Big bin sizes and acceptable items - domestic and commercial

Please note: to dispose of commercial waste, you must use the big bin collection service for business customers.

The following items are not accepted for both domestic and commercial waste collections.

Items which are not accepted inside the refuse bin:

• Asbestos: collections can be arranged via our special collections service
• Large items such as furniture and fridges: collection can be booked via our bulky collection service
• Soil and garden waste: use the council’s garden waste service for smaller amounts of garden waste or book a special collection for soil and clearances
• Upholstered seating: collections can be booked via our bulky collection service
• Large electrical items: small electrical items which can fit into a carrier bag, can be placed into the electrical bag supplied. Large electricals can be booked via our bulky collection service
• Gas bottles
• Full/part full tins of paint: accepted if empty or fully dried out
• Large bathroom, kitchen and other household fittings. For example, baths, sinks, radiators: Collections can be arranged via our special collections service
• Gas and electric appliances. For example, cookers, boilers, fires: collections can be arranged via our special collections service or bulky collection service
• Construction waste such as bricks/building materials, concrete, rubble, slabs, plasterboard, doors, window frames: collections can be arranged via our special collections service
• Car parts and car batteries: collections can be arranged via our special collections service
• Large quantities of wood: collections can be arranged via our special collections service
• Fluorescent tubes, sunbed tubes: collections can be arranged via our special collections service
• Panes of glass: collections can be arranged via our special collections service
• Tyres: collections can be arranged via our special collections service
• Fire extinguishers
• Chemicals 
• Oil
• Fuel
• Hazardous waste
• Batteries: these can be taken to the supermarket for recycling

Items which are not accepted inside the garden bin:

• Soil or old compost
• Turf
• Japanese knotweed
• Slabs, stones or garden rubble
• Treated wood - fence posts/panels and so on
• Old or broken garden tools
• Garden chemicals
• Plant pots
• Animal bedding or waste (place in your black bin)
• Food waste - including fruit and vegetable peelings (place in your black bin)
• Cardboard or paper (place in your blue-lidded bin)
• General waste (put this in your black bin)

Last updated: 23/01/2025 12:36