All items, A to Z
Every item Recycle This knows about. Choose one to see where it goes.
A
- AA or AAA battery
- Advent calendar
- Aerosol can
- Air pillows (inflated packaging cushions)
- Aluminium coffee pod
- Artificial Christmas tree
- Asbestos sheet
- Ashes from a fire or wood burner
B
- Bag or handbag
- Balloon
- Banana peel
- Battery (not sure which type)
- Baubles
- BBQ ash and charcoal
- BBQ gas bottle
- Bedding, towels and curtains
- Bicycle
- Bike or safety helmet
- Bike tyre or inner tube
- Bin bag or sack
- Biscuit or sweet tin
- Black plastic ready-meal tray
- Bleach or toilet cleaner bottle
- Board game or jigsaw
- Book
- Branches and small logs
- Bread
- Bread bag
- Bricks and concrete
- Bubble wrap
- Button battery
C
- Cable or lead
- Camping gas canister
- Candle jar
- Car battery
- Car tyre
- Cardboard box
- Cardboard egg box
- Cardboard takeaway box
- Carpet or rug
- Carpet underlay
- Cat litter and pet waste
- CD, DVD or Blu-ray
- Cereal or food box
- Charger or plug adapter
- Christmas crackers
- Christmas jumper
- Cigarette ends
- Cleaning spray bottle
- Clear plastic cup
- Cling film
- Clothes
- Coffee grounds
- Coffee pod (not sure which type)
- Compostable coffee pod
- Compostable or biodegradable packaging
- Computer monitor or desktop PC
- Cooking oil spray
- Cosmetics or skincare jar
- Costume mask, wig or props
- Cotton buds and pads
- Cream carton
- Crisp packet
- Crisp tube (e.g. Pringles)
- Cut flowers
D
- Deep fat fryer oil
- Deodorant aerosol
- Disposable face mask
- Disposable gloves
- Disposable razor
- Disposable vape
- Drawing pins or paper clips
- Drinking glass
- Drinking straw
- Drinks can
- Drinks carton
- Duvet or pillow
E
- E-bike or e-scooter battery
- E-scooter or e-bike
- Easter egg packaging
- Electric blanket
- Electric toothbrush
- Electronic toy
- Empty medicine bottle (not sure which type)
- Energy-saving bulb
- Envelope
- Essential oil or dropper bottle
F
- Face paint
- Fairy lights
- Fake cobwebs and plastic spiders
- Fancy dress costume
- Filament or halogen bulb
- Fire extinguisher
- Fireworks (not sure which type)
- Fish and chip paper
- Fluorescent tube
- Foil takeaway container
- Foil tray
- Food carton
- Food pouch or refill pouch
- Food scraps and leftovers
- Food tin
- Fridge or freezer
- Fruit and vegetable peelings
- Fruit or vegetable net bag
- Fruit punnet
G
- Games console or controller
- Garden hose
- Gift bag
- Glass beer or soft drink bottle
- Glass item (not sure which type)
- Glass jar
- Glass medicine bottle
- Glasses or sunglasses
- Glittery or foil wrapping paper and cards
- Glow sticks
- Grass cuttings
- Greasy or coated paper
- Greeting card
H
- Hair clip or hairband
- Hair dryer or straighteners
- Hairbrush or comb
- Hand soap pump bottle
- Hand tools
- Hard plastic household item
- Hard plastic product packaging
- Headphones
- Hedge trimmings and prunings
- Helium balloon canister
- Household chemicals
I
J
K
L
- Label or tape cartridge
- Laptop
- Large cardboard
- Large furniture
- Large kitchen appliance
- Lawnmower
- Lawnmower or garden equipment tyre
- Leaves
- LED bulb
- Light bulb (not sure which type)
- Lighter
- Lipstick, lip balm or lip gloss
M
- Magazine
- Makeup brush or sponge
- Makeup compact or palette
- Mascara or eyeliner
- Matches and matchboxes
- Mattress
- Meat and fish bones
- Meat or fish tray
- Mercury thermometer
- Metal bottle cap
- Metal cutlery
- Metal household item
- Metal jar lid
- Microwave
- Mirror
- Mobile phone
- Motor oil or antifreeze
- Motorbike tyre
N
O
P
- Packing peanuts (not sure which type)
- Padded envelope
- Paint tin
- Pans and bakeware
- Paper bag
- Paper coffee cup
- Paper void fill (crumpled packing paper)
- Part-full aerosol
- Party poppers
- Pen or pencil
- Perfume bottle
- Period products
- Pet food pouch
- Petrol, diesel or other fuel
- Phone case
- Photographs and photo prints
- Pill blister pack
- Pine needles
- Pizza box
- Plasterboard
- Plastic bottle top
- Plastic carrier bag
- Plastic Christmas pudding basin
- Plastic clothes hanger
- Plastic coffee pod
- Plastic cosmetics pot or tube
- Plastic cutlery or straw
- Plastic drinks bottle
- Plastic egg box
- Plastic film lid
- Plastic food tub
- Plastic garden furniture
- Plastic mailing bag
- Plastic medicine or pill bottle
- Plastic milk bottle
- Plastic packaging (not sure which type)
- Plastic plant pot
- Plastic takeaway container
- Plastic toy
- Plastic wrapper or film
- Plate, mug or bowl
- Playing or trading cards
- Polystyrene cup
- Polystyrene packaging
- Power bank
- Power tool
- Printer
- Pumpkin (carved or whole)
- Pushchair or car seat
R
- Real Christmas tree
- Rechargeable lithium battery
- Refillable vape
- Remembrance poppy
- Remote control
- Ribbon and bows
- Roll-on deodorant
S
- Salad, veg or frozen food bag
- Sandwich packet
- Shampoo or shower gel bottle
- Shellfish shells
- Shiny wrapper (foil or plastic?)
- Shoes
- Shredded paper
- Sleeping bag
- Small household appliance
- Smartwatch or fitness tracker
- Smoke or CO alarm
- Sofa or armchair
- Soft toy
- Soil
- Solid cooking fat or dripping
- Spray paint can
- Spray paint or chemical aerosol
- Squeezy sauce bottle
- Starch (dissolvable) packing peanuts
- Stickers and sticker sheets
- Sticky tape
- Sweet or chocolate bar wrapper
T
- Tablet or e-reader
- Takeaway cup (not sure which type)
- Tea bag
- Television
- Tent
- Tiles
- Till receipt
- Timber offcuts
- Tinsel and foil garlands
- Tissues and kitchen roll
- Toaster
- Toilet roll tube
- Toilet, basin or bathroom suite
- Toner cartridge
- Toothbrush
- Toothpaste tube
- Toy (not sure which type)
- Trick or treat bucket
- Turf
U
- Unused medicines
- Unused or dud fireworks
- USB stick or memory card
- Used cooking oil
- Used fireworks
- Used sparklers
V
W
- Wallpaper
- Washing-up liquid or detergent bottle
- Water filter cartridge
- Weedkiller, pesticide or fertiliser
- Weeds and plants
- Wet wipes
- White spirit or solvent
- Window glass or pane
- Wine bottle
- Wine box (bag-in-box)
- Wine cork
- Wire coat hanger
- Wireless earbuds
- Wooden chair or small furniture
- Wooden pallet
- Wrapping paper