Brown bin or black box
Things that can go in:
- glass bottles
- glass jars
- food tins
- drinks cans
- empty aerosols
- plastic bottles
- plastic milk containers
- aluminium foil and foil trays
- plastic pots (such as yoghurt, soup and hair gel containers)
- plastic tubs (such as margarine, chocolate and laundry powder containers)
- plastic trays (such as containers for cooked or raw meat, and fruit and veg punnets)
Please make sure all recyclable containers are empty and have been cleaned.
Things that cannot go in:
- lids from bottles and jars: remove them and put them in your black bin as they cannot be recycled
- plastic film, plastic bags and crisp packets: put them in your black bin as they cannot be recycled
Visit Recycle for Greater Manchester to find out which plastics you can recycle.
If you have something to throw away that's not on this list, visit Recycle for Greater Manchester for more information.