Exeter City Council Waste and Recycling Information
In this section, residents living in Exeter can find information on recycling and refuse collections in their area.
Find out what your collection days are here.
Find out about household bulky waste collections here.
If you have missed your refuse/recycling collection, please contact Exeter Customer Services Centre on 01392 265010 or report a missed collection online here.
For more information regarding refuse and recycling in Exeter, please click here.
What can I recycle?
It is easier, quicker and safer for Exeter’s workers to sort loose materials, so please do not ‘bag up’ items in your recycling container.
Green bin
- Drink cans (empty)
- Food tins (empty)
- Aerosols (empty)
- Aluminium foil
- Plastic drinks bottles (empty, with lids on)
- Plastic household cleaning product bottles (empty, with the lids on – but no pumps)
- Plastic food containers (empty)
- Some soft plastics, including carrier bags, bread bags, polythene bags/film and wrap (including bubble wrap) – find out more about the acceptable types of soft plastics here.
- Paper (no wrapping paper)
- Newspapers and magazines
- Cardboard (no greetings cards)
- Junk mail and envelopes (windows can be left in)
- Catalogues
- Phone directories
- Small amounts of shredded paper inside paper envelopes or paper bags.
Black bin
Your grey bin should contain any waste that is generated from daily living that cannot go into the recycling bin.
This includes nappies and incontinence products.
Food waste can be put into your grey bin if you do not yet receive separate food waste collections and are not able to compost at home.
Broken glass, including mirror glass should be double wrapped.
Glass bottle and jars are the only exception and should be taken to the recycling banks located across the city.
Examples of items that are not considered part of daily living and should not go into the grey bin are:
- Small electrical items, such as kettles, toasters and mobile phones
- Used household batteries (including products containing batteries)
- DIY and building waste, such as plaster board and replaced fixtures and fittings
- Garden waste
Food waste
Garden waste bins and biodegradable sacks
Optional, chargeable service.
- Flowers and plants
- Grass cuttings
- Leaves and bark
- Prunings
- Hedge trimmings
- Small branches
For prices and more information on the garden waste service, please click here.
