Feed the Bins

They’ll Gobble up your Christmas Leftovers

Christmas – what a waste! No, not the celebrations, but all the rubbish that goes with it. There’s the leftover food, whatever’s not made it into the turkey curry on Boxing Day, or the turkey risotto the day after! From vegetable peelings to plate scrapings and reindeer-chewed carrots – it can all be recycled and the best thing? It’s so easy!

And it’s not just food waste that we’re hoping to see you recycle more of this festive period – here’s a quick guide to what can be recycled in which bin:

Purple Bin	Blue Bin	Brown Bin	Orange Bin	Green Bin
Drinks can and food tins	Wrapping paper (not the foil type)	Food Glorious Food	Glass bottles	Everything which can’t be recycled
Plastic bottles and trays marked PET1 or HDPE2	Christmas cards and gift tags	Real Christmas trees	Glass jars
Shampoo	Cardboard boxes
Shower Gel	Gift bags
Shaving Foam Tins	Newspapers and magazines
Aerosols	Packing (remove the plastic first)

Filled up your bins before collection day? Don’t worry, you can take excess waste to our recycling centres and points across.

Here are the festive opening times:

Recycling centres:
Closed:
Sunday 24th to Tuesday 26th December
Sunday 31st December to Tuesday 2nd January

Reopens:
Wednesday 27 December
Wednesday 3 January

Excess waste, including old Christmas trees, can be taken to the recycling centres at Chanonry in Elgin, Gollachy at Buckie, Waterford in Forres and Balloch Road, Keith.

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