We're making it easier for those living in communal properties such as flats to recycle more.
We have now rolled out improved recycling facilities to many communal properties in the borough and will be expanding the recycling facilities for high rise blocks in the new year.
What can I recycle?
If you live in a communal property, you will typically have a mixed recycling bin and a paper recycling bin. These will be clearly marked and labelled.
In the paper bins you can recycle...
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Newspapers & magazines
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paper
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telephone directories
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white envelopes
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catalogues
In the mixed recycling bins you can recycle...
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Flattened Cardboard
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All white, grey and brown cardboard
Cereal boxes, brown envelopes, toothpaste boxes and clean ready meal boxes etc.
Remember... flatten cardboard before putting it in your recycling bin.
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Empty food tins, drink cans and aerosols
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Empty food tins, drink cans & aerosols
Aerosols, baby milk formula tins and biscuit tins etc.
Remember... rinse all cans and tins before putting them in your recycling bin.
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Plastic bottles
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Plastic bottles
All plastic bottles can be recycled.
Remember... rinse your bottles, squash them and remove the lids (the lids cannot be recycled)
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Glass bottles & jars
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Glass bottles & jars
Jam jars, coffee jars, wine bottles, baby food jars etc.
Remember... remove lids and rinse your glass bottles
What should I not put in the recycling bin?
At present we are unable to take the items listed below in the communal recycling bins. However, some of the items can be recycled at other locations in Gateshead.
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Item
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Where these items can go
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Cartons (Tetra Pak)
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Bring sites|
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Dense plastics (toys, cups, chairs etc)
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Household Waste and Recycling Centres|
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Windowpanes, cookware, Pyrex, windscreens
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Household Waste and Recycling Centres|
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Plastic bags
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Supermarkets with bag recycling facilities
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Plastic films, food trays, yoghurt pots, tin foil, shredded paper, polstyrene
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Cannot currently be recycled
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Please only put the correct items in the recycling bins to prevent contaminating the load. Contaminated loads may have to go to landfill rather than for recycling.