Recycling in the Dudley borough is collected in three different containers - a blue bag, a green bag and a black box. Residents can request additional containers if they are required.
It's really important that no other materials are included in either bag as it could lead to our reprocessors rejecting the material and sending it to landfill. In addition to being really bad for the environment, all materials sent to landfill incurs a significant cost to the taxpayer.
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New or replacement black boxes (as well as as well as additional recycling bags) can be requested using the online form.
If you have a query or issue relating to a collection please report it using our online form.
Paper and cardboard are taken to Smurfit Kappa’s Birmingham mill where they are recycled back into new cardboard.
Plastic bottles and cans are taken to a sorting facility in the West Midlands. Magnets are used to separate the steel cans from the other materials; plastic bottles are then separated by polymer and colour, finally an eddy current separator is used to sort aluminium cans from any unsuitable items that remain.
Glass bottles and jars are taken to Yorkshire based Berryman’s. Here machinery is used to sort the different colours of glass which are then used to make new glass packaging.
