Cymraeg

Important collection service change: From Monday 30 March, residents will need to ensure that waste/recycling is out on the kerbside for collection from 6.00am. This is a temporary measure during the Coronavirus pandemic.

Coronavirus and waste collections update

Pink bag collection

You can use pink bags for plastics. We will collect them on your pink week.

Most households in Swansea now have reusable pink bags to use for their plastic recycling collection. A small number of streets are still required to use the single-use pink plastic bags due to the type of vehicle used to service them.

The plastics from each of these bags are collected by different vehicles and processed separately so it's important to only use the bags you have been given and instructed to or your plastic may not be collected.

To ensure your bags are collected for recycling:

Use the pink bags that we have provided
Put your bags out for collection between 7.00pm on the evening before your collection and 7.00am on the morning of your collection day
Wash and squash all plastic items
Use our recycling and rubbish collections search to find out what day we collect your bags
Take care when placing your bag out in severe weather conditions

What to put in the bags

Yes please

You can put all the following items together in your reusable pink bag:

Plastic bottles including water bottles, milk bottles, cola bottles, shampoo bottles, etc
Clean plastic food trays
Loose plastic bottle tops and caps
Plastic margarine/ice cream tubs
Plastic yoghurt pots

No thank you

Do not put any of the following items in your reusable pink bags:

Plastic bags and carrier bags
Bubble wrap
Cling film
Crisp packets and chocolate wrappers with metallised plastic (shiny) insides
Dirty items
Electrical items
Film lids (such as from microwave meals)
Flower pots
Large items (such as garden furniture)
Plastic toys
Very hard plastic items eg laundry baskets and washing up bowls
Polystyrene

Soft plastic

Soft plastic items such as carrier bags and film are not accepted in your pink kerbside bag. If they go in any bag from home it must be the black bag.

Certain 'stretchy' soft plastic items including carrier bags, bread bags, freezer bags and bubble wrap can however be recycled if taken to the dedicated banks at large supermarkets.