What goes in your bins in the Craven area?

This service is delivered differently in each area of the county. This information relates to the former district of Craven. Looking for information in another area of the county? You can change the location here.

Find out what goes in your waste bins, boxes and bags in the Craven area.

Green bins and black sacks 

Use your green bin or black sack for general household waste that cannot be recycled or composted.  

We cannot take:  

  • building materials 
  • soil and rubble 
  • some types of clinical waste 
  • asbestos 
  • large bulky items like furniture 
  • electrical items 
  • toxic or hazardous waste like car batteries, motor oil, paint or corrosive materials 

Ash and dust 

  • hot ashes from a fire can go in the green bin once cooled and must be bagged 
  • sawdust and dust can go in the green bin and must be bagged 

Large items like furniture can be collected using our bulky waste collection service. There is a charge for this. Book a bulky waste collection. 

Blue bins and clear sacks  

Use your blue bin or clear sack for recycling. We recycle four main types of waste: 

  1. glass bottles and jars 
  2. paper, cardboard and cartons 
  3. food tins, drink cans, aerosols (spray cans) and foil 
  4. plastic bottles, tubs, pots and trays 

Waste we can’t accept is called contaminated waste. It’s important not to put this into your bin as we won’t take it away. If we find contaminated waste in your bin, we will put a red sticker on your bin to let you know. You should remove the contaminated waste and put the bin out on the next collection date.  

You can take rubbish we don’t accept to your local household waste recycling centre

Glass bottles and jars 

We accept all general glass bottles and jars. Please rinse out all glass and jars before putting them in the bin. We can’t accept: 

  • pottery or ceramics 
  • window glass 
  • light bulbs 
  • pyrex and glass cookware 
  • spectacles 

Paper and cardboard

We accept most general clean and dry cardboard and paper waste. Please flatten cardboard packaging before putting it in the bin. If it’s too big to fit you will need to cut it up first. Make sure there is no food waste on any cardboard placed in the bag. 

We will accept: 

  • newspapers and magazines 
  • catalogues, brochures, directories and junk mail 
  • envelopes with or without windows 
  • greetings cards (without glitter) 
  • wrapping paper, but not the foil or plastic type 
  • general cardboard packaging 
  • cereal boxes 
  • ready meal boxes and sleeves 
  • egg boxes 
  • kitchen roll and toilet roll tubes

We will not accept: 

  • books 
  • hardback directories 
  • wallpaper 
  • jiffy bags and plastic padded envelopes 
  • takeaway coffee cups 
  • wet cardboard 
  • cardboard packaging larger than 120 centimetres by 60 centimetres – cut it up first 

Cartons

We will accept:

  • milk and juice cartons
  • fabric conditioner cartons
  • food and soup cartons

Food tins, drink cans, aerosols (spray cans) and foil 

We accept most general household metal packaging. Please rinse and squash food cans before putting them in the bins. You don’t need to remove the label. 

We will accept: 

  • food tins 
  • drink cans 
  • aerosol and spray cans 
  • sweet or biscuit tins 
  • all metal tin and can lids 
  • foil containers and trays 
  • clean aluminium foil 

We will not accept: 

  • crisp packets 
  • pots and pans 
  • paint tins 
  • cutlery 

Plastic bottles, tubs, pots and trays 

We will accept: 

  • plastics (types 1, 2, 3, 4 5) 
  • plastic bottles and tops 
  • milk, juice and water bottles 
  • shampoo or conditioner bottles 
  • washing up liquid bottles 
  • detergent and fabric conditioner bottles 
  • toiletry and cosmetic bottles 
  • cleaning product and bleach bottles 
  • ready meal trays, washed and film removed  
  • yogurt and jelly pots 
  • margarine and ice cream tubs 
  • fruit and veg punnet or containers 
  • cream, custard, soup and sauce pots 

We will not accept: 

  • black plastic 
  • black bagged waste 
  • toys 
  • polystyrene 
  • cling film or plastic wrap 
  • food wrappers like biscuit wrappers, crisp packets or tubes 
  • breakfast cereal plastic inner bags 

Brown bins

We will accept:

  • grass cuttings
  • tree and hedge clippings
  • plants and weeds
  • leaves, twigs and bark
  • cut flowers and house plants

We will not accept:

  • large branches
  • wood
  • soil or stones
  • rubble and building waste
  • turf
  • peelings and food / vegetable waste
  • ash
  • sawdust
  • pet bedding
  • cat and dog waste
  • paper / cardboard
  • compostable or biodegradable bags and coffee cups
  • other household waste