What's in your green organics bin?

Your green organics bin is the place to put your garden and food waste. This includes compostable material such as lawn clippings; coffee grounds; leaves; and pizza boxes.

These items GO in your green bin 

• Food waste e.g. coffee grounds, eggshells, fish, fruit and vegetable scraps, cheese, meat (raw or cooked) and tea bags.
• Garden waste e.g. branches, flowers, leaves, weeds, and untreated wood.
• Cardboard pizza boxes and fish and chip paper - put any plastic pieces in the red bin.
• Paper handtowels, newspaper, tissues, serviettes and non-brightly coloured shredded paper.
• Animal droppings (wrapped in paper), animal fur and hair.

Tips:

• Place a stick under the lid in summer to prevent grass fires.

The following should NOT go in your organics bin:

• Plastic bags, wrap, strapping or plant pots.
• Fast food wrappers , bags and boxes with a plastic or wax coating. These go in your red bin.
• Ash (this can go in red bin)
• Treated wood, sawdust, wood shavings, large logs or stumps.
• Lawn clippings which have been sprayed with herbicides.
• Bricks and concrete.
• Flax, palm, cabbage tree and rhubarb leaves.
• Gravel  and dirt/soil/
• Metal objects.

Still not sure what goes in your recycling bin? See a comprehensive list and a handy pamphlet below, or see the sticker on the underside of your bin lid.

• What's in your bin?- Brochure (pdf, 1.8 MB updated 28-Jun-2021)
• What can go in your bins? (Comprehensive bin item list) (pdf, 169.6 KB updated 22-Jun-2021)

Last updated: 22 Jun 2021