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Houses

All houses are entitled to a green recycling box. Please ensure your recycling box is presented at the edge of your property between 7.00am and 17.30pm on the same day and in the same way as your wheelie bin (unless you have been informed otherwise).

Boxes should be presented without lid.However, nets are available for recycling boxes and should be used on collection day, in order to prevent items from blowing out of boxes and littering the local area.

Please see below to find out what you can put in your green recycling box:

                           

 

YOU CAN PUT IN THE BOX

Tick
YOU CANNOT PUT IN THE BOX

Cross

PAPER
(Newspapers, magazines, holiday brochures, junk mail, office paper, catalogues, directories (including yellow pages)

GLASS
(Bottles and jars to be washed without caps/lids)

PLASTIC BOTTLES ONLY 
(rinsed, squashed and lids off) 

 No envelopes, cardboard, books, cartons 



No pyrex or broken glass

 

No other plastics, ie food trays, yoghurt pots, plastic packaging etc


Flats 

Currently, flats in Leicester are being assessed and where possible a recycling service is being offered. More often than not, communal bins are put in a shared area within the flats (such as the bin store.) 

Exactly the same items can be recycled through this weekly service as the green recycling box, except there is a separate coloured bin for each item.

Blue bin - paper (Newspapers, magazines, holiday brochures, junk mail, office paper, catalogues, directories (including yellow pages)

Yellow bin - plastic bottles only (washed, rinsed and squashed)

White bin - glass bottles/jars (washed, tops off)


If you are a flat resident and would like more information about a possible recycling service then please call 2527002 or
contact us.

 

Remember...
  • Put your house number in the space on the front of your box (if not already done so)
  • If your box goes missing and you need a replacement or you regularly recycle a lot and need an additional box, please contact us 
  • If you would like a net for your recycling box to prevent plastic and paper items blowing around on collection day, please contact us
  • Please remember that unwanted items will be left in the boxes (see table above for list of acceptable items).
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    To order a new, replacement or additional recycling box please call 2527002 or click here 



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Leicester City Council
Customer Service Centre
'B' Block, New Walk Centre
Welford Place
Leicester, LE1 6ZG

Tel: (0116) 252 7002
Fax: (0116) 255 9289
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