Clear sack guide
Your clear sack is for plastic containers, cans, bottle and jars.
Please rinse your recyclables, peel off the labels where possible and squash them to make more space.
If you’re unsure if an item can be recycled, please use a lilac sack.
Please view our full A – Z of what can go in the clear sack below.
- A
Aerosols – including empty deodorant, body spray, hairspray, air freshener and polish canisters.
- B
Baby milk containers/tins/jars
Bottles (plastic and glass)
Butter tubs
- C
Cans (food and drink)
Cartons (including UHT, soya and goat’s milk, fruit juice and sauces)
Conditioner bottles
- D
Detergent bottles
- F
Foil (clean kitchen and aluminium)
Foil trays (clean)
Fruit punnets (clean)
- G
Glass jars and bottles
- H
Hand soap bottles
- I
Ice cream tubs
- J
Jars
- L
Laundry tablet containers
- M
Make-up/skincare containers
Margarine tubs
Milk bottles (plastic and glass)
- P
Plastic egg boxes
Pot Noodle containers
- R
Ready meal trays (that have a recycling symbol 1, 2 or 5 on them)
- S
Sauce pots/containers
- T
Tins
Tetrapaks
- V
Vitamin and supplement bottles
- Y
Yoghurt pots