The black bin

We can’t currently recycle the items outlined below with our kerbside collections. Please put them in your black bin. We don’t put this rubbish into landfill. We take this rubbish to Ardley near Bicester, where it’s burned to generate electricity to power over 60,000 homes across Oxfordshire. For more information watch this video that the facility have created showing what happens to black bin rubbish.

Plastic we can’t recycle

Soft plastics including

Clear film used to wrap meat and fish
Film from the tops of plastic trays
Crisp packets
Fruit, veg and salad bags
Sweet wrappers
Bread bags
Plastic bags
Plastic pouches for pet food and baby food

Please take these to supermarkets who collect them for recycling. More on our soft plastics page.

Other plastics we cannot recycle

Black bags
Hard plastic items such as coat hangers, lunch boxes and children’s toys – if these are in good condition, consider taking them to a charity shop
Polystyrene