Milk cartons and tetra packs are now accepted in Preston’s yellow-lid recycling bins.
Preston City Council has confirmed juice, milk and soup cartons which often come in tetra packs can now be put in yellow-lid bins and boxes.
It’s one of a number of bin changes brought in as the city aims to up the volume of recycling – with food waste collections starting on Monday 20 April and batteries also being able to be recycled by placing them in a clear bag on the lid of your black bin.
Read more: Preston food waste recycling bins: full list of what you can and can’t put in
Yellow-lid recycling bins in the city are for plastic, glass and metal items.
Here’s a full list of what’s accepted and what isn’t in them
What can go in yellow-lidded Preston bins
- Aluminium tubes e.g tomato puree tubes (remove cap)
- Biscuit and sweet tins (metal and plastic)
- Car oil and antifreeze bottles (must be empty with lids tightly on)
- Cartons/Tetra Paks
- Co2 cartridges (laughing gas canisters)
- Clean foil
- Drinks cans
- Empty aerosol cans
- Food tins
- Foil pie cases
- Foil takeaway containers
- Glass bottles
- Glass jars
- Hand gel bottles (must be rinsed as contents are flammable)
- Makeup containers
- Metal bottle caps/lids (off the jars)
- Pet food tins
- Plastic bottles (e.g. detergent, bleach, shampoo, milk, pop, yoghurt, medicine)
- Plastic lids (either on or off the bottles)
- Plastic tubs (e.g. margarine, ice cream, Christmas chocolates) – no film lids
- Plastic pots (e.g. yoghurt, soup) – no film lids
- Plastic trays /punnets (e.g. ready meals, meat trays, fruit /veg punnets) – no film lids or polystyrene trays
- Plastic items with numbers
1(PET), 2 (HDPE) or 5 (PP)* - Plastic plant pots
What can’t go in the yellow-lidded Preston bins
- Absorbent pads (from the bottom of plastic trays)
- Batteries (this can cause fires when compacted in the wagons)
- Crisp and sweet packets
- Drinking glasses, plates or other ceramic items
- Disposable coffee or takeaway drink cups
- Electrical items
- Film lids from plastic pots and trays
- Hard plastics
- Lighter fluid containers (or other flammable liquid containers)
- Nappies
- Paper / cardboard
- Plastic bags / carrier bags (loose items only)
- Plastic wrappers / cellophane
- Polystyrene
- Pots and pans or other scrap metal
- Toys
- Textiles / shoes*
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