Kerbside recycling
Our services
We currently have 14 kerbside vehicles which collect your dry recycling (green boxes) and garden waste (green bins) once a fortnight.
We now have seven vehicles that will start collecting your plastic bottle and cardboard (white bags) once a fortnight from the start of November.
What can I recycle?
Green box
- Paper
- Magazines
- Food tins
- Drinks cans
- Foil packaging
- Aerosols
- Glass bottles
- Jars.
White bag
- Cardboard packaging
- Toothpaste boxes
- Toilet roll liners
- Egg boxes
- Plastic shampoo bottles
- Plastic household bottles
- Plastic drinks bottles
- Plastic milk bottles.
Please help us by flattening cardboard as well as rinsing and squashing plastic bottles. Bottle tops are allowed.
Garden waste bin
- Grass
- Leaves
- Twigs
- Glowers
- Weeds
- Small branches.
Download
You can download a handy leaflet which also tells you what can be recycled in which bin.
Collection day
To help us provide you with the best possible service we ask that all recycling bins/boxes/bags be presented at the kerbside on the correct day of collection by 7am.
What day is my collection?
To find out your collection day either contact City Direct on 01902 551155 or use our contact form and we will get back to you.
Please avoid heavy items where possible so we can avoid injuries to our staff, or damage to vehicles.
Excess garden waste
Please ensure the lid of your green bin is closed, we cannot take additional garden waste, if you continue to produce excessive garden waste, you can purchase a reduced price compost bin.
Additional green boxes
An additional green recycling box is available if one recycle box is not sufficient for the amount of recycling produced. Please contact City Direct to request one.
Alternatively, if you do not wish to have a second box, you can place any excess recycling next to your green box so the contents is clearly visible in either a clear bag or container of similar shape and size to your box.
Unfortunately we cannot take any recyclables presented in black bags
Excess cardboard and plastic bottles
You are able to put out excess cardboard and plastic bottles but currently no extra bags are available. To put out excess please separate cardboard and plastic bottles, flatten, wash and squash items accordingly and place additional items next to your white bag on your day of collection.
Hard to reach areas and high-rise flats recycling
Recycling is now available for those residents living in hard to reach areas and high-rise flats. Residents should have received three red and black bins in which they can start recycling their cans, paper and glass in.
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