What Goes in The Brown Bin?
- Raw or cooked food
- Meat, poultry & fish, including bones
- Leftover food from your plate & dishes
- Fruit & vegetables
- Tea bags, coffee grinds & paper filters
- Breads, cakes & biscuits
- Rice, pasta & cereals
- Dairy products (cheese, butter, yoghurt)
- Soups & sauces
- Eggs, egg shells & cardboard egg boxes
- Food soiled paper napkins, paper towels & pizza boxes
- Newspaper (when used for wrapping food waste)
- Out of date food with packaging removed (no glass/plastic)
- Grass clippings and small twigs
- Compostable plastic certified to En13432 is acceptable
What Doesn’t Go in The Brown Bin?
- Plastic bags/bottles
- No petrochemical plastic
- Nappies
- Glass
- Stones/soil
- Metal cans/wire
- Cardboard
- Ashes, coal or cinders
- Pet faeces or litter
- Cooking oils
