General Waste Skip Bins
General waste is any rubbish businesses and households throw away that you can’t usually recycle, so it often ends up in landfill. This includes waste such as non-recyclable plastics and packaging, food scraps, and non-hazardous cleaning materials. If you can’t recycle something and it’s not hazardous, then normally it classes as general waste.
What Can’t Go in Your General Waste Bin:
- Medical waste
- Paint cans, motor oil, wax or petroleum
- Rocks, bricks and gravel
- Electrical goods – please recycle through WEEE
- Hazardous waste
General waste are items that are not recyclable or hazardous, such as:
• styrofoam cups and containers
• pens and pencils
• tissues, napkins and paper towels
• disposable utensils and straws
• food waste
• plastic bags, packaging and wrappers (these, if uncontaminated, can also be recycled
through the soft plastic recycling process).
• disposable coffee cups