Recycling by room

Many items in your kitchen can be recycled, from milk cartons to baked bean tins.

Things you can recycle:

Plastics

• Laundry detergent and kitchen cleaning bottles
• Empty yoghurt pots
• Milk cartons

Paper and card

• Kitchen roll and tin foil tubes
• Paper food packaging (for example, cereal boxes)
• Juice cartons (including TetraPak)

Glass

• Jars
• Sauce bottles
• Wine and cordial bottles

Metal

• Food tins (for example, baked beans and tuna)

Empty and rinse all bottles and containers. Leftover liquid can contaminate other items, which may mean they cannot be recycled.

Many items in your bedroom can be recycled, from magazines to tissue boxes.

Things you can recycle:

Plastics

• Body care bottles and jars

Paper and card

• Tissue boxes
• Cardboard shoe boxes
• Cardboard packaging on cosmetics
• Magazines

Glass

• Face cream jars
• Perfume and aftershave bottles

Metal aerosol cans

• Deodorants
• Body sprays
• Air fresheners

Empty and rinse all bottles and containers. Leftover liquid can contaminate other items, which may mean they cannot be recycled.

Aerosol cans must be completely empty before recycling. Do not pierce, crush or flatten them and detach any loose or easily removable parts (for example, lids), and throw them away with the rest of your rubbish.

Many items in your lounge can be recycled, from old newspapers to junk mail.

Things you can recycle:

Paper and card

• Tissue boxes
• Newspapers
• Magazines
• Unwanted mail and paper documents

You cannot put shredded paper into the recycling, so only shred what is necessary and throw it away with the rest of your rubbish.

If paper has a plastic coating or shiny metallic surface it won't be recyclable. If in doubt, leave it out.