Your 4 bin srvic You can rcycl all your cans, plasics, papr, cardboard, gardn was and food was a hom. This guid conains imporan informaion abou wha can b rcycld in your bins. Plas ak a momn o rad i. for Fif
Inroducion Your 4 bin srvic Gry Bin papr & cardboard Thank you for hlping Fif Council achiv on of h highs rcycling ras in Scoland. Howvr hr is sill mor o do. Nw challnging rcycling args of 70% by 2025 man ha w nd o rcycl mor marials. Whr dos your was go? Papr & cardboard is sold ono papr mills and mad ino nwspaprs, magazins and ohr papr and cardboard producs. Food and gardn was is rad in Fif s anarobic digsion plan o gnra lcriciy and produc an agriculural sandard soil condiionr. Cans ar sord ino aluminum and sl and mld down and rusd. Plasics can b rcycld ino nw plasic ims such as plasic bols, whld bins, compos bins, clohing c. All of h was in h blu landfill bin will b sn o local landfill sis. Hr ar som xampls of wha can b rcycld: Papr Cardboard Envlops (wih and wihou windows) Unwand mail Nwspaprs and magazins Tlphon dircoris Caalogus and brochurs Grings cards Phoocopir, fax and no papr Old books All yps and colours of papr Plasic carrir bags Paddd nvlops Plasic wrapping or cllophan Cral boxs Drinks carons (.g. Tra Pak) Pizza boxs Washing powdr cardboard boxs P food cardboard conainrs Egg boxs Toohpas boxs Toil and kichn roll ubs Polysyrn Sw or crisp wrapprs Gnral was 2 Papr & cardboard Food & gardn Cans & plasics Landfill bin Things o rmmbr Giv your cardboard drinks carons a quick rins bfor puing hm in h rcycling bin. Rmov all plasic packaging or polysyrn and flan cardboard boxs. 3
n i B n w o r B gardn was food & h s u o w Ho y d d a c s a food w Plas us ONLY h food was bags providd. o lin your food was caddy. Ths ar mad from corn sarch so ha hy will compos wih your food. Plasic bags and vn ohr bags markd as biodgradabl will no work wih his composing sysm. Pu cookd AND uncookd food was in h caddy. Avoid puing ho food in. L i cool firs. Also avoid runny subsancs such as yoghurs, oils and fas. Only pu food in, nvr any yp of wrapping or packaging. Th caddy and food was bags ar dsignd o work oghr. You will probably find a bag asily lass hr or four days. Hr ar som xampls of wha can b rcycld: Food was All cookd and uncookd food was including: Brad, caks and pasris Chs Eggs (including h shlls) Frui and vgabls (including plings) Ma and fish (including bons and carcasss) Pasa, ric, noodls Pla scrapings Ta bags and coff grounds Gardn was Flowrs and plans Grass cuings Hdg rimmings Lavs Twigs and small branchs Plasic bags or bin linrs Liquids.g. oil, soup, yoghur Foil or cling film Rubbl and sons Soil, urf or compos Animal was or bdding Gnral was Vacuum dus Whn h food was bag is full, jus i h op, lif i ou and pu h bag in your brown rcycling bin. Things o rmmbr W will provid rgular supplis of food was bags, ach roll should las wo monhs whn using 3 pr wk. If you run ou of food was bags, you can us nwspapr o wrap your food was. Plas do no lin h caddy wih plasic carrir bags. 4 Plas do no us any bin linrs in your brown bin. 5
Grn Bin cans & plasics Grn Bin cans & plasics Hr ar som xampls of wha can b rcycld: Plasic packaging Plasic bols Plasic food rays Drinks bols Frui punns Milk bols Ma rays Washing-up liquid bols Rady mal rays Claning produc bols Polysyrn Shampoo bols Foam gg carons Bol lids Food rays Plasic conainrs Plasic food wrapping Ic cram ubs EMPTY plasic bags Margarin ubs Brad wrapprs Yoghur pos Pr-packd vgabl bags Plasic plan pos Pasa bags CD cass Cral bags Food and drinks cans Food cans Bakd bans ins Fish cans Ma cans P food cans Soup ins Biscui or sw ins Drinks cans Fizzy drinks cans Br and cidr cans Ohr aluminium and sl Clan foil ak-away conainrs Clan aluminium foil Mal lids Empy arosol cans Full plasic bags Cling film Foil-lind sw or crisp wrapprs Pain ins Glass bols and jars Toys Things o rmmbr Empy plasic bags only. I s difficul for our crws o s if full plasic bags hav only cans and plasics in hm. Mal and plasic lids can b pu in h grn bin. Wash and squash plasics and cans whn possibl - his will sav spac and mak i clanr for hos who sor h rcycling. 6 7
Landfill bin If possibl, only was ha canno b rcycld should b pu in your blu landfill bin. For xampl p was, nappis or cold ashs. All of h was in h blu landfill bin will b sn o local landfill sis. Fif only has wo landfill sis and hy ar filling up quickly. Sav spac in landfill by making us of your rcycling bins. Top Tips Plas pu your bin ou by 6am on your bin collcion day and lav unmpid bins ou unil 9pm You can download your bin calndar and accss furhr informaion abou your was and rcycling srvics a www.fifdirc.org.uk/wasawar If you hav ims ha ar oo big o fi in your bin plas ak hm o on of our rcycling cnrs or conac us o find ou abou our spcial uplif srvic. Plas conac us for mor informaion: ( Rcycling Hlplin 03451 55 00 22 (Monday o Friday 8am o 6pm) * was.awar@fif.gov.uk 8 www.fifdirc.org.uk/wasawar 8