Green bag collection
You can use green bags for cans, glass, paper, and card. We will collect them on your green week.
To ensure your bags are collected for recycling:
- Use the green bags that we provide for free
- Put your bags out for collection between 7.00pm on the evening before your collection and 7.00am on the morning of your collection day
- Keep your paper and card separate from glass and cans
- Wash out all bottles and jars and remove their tops
- Use our recycling and rubbish collection search to find out what day we collect your bags
What to put in the bags
Yes please
Put the following items of glass & cans in one green bag:
- Bottles and jars
- Cans and tins
- Empty aerosol cans
- Aluminium foil eg wrap and trays
- Small items of metal kitchenware eg pots and pans, baking trays etc
- Metal lids
Keep the following items of paper and card in a separate green bag:
- Card
- Catalogues
- Envelopes
- Junk mail
- Magazines
- Newspaper
- Shredded Paper
- Office paper
- Yellow Pages
- Greetings cards (plain card only)
- Corrugated cardboard (please empty and flatten boxes)
No thank you
Please don't include the following items in your green bags:
- Broken glass
- Cartons or paper cups
- Food contaminated paper/cardboard eg pizza boxes
- Kitchen paper
- Mirrors
- Oil cans
- Paper towels
- Paint tins
- Plate glass
- Pyrex
- Sharp metal objects eg knives
- Tissues
- Wallpaper
- Wrapping paper
Related pages
Contacts
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Recycling
Email: evh@swansea.gov.uk
Tel: 01792 635600
Full details for Recycling
