Our services
What can I recycle?
Collection day
Excess recycling
High rise flats recycling
Recycling out and about
We currently operate 14 kerbside recycling vehicles and 14 general waste vehicles to collect your recycling and general household waste.
Fortnightly collections
Weekly collections
You food waste recycling is collected weekly on the same vehicle as your brown general waste bin.
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- Paper, newspapers and magazines
- Food and drinks cans
- Foil packaging and aerosols
- Glass bottles and jars
- Cardboard packaging and corrugated cardboard
- Plastic bottles
- Plastic packaging e.g. food trays, yoghurt pots, margarine tubs
- Cartons e.g. Tetra Packs
- Paper
- Magazines
- Food tins
- Drinks cans
- Foil packaging
- Aerosols
- Glass bottles
- Jars
Please visit the new recycling and waste collection service pages for more information on the new service.
- Grass
- Leaves
- Twigs
- Weeds
- Small branches.
For more help on what goes into your black recycling bin and garden waste bin, download our handy leaflet for more information.
- Meat and fish - raw and cooked
- Fruit and vegetables - raw and cooked
- All dairy products such as eggs and cheese
- Bread, cakes and pastries
- Rice, pasta and beans
- Uneaten food off your plates and dishes
- Tea bags and coffee grounds
- Bones
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To help us provide you with the best possible service we ask that all recycling bins be presented at the kerbside on the correct day of collection by 7am.
When is my collection day?
To find out your collection day;
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Black recycling bin
You can place any excess recycling next to your black recycling bin on your recycling collection day, with what ever is inside being clearly visible in a clear bag.
Unfortunately we cannot take any recyclables presented in black bags.
Garden waste bin
Please ensure the lid of your green bin is closed, we cannot take additional garden waste. If you continue to produce extra garden waste you can buy a reduced price compost bin.
Food waste caddy
You can place any excess food waste recycling in a tied compostable bag, carrier bag or pedal bin liner next to your green food waste caddy on your normal collection day.
Unfortunately we cannot take any food waste recycling presented in black bags.
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Recycling is available for those residents living in high-rise flats. Residents should have communal red recycling bins to recycle their paper, cans and glass.
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To help you recycle more we are making it easier to recycle both at home and when you are out.
We have now installed recycling bins throughout the city so that you can recycle when away from home.
They are located in the Bilston and Wednesfield shopping areas and in the City Centre.
Using these bins you can recycle plastic bottles, mixed paper, food and drinks cans and cardboard.
For an audio version of this information click on the link below.
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Contact us
For more information you can contact us using our online contact form or by;
e-mail: city.direct@wolverhampton.gov.uk
Phone: 01902 551155
Minicom: 01902 555554
Fax: 01902 551195
Write:
City Direct
Customer and Shared Services
Wolverhampton City Council
Civic Centre, St. Peter's Square
Wolverhampton
WV1 1RL