South Hams Recycling Info

In this section, residents living in the South Hams area can find information on recycling and refuse collection, specific to this district.

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 changes in collections over Christmas.

If you have missed your refuse/recycling collection, please contact South Hams District Council on 01803 861199 or email recycling&composting@southhams.gov.uk

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

What can I recycle in the South Hams?

The following materials are collected in the South Hams District Council area:

Clear Sacks

Plastic bottles only (no lids please)
e.g. fizzy drinks, yoghurt drinks, milk, shampoo, detergent and medication bottles (Please rinse and squash where possible)
Aluminium and steel food/drink tins and cans
Empty aerosol cans
Jar lids
Clean foil
Foil yoghurt pot lids (please rinse)

Please do not place any other types of plastic in your recycling sack.

Blue Sacks

Newspapers and magazines
Junk mail
Envelopes (including windowed)
Catalogues
Telephone directories/Yellow Pages
Books
Gift wrapping paper
Toilet/kitchen paper tubes
Cardboard egg boxes
Corrugated cardboard
Cardboard packaging (e.g. cereal boxes, frozen food and washing powder boxes)
Greetings cards
Printing/writing/shredded paper

Please do not place any wet of dirty paper, drinks cartons in your blue sacks.

Brown Bin

All raw and cooked food waste including:
Meat
Fish
Egg shells
Bread
Vegetable peelings
Paper kitchen towels etc.
Grass cuttings
Weeds and leaves
Hedge clippings and small branches (upto 10cm in diameter)
Clean straw
Large pieces of brown cardboard or excess cardboard, that may not fit into the blue recycling sacks