Baby food jars - unscrew the metal lid, rinse this with the jar and place both items separately in your kerbside collection box

Batteries - car/household batteries can be taken to Llandow or Barry recycling sites. Don't forget that most electrical stores at point of purchase will have a recycling facility Household batteries can be taken to collection points at receptions of either the Civic, Dock or Alps Council offices.

Beer bottles - kerbside recycling

Belts - Llandow and Barry recycling centres or recycling banks

Bikes - The bike doctor at Holm View Leisure Centre will repair old bikes or at least re-use parts, or take them to Llandow and Barry reycling banks

Biscuit tins - please add to your weekly kerbside collection box

Body care appliances - Llandow and Barry recycling centres

Books - recycling banks or take them to a charity shop/reuse them where you can

Bread bags - place them in your weekly co-mingled recycling collection box

Bric-a-brac - consider a car boot sale or donate to a charity shop

Butter and margarine tubs - these can be added to your weekly co-mingled recycling collection

Can opener - Llandow and Barry recycling centres

Cardboard - kerbside recycling

Cans - kerbside recycling

Cards - kerbside recycling (please remove any non-card items such as glitter, glue or ribbons; although most of these could be reused).

Carpet - why not advertise it locally with Freecycle?

Carrier bags - these should be reused before being recycled

Cartons - kerbside recycling, see Tetra Pak

Cartridges - send them to charity, some will collect or offer free postage

Catalogues - can be placed in your kerbside recycling

Cathode ray tubes - Llandow and Barry recycling centres

CDs - the plastic cover can be placed in plastic kerbside recycling. Or take the actual CDs to your local charity shop, sell them at a car boot sale or

Cellophane - kerbside recycling

Cereal boxes - separate the inner plastic bag from the box and place both items kerbside

Christmas trees - information in December supplied on January collections

Cheese packaging - this is mainly made from plastic or card, foil can be added if completely uncontaminated from food. Place all in your weekly collection for co-mingled recycling

Cling film - Llandow and Barry recycling centres, recycling banks or kerbside recycling

Clock (electrical) - Llandow and Barry recycling centres

Clothes - Llandow and Barry recycling centres or recycling banks, or take them to your local charity shop

Coffee jars - unscrew the plastic lid from the glass jar and place both items in your kerbside recycling box

Coffee machine (electrical) - Llandow and Barry recycling centres

Computer monitor - Llandow and Barry recycling centres

Cooking oil - Llandow and Barry recycling centres

Cooker - Llandow and Barry recycling centres

Dishwasher - Llandow and Barry recycling centres / or ring and request

DIY tools (electrical) - Llandow and Barry recycling centres

DVD player - Llandow and Barry recycling centres

Egg boxes - these are usually plastic or cardboard, as long as it is not polystyene add it to your kerbside box. If you have any doubt, pop it in and the crew will soon leave it behind if we cannot accept the material.

Electric hot plate - Llandow and Barry recycling centres / free ring and request

Electrical items - Llandow and Barry recycling centres

Electric stove - Llandow and Barry recycling centres / free ring and request

Envelopes - small amounts may be placed in kerbside recycling (please remove any plastic windows and gum, etc.)

EPNS (Electro plated nickel silver) cultery - Llandow and Barry recycling centres

Fabric softener bottles - rinse out and recycle in your weekly co-mingled collection

Fan (electric) - Llandow and Barry recycling centres / free ring and request

Fax machine - Llandow and Barry recycling centres

Flour packaging - once empty add to your co-mingled collection box

Fluorescent tubes - Llandow and Barry recycling centres

Fridge/freezer - Llandow and Barry recycling centres / ring and request free collection

Fryer - Llandow and Barry recycling centres

Food oil - Llandow and Barry recycling centres

Foil - kerbside recycling. Ensure it's not contaminated with food/drink or chemicals

Furntiure polish cans - once drained add to your co-mingled weekly recycling collection

Games console - Llandow and Barry recycling centres

Garden furniture - Llandow and Barry recycling centres

Gas bottles - Llandow and Barry recycling centres

Gift wrap - why not re-use?

Glass bottles - kerbside recycling

Hairdryers - Llandow and Barry recycling centres

Hair conditioner and shampoo bottles - please rinse them and add to your weekly kerbside collection.

Hair spray cans - once empty, add to your kerbside recycling collection

Handheld video game console - Llandow and Barry recycling centres

Handbags - Llandow and Barry recycling centres or recycling banks

Hardcore -  Llandow and Barry recycling centres (you need a permit if taking a vehicle larger than a car)

Hazardous waste Read more about how to dispose of it.

Hi-fi - Llandow and Barry recycling centres

Iron - Llandow and Barry recycling centres

I.T. equipment (electrical) - Llandow and Barry recycling centres

Jars - kerbside recycling

Juice cartons - recycle in your weekly co-mingled collections

Junk mail - can be placed in kerbside recycling, You can register for the opt-out service here

Kitchen knives - Llandow and Barry recycling centres (please inform the Biffa representative on site on arrival), or alternatively wrap it/them really well in newspaper, plastics or similar, then tape it up and place it in the middle of your black bag, so no harm can come to others.

Kerbside boxes - Llandow and Barry recycling centres

Keyboards - Llandow and Barry recycling centres

Laptops

Low energy light bulbs/light bulbs - Llandow or Barry recycling centres. We advise residents not to place light bulbs in their black bag waste.

Magazines - kerbside recycling

Margarine and butter tubs - these can be added to your weekly co-mingled recycling collection

Medicine bottles - add to your weekly kerbside co-mingled collection

Microwaves - Llandow and Barry recycling centres

Milk cartons and bottles - recycle in your weekly co-mingled collection

Mobile phones - lots of charities accept these or they can be taken to Llandow or Barry recyling sites.

Motor oil - Llandow/Barry recycling centres, most car servicing garages should accept too.

Office accessories - such as trays, rulers, etc. all made from hard plastic

Oranges - in your food caddy / home composting

Paper - kerbside recycling

PC - Llandow and Barry recycling centres (please remove all data from hard drive)

Pet food pouches - empty, rinse and then pop in your co-mingled recycling box

Plant pots - Llandow and Barry recycling centres

Plastics - kerbside recycling or taking to recycling centre; find out more on types.

Polystyrene - Cannot be recycled currently; it's ideal for gardeners to reuse to help soil drainage in hanging baskets and pots.

Post-it notes - kerbside recycling (please remove gum)

Radios - Llandow and Barry recycling centres

Razors - for health and safety reasons, we advise you place these in your general waste. If it is safe to do so, remove their head and place the plastic handle in kerbside recycling

Rubble - Llandow and Barry recycling centres (you need a permit if you are going in a vehicle larger than a car)

Sandwich bags - reuse as far as you can, then add them to your kerbside recycling box

Sauce bottles - co-mingled weekly collection

Scales (electrical) - Llandow and Barry recycling centres

Scissors - Llandow and Barry recycling centres

Sewing machines - Llandow and Barry recycling centres

Shavers - Llandow and Barry recycling centres

Shoes - recycling banks or your local charity shop

Smoothie and soup cartons - rinse and add to your kerbside box

Stainless steel - Llandow and Barry recycling centres

Stock cube boxes - add to your weekly co-mingled recycling box

Televisions - Llandow & Barry recycling centres / ring and request free collection

Thermostats - Llandow and Barry recycling centres

Tetra Pak - recycling banks and Llandow and Barry recycling centres. And they can now be included in your weekly kerbside recycling collection. Typically these include soup and juice cartons, as well as pet food pouches.

Textiles - Llandow and Barry recycling centres or recycling banks

Tin openers - Llandow and Barry recycling centres

Toasters - Llandow and Barry recycling centres

Toothbrush (electrical) - Llandow and Barry recycling centres

Toner cartridges - these can often be collected for charity

Toy packaging - mostly this is card, paper or plastic, all these items can be added to your weekly kerbside collection.  The one excpetion is polystyrene which cannot be currently recycled (see 'P' for advice)

Toys - Llandow and Barry recycling centres, if they can't be reused

Tumble dryers - Llandow and Barry recycling centres / ring and request for free collection

Typewriters - Llandow and Barry recycling centres

Tyres - May be taken to Llandow and Barry recycling centres

Umbrellas - sorry these can't be recycled, consider reuse/charity

uPvc windows - Llandow and Barry recycling centres

Vacuum cleaner

Video camera - Llandow and Barry recycling centres

Video games - Llandow and Barry recycling centres

Wallpaper - if it's glue-free, it's fine to add to your co-mingled collection. Unused rolls make great drawer liners if you need to use them up

Washing powder boxes - kerbside recycling

Washing machine - Llandow and Barry recycling centres / ring and request for free collection

Water bottles - ideally reuse these as much as you can, then place them in your co-mingled recycling collection box

Wrapping Paper - Can be placed in the recycling. Please remove any tape, ribbons or gift tags.