bin
Recycling
Accepted
Only put the following items in the blue or blue-lidded recycling bin:
- Bottles
- Jars
- Bubble wrap
- Carrier bags
- Chocolate tubs
- Cling film
- Bathroom and cleaning product containers
- Film covers and lids
- Food bags
- Food pots, tubs, trays and punnets
- Shipping bags
- Wrappers that don't have a foil lining
- Wrapping film
- Aerosol cans
- Aluminium/tin foil
- Biscuit tins
- Blister packs (pills/medicine) where the entire pack is made from aluminium foil
- Drink cans
- Foil trays
- Food tins
- Tubes (e.g. tomato puree)
- Drink cartons
- Milk cartons
- Sauce cartons
- Soup cartons
Not accepted
Never put the following items in the blue or blue-lidded recycling bin:
- Batteries
- Card
- Paper
- Crisp packets
- Coffee pods
- Compostable packaging
- Food and drink pouches
- Glassware/Pyrex
- Hard plastics
- Items smaller than 5cm
- Polystyrene
- Pet food pouches
- Toothpaste tubes
- Nappies
- Electrical items
- Vapes/e-cigarettes
- Wipes
- Foil lined wrappers
- Textiles and fabrics
- Sheet glass
Food Waste
Accepted
Only put the following items in the grey food waste bin:
- Bread, cakes and pastries
- Coffee grounds
- Eggshells
- Meat and fish, including bones
- Tea bags
- Pasta and rice
Not accepted
Never put the following items in the grey food waste bin:
- Liquid fats
- Milk
- Packaging
Garden Waste
Accepted
Only put the following items in the brown garden waste bin:
- Grass cuttings
- Hedge trimmings
- Leaves
- Small branches and twigs · No thicker than 7cm
- Dead plants
Not accepted
Never put the following items in the brown garden waste bin:
- Food
- Soil
- Turf
Paper & Card
Accepted
Only put the following items in the green-lidded paper and card bin:
- Books
- Envelopes (the transparent/plastic window can be left attached)
- Leaflets and junk mail
- Magazines
- Newspapers
- Cardboard boxes
- Cereal boxes
- Egg boxes
- Toilet and kitchen roll tubes
Not accepted
Never put the following items in the green-lidded paper and card bin:
- Baking/greaseproof paper
- Cartons/Tetra Pak
- Laminated paper
- Photographs
- Wipes
How Mid Suffolk compares
- Paper and card have their own container in Mid Suffolk, as in 53 of the 182 councils we have checked.
- Mid Suffolk’s lists say toothpaste tubes do not go in its recycling (“Toothpaste tubes”). Of the 36 councils whose lists say either way, 29 take them.
- Mid Suffolk takes plastic bags at the kerbside (“Carrier bags”). Of the 119 councils whose lists say either way, 93 do not.
- Mid Suffolk takes plastic film at the kerbside (“Cling film”). Of the 102 councils whose lists say either way, 84 do not.
Next door
Toothpaste tubes go in the recycling in South Norfolk but not in Mid Suffolk. Plastic bags go in the recycling in Mid Suffolk but not in South Norfolk.
Neighbouring councils we have checked: South Norfolk.
When are bins collected in Mid Suffolk?
This page covers what goes in each bin. Collection days are set by the council and vary by street. See how to find your bin collection day, or browse streets by postcode to see schedules your neighbours have added.
Check with the council over bank holidays. See the council’s page →
In Mid Suffolk’s own words: “Refuse, recycling, and paper and card, is collected on a three-weekly schedule. Food waste is collected weekly.”
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How we checked this page
We read 8 pages of Mid Suffolk’s website on 29 October 2026 and checked each of the 82 facts on this page against the council’s own words before publishing it.
Source: Mid Suffolk council website. Check your council’s site for the latest updates.
Frequently asked questions
What colour are the bins in Mid Suffolk?
In Mid Suffolk the recycling bin is blue, the food waste bin is grey, the garden waste bin is brown, the paper and card bin is green and the general rubbish bin is black. Blue is the recycling colour in 30 of the 66 councils with a checked recycling colour.
What goes in the recycling bin in Mid Suffolk?
Mid Suffolk’s recycling bin takes “Bottles”, “Jars” and “Bubble wrap”, among other things.
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