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Paper and cardboard recycling

What paper and cardboard items you can recycle at home.

  1. What you can recycle at home
  1. What you cannot recycle at home

What you can recycle at home

Put these in your recycling bin:

  • newspapers, magazines and catalogues
  • cardboard cartons including foil-lined cartons
  • telephone directories and business directories
  • envelopes, including envelopes with windows
  • junk mail
  • office paper, including coloured paper
  • wrapping paper (only if it tears like paper)
  • books, both hardback and paperback
  • shredded paper
  • cardboard including flattened boxes. If large, flattened cardboard boxes don’t fit inside your container, stack them next to your container.
  • corrugated card
  • egg boxes
  • paper and card greeting cards
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