Recycle Week 2022: Recycling or rubbish? The items you can and can't put in your blue bin in South Tyneside
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So for this year’s Recycle Week initiative (October 17 to October 23) we have taken a closer look at South Tyneside Council’s guidance for what can – and can’t – be disposed of in your blue recycling bin.
The annual campaign aims to raise awareness of how recycling makes a difference, with this year’s Recycle Week challenging myths about the practice and working to improve knowledge.
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Hide AdIt’s hoped people will be encouraged to recycle the right thing more often, so let’s go through the council’s guidance for households across South Tyneside.


What can I put in my blue bin?
Aerosols
Cardboard packaging: Cereal boxes, egg boxes, kitchen and toilet roll tubes, ready meal sleeves etc
Cartons: Juice and milk cartons
Drink cans
Food tins
Greetings cards without glue, glitter, metallics or 3D pictures
Glass bottles and jars: Beer, perfume and wine bottles, pasta sauce jars etc
Paper: Envelopes, newspapers, printer paper etc
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Hide AdPlastic bottles and pots: Juice, shampoo and water bottles, butter, soup and yoghurt pots etc
Shredded paper: Must be wrapped in other paper or placed in a paper bag, not loose
What can’t I put in my blue bin?
Batteries
Flares
Garden waste
Plastic bags
Polystyrene
For more information on Waste and Recycling in South Tyneside, visit the council’s website here.