Green bins and lilac sacks are for household rubbish only. We collect these every other week.
Top tips:
- remove any food waste from packaging before throwing it away
- please reuse or donate items that are in a usable condition
Plastics and packaging
Plastics and packaging items that go in green bins or lilac sacks include:
- black plastic bin bags and liners
- crisp packets and confectionery wrappers
- jiffy bags (reuse if possible)
- plastic sweet and chocolate wrappers
- thin plastics that don't scrunch or stretch (such as salad bags)
- pet food pouches
- polystyrene foam
- takeaway coffee cups
See How to recycle plastic at Oxfordshire.gov.uk
Sanitary, hygiene and pet waste
Non-hazardous waste items that go in green bins or lilac sacks include:
- animal bedding from small pet hutches
- cat litter
- dog poo
- fouled textiles
- nappies
- paper napkins
- paper towels
- sanitary products
- tissues
See Clinical waste collections for hazardous waste and sharps.
Paper and compostables
Paper and 'compostable' items that go in green bins or lilac sacks (not your brown bin) include:
- compostable cups and packaging (can also be home composted)
- baking or greaseproof paper
- foil or glitter wrapping paper
- kitchen roll
- tissue wrapping paper
Glass and ceramics
Glass and ceramic items that go in green bins or lilac sacks include:
- broken glass and crockery (wrap this)
- chinaware (porcelain)
- glass cookware (such as Pyrex)
Lighting and electricals
- light bulbs (only old-style incandescent, halogen and filament)
See Collections for small electricals, batteries, vapes and mobile phones
Other household waste
Other household waste items that go in green bins or lilac sacks include:
- small plastic toys
- non-electrical gadgets
- small, non-electrical metal scrap items
- metal cooking pots and pans
- small plant pots (plastic, ceramic or terracotta)
- coal ash (this must be completely cool as hot ashes are a fire risk)
Additional rubbish
We don't collect additional household waste. If you have a wheelie bin, put all your waste into that, with the lid closed.
We will collect a maximum of three lilac bags (only from properties that can't accommodate a wheelie bin).
See What to do with extra rubbish and waste items we don't collect.
Search for your item at the Waste Wizard
The waste wizard tool provides options for thousands of household and commercial recycling and waste items.
Go to the Waste Wizard at Oxfordshire.gov.uk
