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Use your reusable bag for household batteries

Only this stuff goes in your recycling bin

Mail

Plastic pots and tubs (with lids on)

Newspaper, directories and magazines

Cardboard boxes (flattened)

Plastic bottles all types (with lids on)

Tins, cans and aerosols

Plastic trays

Only this stuff goes in your box for glass

Please note the bins and boxes shown on this leaflet are not to scale

Glass bottles - all colours (with metal lids on)

Only this stuff goes in your food bin

Please only use liners with the ‘compostable’ logo (above) or newspaper. No plastic bags please.

Fruit and vegetable peelings All cooked and

uncooked food

Meat, fish and bones

Tea bags and coffee grounds

Glass jars (with metal lids on)

Egg shells

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This stuff can go in your rubbish bin Right stuff,

right binPlastic film

Crisp packets and sweet wrappers

Broken glassware(wrapped in paper)

Disposable nappies

Polystyrene

Plastic bags

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No electricalitems

How to contact usOnline: Go to dorsetforyou.com/recycle to: • Check your collection dates • Report a missed collection• Report a lost or damaged container• Pay for a garden waste collection service• Send an enquiryor by phone: (01305) 221040 Twitter: @recycle4Dorset

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This leaflet was printed on 75 per cent recycled paper.

Recycling centresYou can recycle even more at household recycling centres and local recycling banks. Find out more at dorsetforyou.com/recycling-centres

Garden, commercial and bulky waste• A fortnightly garden waste collection service

dorsetforyou.com/gardenwaste• A commercial waste and recycling collection service

dorsetforyou.com/commercialwaste• Bulky waste collections

dorsetforyou.com/bulkywaste

If we all put the right stuff in the right bin, we could save up to £1million per year for essential public services

A handy guide to what goes where