Recycling in Liverpool
Find out what Liverpool City Council can collect from your home.
What does my Council collect?Recycling Centre LocationsWhat do these Recycling Centres accept?
RECYCLING (BLUE BIN):
CARD: Keep it clean and dry.
- Boxes (e.g. cereal boxes, delivery boxes, dishwasher tablet boxes)
- Corrugated cardboard
- Egg cartons
- Envelopes
- Plain greeting cards
- Takeaway boxes
CARTONS: Remove any food/drink, give them a quick rinse and pop them in your recycling.
- Juice cartons
- Milk cartons
- Plant-based drinks cartons e.g. oat, almond, soya milks
- Soup or sauce cartons
GLASS: Remove any food/drink, give them a quick rinse and pop them in your recycling.
- Drink bottles of any colour (e.g. wine, beer, spirits)
- Jars (e.g. sauces, baby food, spreads)
- Non-food bottles (e.g. perfume bottles, aftershave bottles)
METALS: Remove any food/drink, give them a quick rinse and pop them in your recycling.
- Aerosol cans (e.g. deodorant, hairspray, shaving foam)
- Aluminium foil
- Aluminium tubes
- Biscuit/Chocolate/Sweet tins
- Drink cans
- Foil trays
- Food tins
PAPER: Keep them clean and dry.
- Brown paper
- Envelopes (including windows)
- Gift wrap / Wrapping paper *
- Leaflets and flyers
- Magazines, brochures, and catalogues
- Newspapers and supplements
- Paper tape
- White paper (e.g. computer paper, letters)
*Perform the scrunch test! Scrunch gift wrap or wrapping paper into a ball in your hand, if it stays in a ball, you can pop it in your recycling bin, just remove any stickers or tape before!
PLASTICS: Remove any food/drink, give them a quick rinse, put the lids back on and pop them in your recycling.
- Bottles (e.g. drinks bottles, cleaning bottles)
- Pots (yoghurt pots, plant pots)
- Takeaway containers
- Trays/punnets (e.g. vegetable, fruit and meat trays)
- Tubes (e.g. hand cream, face wash, toothpaste)
- Tubs (e.g. ice cream tubs, butter tubs, sweet tubs)
METALS: Remove any food/drink, give them a quick rinse and pop them in your recycling.
- Aerosol cans (e.g. deodorant, hairspray, shaving foam)
- Aluminium foil
- Aluminium tubes
- Biscuit/Chocolate/Sweet tins
- Drink cans
- Foil trays
- Food tins
PAPER: Remove any plastic wrapping and free gifts from newspapers, magazines and flyers before recycling
- Brown paper
- Envelopes (including windows)
- Gift wrap / Wrapping paper *
- Leaflets and flyers
- Magazines, brochures, and catalogues
- Newspapers and supplements
- Paper tape
- White paper (e.g. computer paper, letters)
GARDEN WASTE (GREEN BIN):
- Grass and lawn cuttings
- Small amounts of shredded paper
- Dead flowers and plants
- Prunings
- Hedge and tree clippings
- Twigs and branches
- Leaves
- Plants and weeds
- Untreated bark and wood chippings
- Pet bedding (e.g. straw, shredded paper etc. clean or soiled)
HOUSEHOLD WASTE (PURPLE BIN):
- General household waste
- Most items which cannot be recycled or put in your blue bin, should be put in your purple bin.
- If you need to dispose of food waste please use your purple bin until food waste collections roll out.
- Building materials or rubble are not accepted in the purple bin.
Your local Household Waste Recycling Centres are:
Old Swan Household Waste Recycling Centre, Cheadle Avenue, Liverpool L13 3AF
OPENING TIMES
1st April - 30th September: 8.00 am to 8.00 pm
1st October - 31st March: 8.00 am to 5.00 pm
Otterspool Household Waste Recycling Centre, Jericho Lane, Aigburth, Liverpool L17 5AR
OPENING TIMES
1st April - 30th September: 8.00 am to 8.00 pm
1st October - 31st March: 8.00 am to 5.00 pm
Household Waste Recycling Centres are provided by Merseyside Recycling and Waste Authority
- ALL Recycling Centres in Merseyside are available to use by all Merseyside householders
- If using a van or large trailer at any of the Centre’s householders will require a booking – for more information click HERE
- For more information: Tel: 0151 255 1444 www.merseysidewda.gov.uk email: enquiries@merseysidewda.gov.uk
What do these Centres accept?
- Batteries (car)
- Batteries (household)
- Books, CDs & DVDs
- Cans
- Cardboard
- Coffee cups (e.g. takeaway cups from coffee shops)
- Carpet
- Electrical items (e.g. hairdryers, DVD players)
- Fridges & freezers
- Fluorescent tubes
- Light bulbs
- Garden/Green
- Glass (bottles & jars)
- Plastic bottles
- Mattresses
- Mobile phones
- Oil (engine)
- Oil (cooking)
- Oil (Filters)
- Paint (Old Swan only)
- Paper (inc. newspapers, magazines & telephone directories)
- Paper containers with metal ends
- Plasterboard (gypsum)
- Rubble
- Scrap metal
- Shoes
- Soil
- Televisions (inc. computer monitors)
- Tetrapak cartons
- Textiles
- Tyres
- Upholstered Domestic Seating (if you’re bringing seating with upholstery to a Recycling Centre then site staff will direct you to the Upholstered Domestic Seating Container – click here to learn more)
- White goods (e.g. washing machines, microwaves)
- Wood (untreated timber)
- Wood (chipboard, composite, MDF)
- Large plastics
- Printer cartridges
- Non-recyclable household waste
RECYCLING (BLUE BIN):
CARD: Keep it clean and dry.
- Boxes (e.g. cereal boxes, delivery boxes, dishwasher tablet boxes)
- Corrugated cardboard
- Egg cartons
- Envelopes
- Plain greeting cards
- Takeaway boxes
CARTONS: Remove any food/drink, give them a quick rinse and pop them in your recycling.
- Juice cartons
- Milk cartons
- Plant-based drinks cartons e.g. oat, almond, soya milks
- Soup or sauce cartons
GLASS: Remove any food/drink, give them a quick rinse and pop them in your recycling.
- Drink bottles of any colour (e.g. wine, beer, spirits)
- Jars (e.g. sauces, baby food, spreads)
- Non-food bottles (e.g. perfume bottles, aftershave bottles)
METALS: Remove any food/drink, give them a quick rinse and pop them in your recycling.
- Aerosol cans (e.g. deodorant, hairspray, shaving foam)
- Aluminium foil
- Aluminium tubes
- Biscuit/Chocolate/Sweet tins
- Drink cans
- Foil trays
- Food tins
PAPER: Keep them clean and dry.
- Brown paper
- Envelopes (including windows)
- Gift wrap / Wrapping paper *
- Leaflets and flyers
- Magazines, brochures, and catalogues
- Newspapers and supplements
- Paper tape
- White paper (e.g. computer paper, letters)
*Perform the scrunch test! Scrunch gift wrap or wrapping paper into a ball in your hand, if it stays in a ball, you can pop it in your recycling bin, just remove any stickers or tape before!
PLASTICS: Remove any food/drink, give them a quick rinse, put the lids back on and pop them in your recycling.
- Bottles (e.g. drinks bottles, cleaning bottles)
- Pots (yoghurt pots, plant pots)
- Takeaway containers
- Trays/punnets (e.g. vegetable, fruit and meat trays)
- Tubes (e.g. hand cream, face wash, toothpaste)
- Tubs (e.g. ice cream tubs, butter tubs, sweet tubs)
METALS: Remove any food/drink, give them a quick rinse and pop them in your recycling.
- Aerosol cans (e.g. deodorant, hairspray, shaving foam)
- Aluminium foil
- Aluminium tubes
- Biscuit/Chocolate/Sweet tins
- Drink cans
- Foil trays
- Food tins
PAPER: Remove any plastic wrapping and free gifts from newspapers, magazines and flyers before recycling
- Brown paper
- Envelopes (including windows)
- Gift wrap / Wrapping paper *
- Leaflets and flyers
- Magazines, brochures, and catalogues
- Newspapers and supplements
- Paper tape
- White paper (e.g. computer paper, letters)
GARDEN WASTE (GREEN BIN):
- Grass and lawn cuttings
- Small amounts of shredded paper
- Dead flowers and plants
- Prunings
- Hedge and tree clippings
- Twigs and branches
- Leaves
- Plants and weeds
- Untreated bark and wood chippings
- Pet bedding (e.g. straw, shredded paper etc. clean or soiled)
HOUSEHOLD WASTE (PURPLE BIN):
- General household waste
- Most items which cannot be recycled or put in your blue bin, should be put in your purple bin.
- If you need to dispose of food waste please use your purple bin until food waste collections roll out.
- Building materials or rubble are not accepted in the purple bin.
Your local Household Waste Recycling Centres are:
Old Swan Household Waste Recycling Centre, Cheadle Avenue, Liverpool L13 3AF
OPENING TIMES
1st April - 30th September: 8.00 am to 8.00 pm
1st October - 31st March: 8.00 am to 5.00 pm
Otterspool Household Waste Recycling Centre, Jericho Lane, Aigburth, Liverpool L17 5AR
OPENING TIMES
1st April - 30th September: 8.00 am to 8.00 pm
1st October - 31st March: 8.00 am to 5.00 pm
Household Waste Recycling Centres are provided by Merseyside Recycling and Waste Authority
- ALL Recycling Centres in Merseyside are available to use by all Merseyside householders
- If using a van or large trailer at any of the Centre’s householders will require a booking – for more information click HERE
- For more information: Tel: 0151 255 1444 www.merseysidewda.gov.uk email: enquiries@merseysidewda.gov.uk
- Batteries (car)
- Batteries (household)
- Books, CDs & DVDs
- Cans
- Cardboard
- Coffee cups (e.g. takeaway cups from coffee shops)
- Carpet
- Electrical items (e.g. hairdryers, DVD players)
- Fridges & freezers
- Fluorescent tubes
- Light bulbs
- Garden/Green
- Glass (bottles & jars)
- Plastic bottles
- Mattresses
- Mobile phones
- Oil (engine)
- Oil (cooking)
- Oil (Filters)
- Paint (Old Swan only)
- Paper (inc. newspapers, magazines & telephone directories)
- Paper containers with metal ends
- Plasterboard (gypsum)
- Rubble
- Scrap metal
- Shoes
- Soil
- Televisions (inc. computer monitors)
- Tetrapak cartons
- Textiles
- Tyres
- Upholstered Domestic Seating (if you’re bringing seating with upholstery to a Recycling Centre then site staff will direct you to the Upholstered Domestic Seating Container – click here to learn more)
- White goods (e.g. washing machines, microwaves)
- Wood (untreated timber)
- Wood (chipboard, composite, MDF)
- Large plastics
- Printer cartridges
- Non-recyclable household waste