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Newspapers and magazines. Junk mail. Telephone directories, brochures and catalogues. Cardboard packaging. Ideally, sellotape should be removed. Cereal boxes, food packaging, egg boxes. Greetings cards. Drinks cans. Food tins. Plastic bottles. Including drinks, milk, shampoo, cleaning products. Lids can be left on, but wash and squash bottles first.

Aerosol cans. Household aerosol cans, unless they have a 'skull and cross bones' logo or a black cross on an orange background. Plastic packaging. Plastic carrier bags and black sacks. Drinks and juice cartons. Aluminium foil.

This is made from a different metal alloy to aluminium cans and needs to be recycled separately. Gift wrap. Glass bottles and jars. Please do not put textiles in your recycling bin. Small electrical items are recycled by MDJ Light Brothers Ltd- Residents are able to recycle small electrical items by placing them in a standard sized carrier bag and presenting them next to their rubbish bin.

Small electrical items are sent on for recycling and the components are separated and used in manufacturing. To take part simply place your small electrical items into a carrier bag and place this next to your black rubbish bin on your next scheduled rubbish collection. Batteries are recycled by Battery Back PLC- Batteries can be recycled by placing them in a small sandwich bag and leaving them on the closed lid of your grey rubbish bin. A third of the food we buy in the UK gets thrown away. For tips on storing food and recipes for using up leftovers you can visit the Love Food Hate Waste website.

If you are a school, community group or run a Cub or Brownie pack, we can give talks and presentations. Topics include recycling, composting and littering. Recycling and composting visits to schools can include a workshop where the children can make models from recyclable materials. If your group would like to organise a litter pick, we can give advice, equipment and even help collect the rubbish.

If you'd like to organise a litter pick or are interested in our educational visits email waste maidstone. Eco Schools is a programme for schools which aims to raise awareness of sustainable development issues, to find out more you can take a look on the Keep Britain Tidy website.

You can order a new food bin using our online form. You can recycle all food in your food recycling bin and it is collected weekly. Please leave your bin for collection on the front boundary of your property for 7am on collection day.

Residents can buy a kitchen caddy from most homeware stores or online. Alternatively you can reuse a container, such as an ice cream tub. Liners are made out of potato starch, corn starch or paper and are certified EN If you choose to line your caddy, residents are able to purchase liners at a discounted rate from Bio Bag. Click here to purchase. You can put any raw or cooked food in your caddy and can even scrap uneaten food straight into it.

Order a new food bin. We have now started providing brown bins to residents who subscribe to our fortnightly garden waste collection. This is to bring our collections in line with our partners, Ashford and Swale Borough Councils.

If you already subscribe to the service you should keep using your green bin with yellow stripe for garden waste. However, if this bin needs replacing in the future due to damage or if it goes missing, a new brown bin will be provided. You can have more than one garden bin and you will be charged for each one that you have. This includes fruit or vegetable matter that may have come into contact with animal matter when being prepared in the kitchen.

Fruit and other suitable food waste can be composted at home and all householders with gardens, are encouraged to use this sustainable disposal method. We will not be able to take your bin if it's too heavy for the crew to move safely, or if the collection vehicle can't pick it up. We no longer collect compostable garden sacks. We have a subscription-only sack service, which is only available for customers who have no room for a garden bin.

If you're assessed as not being suitable for a garden bin you'll be able to have our subscription only sack service. This is only available for customers who are assessed as having no room for a garden bin. You can sign up by calling If you are moving house or no longer want your bin, you can let us know by using our online form. Order a new garden bin. Renew your garden waste subscription. These should fit into a carrier bag and put next to your green recycling bin. We can't accept pillows or duvets or any items in black sacks or charity bags.

The items should fit into a carrier bag and put next to your black rubbish bin. We can't accept televisions, computer monitors or any items that won't fit into a standard sized carrier bag. They should be placed in a sandwich bag on the closed lid of your bin. Unfortunately, we can't accept car batteries. These can be readily purchased in all supermarkets and local convenience stores. Please leave your bin or sacks for collection on the front boundary of your property for 7am on collection day.

Order a new black bin. If you're moving house, please don't take your bins with you. If you're in a new home please contact your developer or managing agent as they should provide the bins for you.