In this section, residents living in the Plymouth area can find out information on recycling and refuse collection, specific to this council area.

To find out what materials you can place out for collection check out the 'What can I recycle?' section below, and to look up the locations of recycling facilities in this district check out the Recycle Devon map in the right hand menu.

Find out what day your collection will be on or Click Here for any changes to your collection over Christmas.

If you have missed your refuse/recycling collection, please contact Plymouth City Council on  01752 668000 or email recycling@plymouth.gov.uk

For more detailed information regarding refuse and recycling in Plymouth, please click here

What can I recycle?

Plymouth City Council operate a fortnightly collection of recyclable material. Householders are usually given a 240 litre wheeled bin. However, if they don’t have the room to store, or put out a bin for collection, they are given a re-useable plastic bag.

Recyclable materials collected are:

• Paper (newspapers, magazines, yellow pages, catalogues, telephone directories and junk mail)
• Cardboard
• Plastics (bottles, yoghurt pots and margarine containers)
• Food and drinks cans (please rinse out, no need to remove paper labels)
• Aerosols (please remove plastic lids)
• Foil (please rinse out)
• Recycling collection

Please put your recycling container on the boundary of your property by 6.30am, on the day of your collection (but not before 6.30pm the night before). The items should be loose and not in plastic bags.
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Items that Plymouth does not take in their recycling collection, include:

• Glass
• Tetra paks (some juice cartons)
• Shredded paper
• Crisp packets
• Sweet wrappers
• Pyrex glass
• Clothes and shoes
• Nappies
• Plastic bags

Glass bottles and jars, clothes and shoes can all be recycled at Plymouth's recycling banks around the city.