What can I recycle?
The Council operate two different types of kerbside recycling collection systems in the District, 'Kerbside Sort' and 'Co-Mingled':
Those household on a ‘Kerbside Sort’ round can recycle glass as well as paper, plastic bottles and cans.
Approximately 10,500 households receive a kerbside sort collection (the crew sort materials at the kerbside into a stillage vehicle). Residents on the kerbside sort round can recycle glass bottles and jars, plastic bottles and cans in their green kerbside BOX. A reusable green plastic BAG is provided for paper. See below for full details of what can go in your 'Kerbside Sort' box.
Those on a ‘Co-mingled’ round can only recycle plastic bottles, paper and cans.
On the ‘Co-mingled’ rounds the recycling is loaded mixed together in the back of a collection vehicle. It is then mechanically sorted at a materials recycling facility. We can not collect glass on co-mingled rounds as it would smash and contaminate the other materials. See below for full details of what can go in your 'Co-Mingled' box.
Unsure if you are on a 'Kerbside Sort' or'Co-Mingled' Round - If you are unsure which type of recycling round you are on you can locate your property, with details of its collection day with our online Mapping Service 'Nordmap'.
Kerbside Sort
In your kerbside box:
YES PLEASE | NO THANK YOU |
- Plastic bottles (washed and squash)
- Food tins (washed)
- Drink cans (washed and squash)
- Aerosols (do not crush)
- Glass bottles/jars (do not break)
See information below for more details | - Drinking glasses, window glass or Pyrex
- Yoghurt pots, margarine or ice cream tubs
- Plastic bags
- Aluminium foil
- Shredded paper *
* See information below for more details |
In your green reusable bag:
YES PLEASE | NO THANK YOU |
- Newspapers
- Junk mail
- Magazines
- Catalogues
- Yellow Pages (November-January only)
| - Shredded paper *
- Plastic wrapping
- Window envelopes
- Cardboard (eg. cereal boxes)
- Non paper products
* See information below for more details |
Co-mingled
In your kerbside box.......
YES PLEASE | NO THANK YOU |
- Newspaper
- Junk mail
- Magazines
- Catalogues
- Plastic bottles - see additional information below
- Drinks cans*
- Food Cans (washed)*
- Yellow pages (November –January only)
| - Glass *
- Yoghurt, Margarine & yogurt pots
- Plastic wrapping
- Window envelopes
- Shredded paper *
- Aluminium foil
- Cardboard (eg. cereal boxes)
* See information below for more details |
More useful information
GLASS
Link to more information on what glass we can collect and why we cant collect all glass
PLASTICS
PLASTIC BOTTLES AND CANS - Please wash and squash all bottles and cans before placing them in the box.
Link to more information on which plastics we cant take and why we cant collect all types of plastic
PAPER
SHREDDED PAPER - It is not possible to collect shredded paper in the kerbside recycling schemes.
Link to more information on what paper we can collect and how to recycle shredded paper
Please call Customer Contact at North Dorset District Council on (01258)
454111 or email recycling@north-dorset.gov.uk
for further information.
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