Environment
What can I recycle?
We don’t collect:
- Glass
- Foil
- Take away or pie tins
- Cling film
- Expanded polystyrene
- Drinks cartons (due to foil/plastic lining)
- Crisp packets (due to foil lining)
- Textiles and footwear
You can recycle glass, textiles and footwear at recycling banks throughout the district.
We do collect:
Paper and cardboard
- Corrugated cardboard
- Cereal boxes
- Greeting cards
- Tissue boxes
- Toilet roll tubes
- Newspapers
- Magazines
- Envelopes (including envelopes with windows)
- Junk mail
- Phone directories (including the Yellow Pages)
- Catalogues
- Writing paper
Plastic
- Drinks bottles
- Plastic milk cartons
- Detergent bottles
- Yoghurt pots
- Margarine tubs
- Ice cream tubs
- Carrier bags
- Shampoo bottles
- Plant pots
Metal
- Drinks cans (please wash and squash them first)
- Food tins
If you are not sure whether we collect a material or not, please contact
us on:
01491 823416 or email recycling@southoxon.gov.uk
Drink cartons
You can now take drink cartons (such as tetrapak juice cartons) to a county Waste Recycling Centre for recycling. The cartons, which are made up of different materials including cardboard, plastic and foil, are then collected and taken to a paper mill to make to make plasterboard lining. There are Waste Recycling Centres at Oakley Wood, Redbridge and Drayton. Unfortunately these items cannot be put in the kerbside recycling box.
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