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:
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Food waste
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Textiles
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Plastic bags
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Black bags
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Small items of household furniture