What to put in your black box
 
Black boxes

Your black box will be collected every fortnight, on the same day as your black bin.

It is high enough to stand a wine bottle in upright. The base area will fit a broadsheet newspaper folded in half.

Please include:

  • paper
  • newspapers
  • magazines
  • junk mail
  • white paper and white envelopes
  • glass
  • clean glass bottles and jars - all colours
  • clean food and drink cans - squashed if possible
  • empty aerosol cans - not squashed
  • biscuit and sweet tins
  • clean foil and foiled containers, eg from pies or takeaways

Please don't include:

  • broken glass
  • window glass or Pyrex
  • cardboard
  • egg boxes
  • telephone directories
  • milk and juice cartons
  • plastics
  • carrier bags
  • paint cans
  • motor oil containers
  • hypodermic needles
  • brown envelopes
  • brown paper
  • crisp packets
  • plastic 'foil' pouches, eg from pet food
Last updated: Thursday, October 16, 2008