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Recycling in the kitchen

These common kitchen items can go in your recycling bin.
 

Glass
•    bottles and food jars - just rinse
•    Metal lids are recyclable just remove first
Paper
•    cereal boxes•    newspapers
•    deli/ butchers paper•    paper
•    egg cartons•    paper bags
•    greeting cards•    paper plates (clean)
•    junk mail•    magazines
•    paper towel - cardboard tube only•    phone books
•    boxes/cardboard (no waxed boxes like fruit boxes)•    pizza boxes - greasy bottom section goes in the rubbish bin
•    envelopes (including with plastic windows)
Plastic
•    food punnets•    margarine containers - remove lids
•    biscuit trays•    empty and clean takeaway food containers - remove lids
•    cake trays (plastic)•    Tupperware
•    detergent bottles - remove lids•    ice cream containers - remove lids
•    bottles (for example: milk, cordial, juice, soft drink) remove lids. Plastic lids larger than a credit card can be placed in the recycling bin. Smaller lids go into  the general rubbish bin.•    yoghurt containers - remove lids
Metals
•    aluminium cans•    formula tins
•    aluminium baking trays•    pet food cans
•    cake trays (foil)•    steel cans
•    food cans•    tin cans 
•    cooking oil tins (up to 5 litres)
•    aerosol cans (cooking/baking spray, whipped cream)
•    foil (clean and rolled/scrunched into a loose ball)
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