FIND A PLACE TO RECYCLE UNWANTED THINGS
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We often hear about the 3 Rs: REDUCE, RE-USE, RECYCLE. What about the other 5, making 8 Rs altogether?
Before you recycle first think if there is another use for the thing: re-use it yourself, give it to someone else, or to a charity. And what about REFUSE - don't acquire it in the first place? Or REPAIR - can you or someone else mend it? or ROT - compost it? Or even fREEZE for leftover (edible) food or RE-IMAGINE (think of another way to do something with it without causing waste). Compost: If you have plant waste and have nowhere to compost it, take it to Inham Nook Allotments, or may be ask a neighbour. Or compost it with Beeston Growers. Or learn how to make a wormery at the Nottingham-based Urban Worm. IF ANYTHING IS STILL USABLE, PLEASE TRY TO RE-USE IT YOURSELF, GIVE IT TO SOMEONE ELSE, OR DONATE IT TO A CHARITY SHOP. |
DANGER: Did you know that if used batteries are thrown away in the general waste or mixed with recyclable materials like card, metals and plastics, it can be very dangerous? They can catch fire.
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Green Bin: Now more things can go in your Green bin from 31 March 2026 - see under individual items or end of this page.
N.B. If you notice any problems, or have new items to add to the list, please click here to contact us and let us know.
WHERE TO RECYCLE
Aerosol cans - Green bin (without lid, if possible) or Recycling Centre: 'Food tins & drink cans' or 'Scrap metal'
Aluminium - Green bin
Baby food pouches - Sainsbury's inside.
Bathroom suites - See Council website: possibly 'Scrap metal'
Batteries - Sainsbury's, Wilko, Post News, Lidl, Poundland, Rymans, Smiths, Tesco, Coop, One Stop, ... or Recycling Centre: 'Batteries' or 'Car batteries'. WARNING: batteries can cause fire - click here.
Bedding and blankets - PLEASE DONATE IF POSSIBLE or Recycling Centre: 'Mixed textiles & clothes'
Bicycles - PLEASE DONATE IF POSSIBLE to bicycle reuse projects or Recycling Centre: 'Scrap metal'
Biscuit & cake wrappers - Methodist church, Sainsbury's inside (NO compostable or biodegradable bags & wrapping)
Blister packs - Boots, or the Boathouse Café, Beeston Marina. (The Plane Tree will take them, if you can't get to the Marina.)
Boilers - See Council website: possibly 'Scrap metal'
Books (paperback) - PLEASE DONATE IF POSSIBLE to charity shop, book bank?? or Green bin or Recycling Centre: 'Mixed paper & card'
Books (hardback) - PLEASE DONATE IF POSSIBLE to charity shop or book bank?? or Recycling Centre: 'Mixed paper & card'; or British Heart Foundation
Books & music - PLEASE DONATE IF POSSIBLE to charity shop
Bottles (plastic) (all) - Green bin (Wash out the bottle, then squash it, if possible, and put the top back on: (pumps can't yet be recycled)) or Recycling Centre
Bottles & jars (glass) (without lids) - Glass bag or Recycling Centre: 'Mixed glass bottles & jars'; or Chilwell Olympia or Leyton Crescent Recreation Ground
Bread bags - Sainsbury's inside.
Bricks, rubble and building materials - See Council website: 'Hardcore & rubble'
Brita water filter cartridges - Argos
Bubble wrap - Sainsbury's inside
Cans (all drink & food (rinsed out)) - Green bin or Recycling Centre: 'Food tins & drink cans' or Sainsbury's car park (Mixed cans)
Cans (Pringles cans) -
Car parts - See Council website
Cardboard (dry) - Green bin or Recycling Centre: 'Mixed paper & card'
Carpets and rugs - PLEASE DONATE IF POSSIBLE to Furniture Re-use Network or Freecycle
Carrier bags (paper) - Green bin
Carrier bags (plastic) - PLEASE RE-USE or Sainsbury's inside.
Cassettes - PLEASE DONATE IF POSSIBLE
Catalogues and brochures (not hardback) - Recycling Centre: 'Mixed paper & card'
CDs and DVDs - PLEASE DONATE IF POSSIBLE; or British Heart Foundation
Chemicals - Recycling Centre: See Council website: 'Household & garden chemicals'
Clothes, shoes, accessories - PLEASE DONATE IF POSSIBLE or Recycling Centre: 'Mixed textiles & clothes' may be re-used; or Chilwell Olympia
Clothing - PLEASE DONATE IF POSSIBLE or Recycling Centre: 'Mixed textiles & clothes' may be re-used; or Chilwell Olympia; or British Heart Foundation
Coat hangers (metal) - PLEASE DONATE IF POSSIBLE or Recycling Centre: 'Scrap metal'
Coat hangers (wood) - PLEASE DONATE IF POSSIBLE
Coffee pods (Tassimo only) - Methodist church
Computers - PLEASE DONATE IF POSSIBLE or Recycling Centre: 'Electrical'
Confectionary tubs - Sainsbury's car park (Mixed plastics BUT no black plastic or plastic film)
Crisp packets - Coop, Chilwell Road, or Sainsbury's inside (NO compostable or biodegradable bags & wrapping), or Tesco (not folded please)
Crockery - PLEASE DONATE IF POSSIBLE
Dental products - Broxtowe Community Projects
Direct mail -
Dry food bags (e.g. bread bags) - Sainsbury's inside (NO compostable or biodegradable bags & wrapping)
Egg boxes (cardboard) - Green bin or home compost or Recycling Centre: 'Mixed paper & card'
Electrical appliances - PLEASE DONATE IF POSSIBLE to Furniture Re-use Network or Freecycle or Recycling Centre: 'Electrical'; or British Heart Foundation
Fences - See Council website - Recycling Centre: 'Wood & timber'
Ferrero Rocher packaging - Broxtowe Community Projects
Fire extinguishers - See Council website: 'Gas bottles'
Foil - Green bin
Foil and aluminium food trays - Green bin, or Recycling Centre: 'Scrap metal'???
Food (unwanted dry & packaged, cans, bottles) - PLEASE DONATE IF POSSIBLE: Food Bank (via Sainsbury's or Voluntary Action Broxtowe, Oban House)
Food - Find out how to avoid waste Love Food Hate Waste: or Love Food Hate Waste in Notts (+Notts Sustainable Cookery Book) or how to compost: BBC How we deal with your waste: or Recycle Now
Food pouches & sachets - Sainsbury's inside (NO compostable or biodegradable bags & wrapping)
Food waste (peelings etc.) - Compost it with Beeston Growers. Sorry not available at present.
Food & Drink cartons - Green bin or Chilwell Olympia
Fridges and freezers - PLEASE DONATE IF POSSIBLE to Furniture Re-use Network or Freecycle or Recycling Centre: 'Fridges & freezers'
Furniture, including garden furniture - PLEASE DONATE IF POSSIBLE to Furniture Re-use Network or Freecycle or Recycling Centre: 'Scrap metal' or 'Wood & timber'; or British Heart Foundation
Games - PLEASE DONATE IF POSSIBLE or British Heart Foundation
Garden or green waste - Brown bin (you pay for this) find out how to compost: BBC How we deal with your waste: or Recycle Now or Recycling Centre: See Council website: 'Garden waste'.
Gas bottles and cylinders - See Council website: 'Gas bottles'
Glass (NOT drinking glasses, glass dishes etc) - Glass bag; or Chilwell Olympia; or Leyton Crescent Recreation Ground
Glass (drinking glasses, glass dishes etc) - PLEASE DONATE IF POSSIBLE
Greenhouse frames (metal) - Recycling Centre: 'Scrap metal'
Handbags - British Heart Foundation
Hangers - will be reused at Tesco
Homeware - PLEASE DONATE IF POSSIBLE; or British Heart Foundation
House clearances - PLEASE DONATE IF POSSIBLE - See Council website
Ice cream tubs - Sainsbury's car park (Mixed plastics BUT no black plastic or plastic film)
Inkjet cartridges - Some shops have envelopes to send back for recycling
Ironing boards (no asbestos) - Recycling Centre: 'Scrap metal'
Jiffy bags - Don't recycle, as they contain padding
Junk mail - Green bin or prevent at Mail Preference Service or Recycling Centre: 'Mixed paper & card'
Lawn mowers - PLEASE DONATE IF POSSIBLE or Recycling Centre: 'Scrap metal' or 'Electrical'
Lids (metal) - Recycling Centre: 'Scrap metal'
LED light bulbs - Tesco
Light bulbs and fluorescent lighting - Recycling Centre: 'Fluorescent tubes'
Makeup - compacts & palettes, mascaras & liners, lip products, plastic tubes & bottles
(no glass, wood, brushes or polish) - Tesco
Mattresses - PLEASE DONATE IF POSSIBLE
Metals - Recycling Centre: 'Scrap metal'
Milk bottles (plastic) - Green bin
Milk bottle tops (metal foil) - Boat House Cafe?
Mobile phones - PLEASE DONATE IF POSSIBLE or sell to mobile phone recycling company or See Council website 'Electrical'
Newspapers and magazines - Green bin
Newspaper or magazine wrappers - Sainsbury's inside
Oil (car engine) - Recycling Centre: 'Used engine oil'
Oil (central heating) oil tanks should be decommissioned at OFTEC
Oil (cooking) - Recycling Centre: 'Cooking oil' (find out more at Veolia)
Paint - PLEASE DONATE IF POSSIBLE: Community Repaint Network or Collect paint free of charge to reuse
Paper (not shredded, wet or tissues) - Green bin or Recycling Centre: 'Mixed paper & card' or Leyton Crescent Recreation Ground
Paper (shredded) - Home composting or animal bedding
Paper cups - Costa Coffee, Chilwell Olympia
Pet treat flexible plastic packaging & pouches - Further afield - see Other
Plant pots - PLEASE RE-USE IF POSSIBLE - Some garden centres offer recycling or USE BIODEGRADABLE ONES
Plastic bags from salads or frozen fruit & vegetables - Sainsbury's inside (NO compostable or biodegradable bags & wrapping).
Plastic bottles with plastic lids - lids can go in Green bin if screwed onto bottle
Plastic bottle/tub lids - take to the Riverside Cafe (aka 'Tony's') to be donated to a charity, or Methodist church or Sainsbury's car park (Mixed plastics BUT no black plastic) or Recycling Centre.
Plastic pots, tubs and trays - Green bin
Plastic packaging (Weleda) - Plastic bread packaging - Broxtowe Community Projects
Radiators - See Council website: 'Scrap metal'
Rigid plastic food packets -
Sheds - Recycling Centre: 'Scrap metal' or 'Wood & timber'
Shoes - PLEASE DONATE IF POSSIBLE or Recycling Centre: 'Mixed textiles & clothes'; or British Heart Foundation
Snack packets - Sainsbury's inside (NO compostable or biodegradable bags & wrapping)
Soil - See Council website: 'Hardcore & rubble' or 'Garden waste'
Telephone directories -
Televisions and monitors - Recycling Centre: 'Electrical'
Tetrapaks (cardboard cartons, e.g. for long-life milk, custard and sauces) - Green bin; or Chilwell Olympia; or Leyton Crescent Recreation Ground
Textiles - PLEASE DONATE IF POSSIBLE - Chilwell Olympia (clothing, household linens, shoes & bags) or Recycling Centre: 'Mixed textiles & clothes' may be re-used
Toothbrushes/toothbrush plastic packaging -
Toothpaste tubes/cartons - Broxtowe Community Projects
Toys - PLEASE DONATE IF POSSIBLE; or British Heart Foundation
Tyres - Garages may take them
Vapes - N.B. vapes contain batteries & must be disposed of responsibly. Take back to retailer or to Recycling Centre
Washing machines - PLEASE DONATE IF POSSIBLE to Furniture Re-use Network or Freecycle or Recycling Centre: 'Electrical'
Washing powder/dishwasher/air freshener packaging -
Water filters -
Wood - Recycling Centre: 'Wood & timber'
Yellow pages -
Yoghurt pots - Sainsbury's car park (some Mixed plastics)
FURTHER INFORMATION:
The Recycling Centre for Beeston is at Lilac Grove - find out more about all Broxtowe centres here.
N.B. If you notice any problems, or have new items to add to the list, please click here to contact us and let us know.
WHERE TO RECYCLE
Aerosol cans - Green bin (without lid, if possible) or Recycling Centre: 'Food tins & drink cans' or 'Scrap metal'
Aluminium - Green bin
Baby food pouches - Sainsbury's inside.
Bathroom suites - See Council website: possibly 'Scrap metal'
Batteries - Sainsbury's, Wilko, Post News, Lidl, Poundland, Rymans, Smiths, Tesco, Coop, One Stop, ... or Recycling Centre: 'Batteries' or 'Car batteries'. WARNING: batteries can cause fire - click here.
Bedding and blankets - PLEASE DONATE IF POSSIBLE or Recycling Centre: 'Mixed textiles & clothes'
Bicycles - PLEASE DONATE IF POSSIBLE to bicycle reuse projects or Recycling Centre: 'Scrap metal'
Biscuit & cake wrappers - Methodist church, Sainsbury's inside (NO compostable or biodegradable bags & wrapping)
Blister packs - Boots, or the Boathouse Café, Beeston Marina. (The Plane Tree will take them, if you can't get to the Marina.)
Boilers - See Council website: possibly 'Scrap metal'
Books (paperback) - PLEASE DONATE IF POSSIBLE to charity shop, book bank?? or Green bin or Recycling Centre: 'Mixed paper & card'
Books (hardback) - PLEASE DONATE IF POSSIBLE to charity shop or book bank?? or Recycling Centre: 'Mixed paper & card'; or British Heart Foundation
Books & music - PLEASE DONATE IF POSSIBLE to charity shop
Bottles (plastic) (all) - Green bin (Wash out the bottle, then squash it, if possible, and put the top back on: (pumps can't yet be recycled)) or Recycling Centre
Bottles & jars (glass) (without lids) - Glass bag or Recycling Centre: 'Mixed glass bottles & jars'; or Chilwell Olympia or Leyton Crescent Recreation Ground
Bread bags - Sainsbury's inside.
Bricks, rubble and building materials - See Council website: 'Hardcore & rubble'
Brita water filter cartridges - Argos
Bubble wrap - Sainsbury's inside
Cans (all drink & food (rinsed out)) - Green bin or Recycling Centre: 'Food tins & drink cans' or Sainsbury's car park (Mixed cans)
Cans (Pringles cans) -
Car parts - See Council website
Cardboard (dry) - Green bin or Recycling Centre: 'Mixed paper & card'
Carpets and rugs - PLEASE DONATE IF POSSIBLE to Furniture Re-use Network or Freecycle
Carrier bags (paper) - Green bin
Carrier bags (plastic) - PLEASE RE-USE or Sainsbury's inside.
Cassettes - PLEASE DONATE IF POSSIBLE
Catalogues and brochures (not hardback) - Recycling Centre: 'Mixed paper & card'
CDs and DVDs - PLEASE DONATE IF POSSIBLE; or British Heart Foundation
Chemicals - Recycling Centre: See Council website: 'Household & garden chemicals'
Clothes, shoes, accessories - PLEASE DONATE IF POSSIBLE or Recycling Centre: 'Mixed textiles & clothes' may be re-used; or Chilwell Olympia
Clothing - PLEASE DONATE IF POSSIBLE or Recycling Centre: 'Mixed textiles & clothes' may be re-used; or Chilwell Olympia; or British Heart Foundation
Coat hangers (metal) - PLEASE DONATE IF POSSIBLE or Recycling Centre: 'Scrap metal'
Coat hangers (wood) - PLEASE DONATE IF POSSIBLE
Coffee pods (Tassimo only) - Methodist church
Computers - PLEASE DONATE IF POSSIBLE or Recycling Centre: 'Electrical'
Confectionary tubs - Sainsbury's car park (Mixed plastics BUT no black plastic or plastic film)
Crisp packets - Coop, Chilwell Road, or Sainsbury's inside (NO compostable or biodegradable bags & wrapping), or Tesco (not folded please)
Crockery - PLEASE DONATE IF POSSIBLE
Dental products - Broxtowe Community Projects
Direct mail -
Dry food bags (e.g. bread bags) - Sainsbury's inside (NO compostable or biodegradable bags & wrapping)
Egg boxes (cardboard) - Green bin or home compost or Recycling Centre: 'Mixed paper & card'
Electrical appliances - PLEASE DONATE IF POSSIBLE to Furniture Re-use Network or Freecycle or Recycling Centre: 'Electrical'; or British Heart Foundation
Fences - See Council website - Recycling Centre: 'Wood & timber'
Ferrero Rocher packaging - Broxtowe Community Projects
Fire extinguishers - See Council website: 'Gas bottles'
Foil - Green bin
Foil and aluminium food trays - Green bin, or Recycling Centre: 'Scrap metal'???
Food (unwanted dry & packaged, cans, bottles) - PLEASE DONATE IF POSSIBLE: Food Bank (via Sainsbury's or Voluntary Action Broxtowe, Oban House)
Food - Find out how to avoid waste Love Food Hate Waste: or Love Food Hate Waste in Notts (+Notts Sustainable Cookery Book) or how to compost: BBC How we deal with your waste: or Recycle Now
Food pouches & sachets - Sainsbury's inside (NO compostable or biodegradable bags & wrapping)
Food waste (peelings etc.) - Compost it with Beeston Growers. Sorry not available at present.
Food & Drink cartons - Green bin or Chilwell Olympia
Fridges and freezers - PLEASE DONATE IF POSSIBLE to Furniture Re-use Network or Freecycle or Recycling Centre: 'Fridges & freezers'
Furniture, including garden furniture - PLEASE DONATE IF POSSIBLE to Furniture Re-use Network or Freecycle or Recycling Centre: 'Scrap metal' or 'Wood & timber'; or British Heart Foundation
Games - PLEASE DONATE IF POSSIBLE or British Heart Foundation
Garden or green waste - Brown bin (you pay for this) find out how to compost: BBC How we deal with your waste: or Recycle Now or Recycling Centre: See Council website: 'Garden waste'.
Gas bottles and cylinders - See Council website: 'Gas bottles'
Glass (NOT drinking glasses, glass dishes etc) - Glass bag; or Chilwell Olympia; or Leyton Crescent Recreation Ground
Glass (drinking glasses, glass dishes etc) - PLEASE DONATE IF POSSIBLE
Greenhouse frames (metal) - Recycling Centre: 'Scrap metal'
Handbags - British Heart Foundation
Hangers - will be reused at Tesco
Homeware - PLEASE DONATE IF POSSIBLE; or British Heart Foundation
House clearances - PLEASE DONATE IF POSSIBLE - See Council website
Ice cream tubs - Sainsbury's car park (Mixed plastics BUT no black plastic or plastic film)
Inkjet cartridges - Some shops have envelopes to send back for recycling
Ironing boards (no asbestos) - Recycling Centre: 'Scrap metal'
Jiffy bags - Don't recycle, as they contain padding
Junk mail - Green bin or prevent at Mail Preference Service or Recycling Centre: 'Mixed paper & card'
Lawn mowers - PLEASE DONATE IF POSSIBLE or Recycling Centre: 'Scrap metal' or 'Electrical'
Lids (metal) - Recycling Centre: 'Scrap metal'
LED light bulbs - Tesco
Light bulbs and fluorescent lighting - Recycling Centre: 'Fluorescent tubes'
Makeup - compacts & palettes, mascaras & liners, lip products, plastic tubes & bottles
(no glass, wood, brushes or polish) - Tesco
Mattresses - PLEASE DONATE IF POSSIBLE
Metals - Recycling Centre: 'Scrap metal'
Milk bottles (plastic) - Green bin
Milk bottle tops (metal foil) - Boat House Cafe?
Mobile phones - PLEASE DONATE IF POSSIBLE or sell to mobile phone recycling company or See Council website 'Electrical'
Newspapers and magazines - Green bin
Newspaper or magazine wrappers - Sainsbury's inside
Oil (car engine) - Recycling Centre: 'Used engine oil'
Oil (central heating) oil tanks should be decommissioned at OFTEC
Oil (cooking) - Recycling Centre: 'Cooking oil' (find out more at Veolia)
Paint - PLEASE DONATE IF POSSIBLE: Community Repaint Network or Collect paint free of charge to reuse
Paper (not shredded, wet or tissues) - Green bin or Recycling Centre: 'Mixed paper & card' or Leyton Crescent Recreation Ground
Paper (shredded) - Home composting or animal bedding
Paper cups - Costa Coffee, Chilwell Olympia
Pet treat flexible plastic packaging & pouches - Further afield - see Other
Plant pots - PLEASE RE-USE IF POSSIBLE - Some garden centres offer recycling or USE BIODEGRADABLE ONES
Plastic bags from salads or frozen fruit & vegetables - Sainsbury's inside (NO compostable or biodegradable bags & wrapping).
Plastic bottles with plastic lids - lids can go in Green bin if screwed onto bottle
Plastic bottle/tub lids - take to the Riverside Cafe (aka 'Tony's') to be donated to a charity, or Methodist church or Sainsbury's car park (Mixed plastics BUT no black plastic) or Recycling Centre.
Plastic pots, tubs and trays - Green bin
Plastic packaging (Weleda) - Plastic bread packaging - Broxtowe Community Projects
Radiators - See Council website: 'Scrap metal'
Rigid plastic food packets -
Sheds - Recycling Centre: 'Scrap metal' or 'Wood & timber'
Shoes - PLEASE DONATE IF POSSIBLE or Recycling Centre: 'Mixed textiles & clothes'; or British Heart Foundation
Snack packets - Sainsbury's inside (NO compostable or biodegradable bags & wrapping)
Soil - See Council website: 'Hardcore & rubble' or 'Garden waste'
Telephone directories -
Televisions and monitors - Recycling Centre: 'Electrical'
Tetrapaks (cardboard cartons, e.g. for long-life milk, custard and sauces) - Green bin; or Chilwell Olympia; or Leyton Crescent Recreation Ground
Textiles - PLEASE DONATE IF POSSIBLE - Chilwell Olympia (clothing, household linens, shoes & bags) or Recycling Centre: 'Mixed textiles & clothes' may be re-used
Toothbrushes/toothbrush plastic packaging -
Toothpaste tubes/cartons - Broxtowe Community Projects
Toys - PLEASE DONATE IF POSSIBLE; or British Heart Foundation
Tyres - Garages may take them
Vapes - N.B. vapes contain batteries & must be disposed of responsibly. Take back to retailer or to Recycling Centre
Washing machines - PLEASE DONATE IF POSSIBLE to Furniture Re-use Network or Freecycle or Recycling Centre: 'Electrical'
Washing powder/dishwasher/air freshener packaging -
Water filters -
Wood - Recycling Centre: 'Wood & timber'
Yellow pages -
Yoghurt pots - Sainsbury's car park (some Mixed plastics)
FURTHER INFORMATION:
The Recycling Centre for Beeston is at Lilac Grove - find out more about all Broxtowe centres here.
Grey bin: If you live in Broxtowe, Gedling or Rushcliffe, your waste is taken to the Eastcroft Energy from Waste Facility in Nottingham. The heat from the burned waste is used in the district heating scheme in the city.
Green bin: In Broxtowe things that can't be recycled will be incinerated. BUT PLEASE NOTE THAT ITEMS COVERED IN FOOD ETC. (such as pizza boxes) MAY CAUSE A WHOLE LOAD OF MATERIAL TO BE CONTAMINATED AND THEN IT CANNOT BE RECYCLED.
LINKS
Notts County Council
www.recyclenow.com
www.recyclenow.com/local-recycling
Recycling in Nottinghamshire
Green bin: In Broxtowe things that can't be recycled will be incinerated. BUT PLEASE NOTE THAT ITEMS COVERED IN FOOD ETC. (such as pizza boxes) MAY CAUSE A WHOLE LOAD OF MATERIAL TO BE CONTAMINATED AND THEN IT CANNOT BE RECYCLED.
LINKS
Notts County Council
www.recyclenow.com
www.recyclenow.com/local-recycling
Recycling in Nottinghamshire
