Borough of Telford & Wrekin

Recycling and Green Bin Collections

Information on the kerbside recycling and green bin collections.
Collection Day
We operate an alternating collection scheme, one week your household rubbish is collected and the following week your recycling is collected.

Recycling is collected in the red box, garden waste is collected in the green wheelie bin, details are provided on the information table below. There is no limit to the amount of material you may recycle.

Please be aware, it is important that you are careful what you put into your red kerbside boxes as these are emptied by hand. Please do not put in broken glass, sharp metal edges, and where possible please place tin lids inside the tins, and consider anything else you think would be seen as a hazard.

What we will and won't collect

Yes please

No thanks

Recycling Box

  • Glass bottles and jars (all colours)
  • Cardboard
  • Leather shoes
  • Clothing/fabric (clean please)
  • Food cans (washed out please, but labels can be left on)
  • Drinks cans
  • Aluminium foil
  • Empty aerosols
  • Newspapers
  • Junk mail
  • Magazines
  • Shredded paper (please place in sealed envelopes, paper bags or newspaper)
  • Plastic bottles
  • Training shoes
  • Plastic shoes and belts
  • Duvets or pillows
  • Dirty cans
  • Paint tins
  • Plastic foil
  • Books
  • Soiled paper/tissues
  • Yellow Pages directories
  • Tetra Pak

Find out more about recycling your Yellow Pages

Green Bin

  • Grass cuttings
  • Small branches
  • Dead flowers
  • Leaves
  • Hedge clippings
  • Prunings cuttings
  • Dead plants
  • Plastic of any kind including sacks or bin liners
  • Nappies
  • Any food waste
  • Fruit or vegetable peelings
  • Tea bags
  • Dog/cat litter
  • Old clothing
  • Rubble
  • Turf
  • Soil
  • Treated wood

Frequently asked questions about the recycling box collections.

Frequently asked questions about the garden waste collections.

Find your collection day.

Bank holiday arrangements.

For further information please contact our environmental maintenance team by e-mail or phone them on 01952 384384.



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