## Information on your kerbside recycling and waste service in Solihull

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#### Your brown wheelie bin is for recycling:

- Newspaper, magazines and envelopes
- Food tins and cans, aerosols and clean foil containers
- Plastic containers and food trays
- Cardboard boxes and cardboard
- Juice and food cartons
- Plastic bottles - remember to remove the trigger tops as we cannot recycle them
- Glass bottles
- Glass jars
- Metal tops
- Plastic bags or plastic film or packaging
- Crisp or sweet packets

#### We cannot accept the following materials in the brown bin:

- Polystyrene, food waste or tissues
- Kitchen towel, plastic toys
- Nappies
- Batteries
- Vapes
- Pyrex glass, drinking glasses
- Light bulbs
- Any other materials

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#### Your green wheelie bin is for recycling:

- Lawn clippings
- Prunings, flowers and leaves
- Small branches
- Windfall fruit, cones, seeds and weeds

#### We cannot accept the following materials in the green bin:

- Compostable bags
- Soil or turf
- large tree branches or stumps
- Food waste
- Wood/straw based animal bedding

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#### Your black wheelie bin is for any material that cannot be recycled in your other containers. This includes:

- Food waste
- Nappies and sanitary products

#### We cannot accept the following materials in the black bin:

- Glass
- Plastic bottles, tubs or trays
- Paper and cardboard
- Garden waste
- Batteries

For further information on your recycling and waste or to check when you next collection is please visit [here. ](https://www.solihull.gov.uk/Rubbish-and-recycling)