St John recycling facilities

Household recycling collection

Glass should be put it into a separate wheeled glass bin and left outside your house for collection every month at the same time as paper, cans and plastic bottles. There are no additional recycling points for glass in St John.

St John runs a household recycling collection scheme which collects the following materials on a monthly basis.

St John household recycling information 2021

Type of recyclable material	Items that can be included	Items that can't be included
Metal packaging	Aerosol cans (lids removed) Aluminium drink cans Steel food tins Foil / foil trays Metal lids
Paper and cardboard (mixed)	Newspapers Magazines Catalogues Envelopes Sheet paper Greeting cards (not musical) Wrapping paper (sticky tape removed) Card food packaging and boxes Larger cardboard boxes, cut into pieces	Telephone directories Plastic wrapping Cardboard Milk / juice cartons
Plastic bottles	Drink bottles Detergent bottles Cosmetic bottles	Plastic pots, tubs and trays Other plastic packaging

Type of
recyclable
material

Items that can be included

Items that can't be included

Metal packaging

Aerosol cans (lids removed)
Aluminium drink cans
Steel food tins
Foil / foil trays
Metal lids

Paper and cardboard (mixed)

Newspapers
Magazines
Catalogues
Envelopes
Sheet paper
Greeting cards (not musical)
Wrapping paper (sticky tape removed)

Card food packaging and boxes
Larger cardboard boxes, cut into pieces

Telephone directories
Plastic wrapping
Cardboard
Milk / juice cartons

Plastic bottles

Drink bottles
Detergent bottles
Cosmetic bottles

Plastic pots, tubs and trays
Other plastic packaging

Recycling collection dates for paper and cardboard, metal packaging, plastic bottles and glass

Your recycling will be collected on the same day as your existing glass collections. Collections will be on one of the following dates:

7 and 8 January 2021
4 and 5 February
4 and 5 March
1 and 2 April
6 and 7 May
3 and 4 June
1 and 2 July
5 and 6 August
2 and 3 September
7 and 8 October
4 and 5 November
2 and 3 December

Other recycling points in St John

All items which are delivered to the recycling points should be:

clean (cans, plastic bottles, textiles)
empty (cans, plastic bottles)

Do not leave items that do we not collect for recycling at the bring banks such as glass and cardboard.

Location of recycling point	Type of recyclable material	Items that can be taken there	Items that can't be taken there
St John's primary school (no public access)	Batteries	Household batteries (ie AA and AAA) Watch/button cells Mobile phone batteries	Car batteries
St John's primary school (no public access)	Cans	Aluminium drinks cans	Aerosol cans Steel food tins Foil / foil trays Metal lids
St John's primary school (opposite the car park)	Textiles	Clothes Towels Bedding Shoes (in pairs)