How to request clear recycling bags

Residents can request additional clear recycling by contacting Southwark Council directly. Leathermarket JMB do not hold a stock of clear recycling bags.

Residents can request clear recycling bags in the following ways:

                Online – http://www.southwark.gov.uk/info/10070/recycling/1657/clear_bag_recycling

                Email – environment@southwark.gov.uk

                Telephone – 020 7525 2000

Please find below a list of items that can be recycled:

Glass

• Glass bottles – any colour
• Glass jars – any colour

Metals

• Drink cans and food tins – please empty, rinse and squash
• Biscuit, cake and sweet tins
• Metal lids (from glass bottles and jars)
• Aluminum foil (clean only)
• Aerosol spray cans – do not puncture or squash

*Please remove lids, tops, caps and corks and rinse out any remaining food.

Plastics

• Plastic drinks bottles
• Plastic household bottles, e.g. shampoo and detergent bottles
• Plastic food trays, tubs, pots, lids and tops

Paper

• Paper
• Newspapers and magazines
• Catalogues and brochures
• Junk mail, flyers and leaflets
• Envelopes (please remove the plastic windows)
• Phone directories, including the Yellow Pages
• Shredded paper (please put in a used paper envelope or paper bag)
• Greeting cards
• Food packets (like cereal boxes)
• Cardboard (please remove any plastics from boxes, break down cardboard, and flatten)
• Egg boxes
• Detergent and washing powder boxes
• Tissue boxes
• Toilet roll tubes and kitchen roll tubes

Cartons

• Food and drink cartons such as Tetra Pak.

Residents must avoid contaminating the recycling with the following items:

• Food waste

• Textiles

• Plastic bags

• Black bags

• Small items of household furniture