Plymouth City Council Waste and Recycling Information

In this section, residents living Plymouth can find out information on recycling and refuse collection in their area.

If you have missed your refuse/recycling collection, you can report a missed collection online here.

What can I recycle?

Glass – all glass bottles and jars can be recycled, whether they are clear, brown, green or blue
Plastics – drink bottles, shampoo bottles, food trays, yoghurt pots, margarine tubs, ice cream tubs, margarine tubs, fruit punnets and detergent bottles.
Paper and card – cardboard packaging, catalogues, cereal packets, directories, envelopes, junk mail and cards, magazines, newspapers, office paper and shredded paper.
Metal – aerosols, aluminium food trays and containers, biscuit and cake tins, clean sheet cooking foil, food and drinks cans and metal lids.

Please give your pots, tubs, trays, bottles and jars a rinse to remove any food waste.

Please do not put any black bags in your green bin as these cannot be recycled.

Please flatten or crush items like plastic milk bottles and cardboard boxes to make more room.

Coffee cups
Food waste
Glass – broken glass, mirrors, sheet glass
Lightbulbs
Nappies
Polystyrene
Shiny giftwrap – shiny foil gift wrap, cards with glitter and glue, dirty foil, foil lined food packets
Soft plastics – plastic bags, plastic film – if you can scrunch it up it cannot be recycled.

Please do not put any batteries in your green or brown bin.