Please note this A-Z relates to those residents who have already received their blue bag for recycling cardboard and paper. If you do not have a blue bag yet yours is coming! We aim to have the city rolled out by the end of the summer. Contact us on reception@wastesavers.co.uk if you would like more information.
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Adhesives and Glue – Cannot be recycled
Aerosols – Red Bag
Aluminium Cans – Red bag
Aluminium Food Trays – Red bag (please rinse).
Aluminium Foil – Red bag (clean foil only – no stuck on food)
Animal Waste – we do not collect any form of animal waste. Please DO NOT put in with the food waste. Some forms of herbivore bedding are accepted in the Council garden waste.
Asthma inhalers – Most chemists accept used inhalers
Audio Cassettes – Not recyclable.
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Bags – handbags, luggage bags etc. Sorry we cannot recycle these.
Batteries (Household) – We DO NOT collect these. Most large supermarkets have battery deposit stands. . Try using rechargeable batteries (these have improved greatly in recent years).
Batteries (car) – These are hazardous waste. When you buy a new battery for your car you will be paying for recycling of the old battery. Never pour battery acid down a drain or into a water course.
Biscuit wrappers – Cannot be recycled.
Bicycles – Sell it, give it away to a good home or donate it to the Tip Shop at the Council recycling centre on Docks Way.
Blinds – Take to the Council recycling centre on Docks Way.
Books – Donate to charity shops or there is a specific skip down at the Council recycling centre on Docks Way.
Bottle tops – Red bag (if on glass leave top on bottle and recycle with glass).
Bottles: Glass – Green box
Bottles: Plastic – Red bag
Bread Bags – not a kerbside but most major supermarkets have collection points for plastic film.
Bubblewrap – Can’t be recycled but it can be reused.
CDs and DVDs – Cannot be recycled but if still working donate to a charity shop or the Tip Shop at the Council recycling centre on Docks Way
Camping Gas Cylinders(used) – Small ones in red bag – MUST BE USED! Large ones take to the Council recycling centre on Docks Way.
Cans – Red bag.
Car Batteries – When you buy a replacement battery you will already be paying for the recycling of the old one. If it’s a spare battery take to the Council recycling centre on Docks Way.
Cardboard – Place all cardboard in blue bag. We also accept small amount put to the side of your bag if, when folded, it’s the same size as the blue bag. Larger amounts can be taken to the Docks Way HWRC (see here for guidelines). Or please call the council to arrange a bulky waste collection.
Cards – Blue bag
Carpets – Cannot be recycled. Take to the Council recycling centre on Docks Way or arrange for bulky waste collection from the council.
Cat food pouches – we cannot collect at the kerbside.
Cat Litter – We do not collect cat litter. Please DO NOT put it in with food waste.
Catalogues – Blue bag
Cereal packets – Blue bag. The inner plastic bag can be recycled along with plastic bags at most large supermarkets.
Ceramics – We do not collect these. If not broken – donate to charity shop. If broken in general rubbish. Do NOT put in with glass.
Chargers (phone etc) – Green box
Christmas Decorations – Most cannot be recycled (unless 100% paper). In general rubbish.
Christmas wrapping paper – Blue bag (except the metal foil type wrapping paper)
Christmas Trees – Wastesavers does not collect these but Newport City Council can for a small fee as bulky waste or under the garden waste collection from March onwards.
Clingfilm – Cannot be recycled.
Clinical Waste – Cannot be recycled. This includes baby and adult nappies, sanitary products, bandages, syringes etc.
Clothes – Please place these in a plastic bag and put out for collection alongside your bags and boxes. Dry clothes only please – we cannot take wet clothes as they smell very quickly.
Coat hangers – All metal can go in red bag. Metal and plastic ones take to the Recycling Centre on docks way . Charity shops may find useful.
Coffee pods – We do not collect them. Take them to the household recycling centre on Docks Way. Gross over-packaging.
Computers – If broken – please place in green box. If working contact Wastesavers Reuse Centre or donate to the Tip Shop at the Council recycling centre on Docks Way.
Cooking oil – Take to the Council recycling centre on Docks Way.
Corks – Plastic type – these cannot be recycled, place in refuse. Cork can be composted but not in food waste.
Crisp packets – At the Recycling centre on Docks Way. We DO NOT collect them.
Crisp tubes – Red bag
Crockery – If unbroken – donate to a charity shop. If broken – this cannot be recycled.
Cutlery – Not at kerbside but most charity shops accept them.
Curtains – Sorry no. Some clothing banks take them.
Cushions – not at kerbside. donate to Tip shop or other charity shop
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DIY/Builders Waste – We do not collect these materials. Small amounts can be taken to the Council recycling centre on Docks Way. Larger amounts need a licenced waste company – check their credentials before you hire.
Duvets – Cannot be recycled.
Duvet covers – We do not collect but some charity shops do.
DVDs and CDs – Cannot be recycled but if still working donate to charity shop or the Tip Shop.
DVD Players / Video recorders – Green box
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Egg-boxes – Blue Bag in with cardboard.
Electrical Appliances (small) – If working – donate to charity shop or Wastesavers Reuse Centre. If broken – green box. Please note: it must fit WITHIN the green box.
Engine Oil – Not at kerbside but taken down at the Council recycling centre on Docks Way. NEVER pour down a drain.
Envelopes – Blue bag (including the ones with windows)
Flooring – Not at kerbside but taken down at the Council recycling centre on Docks Way.
Fluorescent Tubes – Take to the Council recycling centre on Docks Way. This should NOT go with glass.
Foil – Thin cooking foil only if clean. More heavy foil trays in red bag (please rinse).
Food waste – Brown kitchen caddy. Meat and bones as well as vegetable waste taken. ONLY USE our special food bin liner bags – no plastic bags. Bags are available from libraries and the Wastesavers Reuse Centre .
Fridges and Freezers – If working in good condition contact Wastesavers Reuse Centre. If broken contact the Council for collection or take to the Council recycling centre on Docks Way.
Fruit punnets – Red bag
Fruit wrappings – Not at kerbside but most major supermarkets have drop off points.
Furniture – If good condition donate to Wastesavers Reuse Centre. Do not leave it outside the centre – that is fly tipping.
Garden furniture – Take to the Council recycling centre on Docks Way. If reusable then donate to Tip Shop.
Giftwrap – If paper, blue bag. (No need to remove sticky tape). Foil style gift wrap cannot be recycled.
Glass – Green Box (Bottles and jars only). Pyrex, toughened glass, and all types of sheet glass in general waste. Larger amounts (eg windows) take to the Council recycling centre on Docks Way.
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Hand bags – sorry we do not collect these.
HDPE– 2 (High density polyethylene) – Red sack for smaller items (bottles etc). Larger items like toys and garden chairs please take to the Council recycling centre on Docks Way. If reusable – donate to Tip Shop.
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Incontinence pads –
Ink Cartridges – We cannot recycle these, please place in refuse bin or check online, some places will refill them for you
Irons – Green box
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Jiffy Bag – These cannot be recycled.
Juice cartons (cardboard style) – Red bag
Junk Mail – Blue bag
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Kettles – Green box
Kitchen Towels – Cannot be recycled – too dirty.
Knives – we do not collect but many charity shops will take them.
LDPE – 4 (Low density polyethylene) Plastic bags, yokes holding six packs of tins together. We DO NOT COLLECT. Most large supermarkets have collection points.
Leaves – Compost at home or use council garden waste service.
Lightbulbs – Take to the Council recycling centre on Docks Way. Please do NOT put in with glass.
Low Density polyethylene – No. Please see LDPE above.
Luggage bags – sorry we do not collect these.
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Magazines – Blue bag
Margarine Tubs – Red bag
Mattresses – Take to the Council recycling centre on Docks Way. Sprung type are the only ones that can be recycled.
Medicine – Glass bottles – green box. Plastic bottles – red bag. Card – blue bag. Sheets for pills – sorry no (can’t separate plastic from metal).
Microwave ovens – Take to the Council recycling centre on Docks Way. These are too large for the blue box.
Mobile Phones – Green box.
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Nappies – nappy bags, wipes and cotton wool, as well as incontinence products, can’t currently be recycled. Contact the Council to register for a free ‘nappy and hygiene waste’ collections service for these items or put them in your black wheelie bin. Or consider swapping single-use nappies for reusable nappies; click here to find out more. Link to https://wastesavers.co.uk/newport-nappy-library/
Newspapers – Blue bag
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Office Paper – Blue bag
Oil (cooking) – Take to the Council recycling centre on Docks Way.
Oil (engine) – Take to the Council recycling centre on Docks Way.
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Paper – Blue bag
Paint – Not collected at kerbside but they do take it at the Council recycling centre on Docks Way.
Pet Bedding – NOT in food waste. Herbivore bedding can go in garden waste.
PET – 1 (Polyethylene terephthalate) – Red bag
Pet bedding – It it’s only from a herbivore – in garden waste. No other bedding taken.
Pet food pouches – Council recycling centre on Docks Way
Photos – cannot be recycled (too many different chemicals)
Pill blister packs – we cannot take these – cannot separate the metal from the plastic.
Pillows – Cannot be recycled
Pillowcases – We do not collect these but some charity shops do.
Pizza boxes (take away) – Blue bag. Please remove any food and/or plastic.
Plant pots – Not at kerbside but taken down at the Council recycling centre on Docks Way.
Plaster board – Not at kerbside but taken down at the Council recycling centre on Docks Way
Plastic Bags – Do NOT put in your kerbside recycling. Most supermarkets have plastic bag recycling points.
Plastic netting (around fruit) – Cannot be recycled.
Plastic– Red bag (no plastic bags or plastic film). There are seven main types of plastic. Just because it is listed in the table below does not mean we can take it. As a general rule we do not take plastic bags and film even if they are made from LDPE.
PP – 5 (Polypropylene) – If in film form (like plastic envelopes or pet food sachets ) we cannot take it. If more solid form like a fruit punnet then Red Bag
PS – 6 (Polystyrene) – Cannot be recycled.
Printers (small domestic) – Green box (please remove ink cartridges)
Printer cartridges – Sorry no
PVC – Take to the Council recycling centre on Docks Way.
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Quilts and duvets – Cannot be recycled
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Radios – Green box
Remote controls – Green box
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Sauce bottles – Glass – in green box, plastic – in Red bag
Shampoo / shower gel bottles – if plastic – in Red bag
Sheets (bedding) – We do not collect but some charity shops will take.
Shoes – Please place in plastic bag and put out for collection alongside boxes and bags
Shredded Paper – Blue bag (place in a plastic bag to stop it blowing about)
Sink drainer (plastic) – Not at kerbside but taken down at the Council recycling centre on Docks Way
Stationery – Most is some kind of paper or card (place in blue bag). Lever arch files cannot be recycled (too much of a mix of metal and card).
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Tassimo coffee capsules – We DO NOT collect them. If you do have one, the capsules can be recycled at Council recycling centre on Docks Way.
Tea Bags – Brown food caddy
Tetra Pak food cartons – Red bag
Televisions – If fully working flat screen – donate to Wastesavers Reuse Centre. Older deep TV are not accepted (they cannot sell them). All TVs are classed as hazardous waste. If broken – take to the Council recycling centre on Docks Way.
Textiles – Clothes and shoes ONLY – place in plastic bag to keep dry and put out with boxes and bags
Tins – Red bag. (Please rinse).
Toilet Roll tubes – Blue bag
Toasters – Green box
Tools – Donate to reuse centre or Tip Shop at the Council recycling centre on Docks Way.
Toys – If reusable donate to charity shop or Tip Shop. If broken in general waste – larger ones take to the Council recycling centre on Docks Way.
Trainers – Please place in plastic bag to keep dry and put out with boxes and bags
Tyres – You pay for tyre disposal when you buy a new tyre. Supplier should take it off you.
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uPVC – Take to the Council recycling centre on Docks Way.
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Video recorders / DVD Players – Green box
Vacuum cleaners – If working donate to Tip Shop or other charity shop. If broken take to the Council recycling centre on Docks Way. NB: These are too large for the blue box.
Vegetable oil – Food caddy (Domestic small amounts only)
Video Tapes – Cannot be recycled.
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Washing up bowls – Not at kerbside but take down to the Council recycling centre on Docks Way – hard plastic.
Wood – Not at kerbside but taken down at the Council recycling centre on Docks Way.
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x-box / playstation – Green box
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Yellow Pages – Blue bag
Yoghurt pots – Red bag.
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Zimmer frames – Ok we had to find a “Z”. Donate to charity shop or take down Council recycling centre on Docks Way.
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