Green box recycling
What to put in your green box
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Cardboard:
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Mobile phones ink cartridges and toners
Place ink cartridges and toners inside a carrier bag (not black in colour) before putting in you recycling box Place Small Electricals inside a carrier bag ( not black in colour) before putting on top your recycling box |
Cartons:
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* Small amounts of food residue stuck on food boxes is still acceptable
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No thanks: |
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| • Rinse and squash cartons | • Bubble wrap |
| • Flat pack all cardboard | • Polystyrene |
| • Foam |
Additional cardboard for recycling?
We will collect additional cardboard recycling — please leave it flat packed next to your green box and broken down (as a size guide the piece of card should fit into a recycling box) next to your green box.
Frequently asked questions:
This speeds up and cuts down the cost of collection, and also creates better quality materials for recycling.
We're not supplying lids for the green boxes, however, they can be stacked with our black boxes as they are the same size.
If the weather is wet and windy, you can stack your black box on top of your green box to weight it down. Don’t worry if your cardboard gets wet, this will not affect the recycling process and we will still collect it.
Also by stacking your boxes when not in use will take up less room on your property.
Please keep it as dry as possible, but don’t worry if it gets wet once you put it out, as we will still collect it.
This oversized card, if it cannot be broken down to fit into the size of a recycling box and excess card left flat packed by your recycling boxes, will need to be taken to your nearest Devon County Council recycling centre (https://www.devon.gov.uk/wasteandrecycling/centre/ )
It'll be sent off to be recycled into more cardboard.