Blue bins (recycling)
If your recycling won't fit in your bin
If you regularly have more recyclables in your blue bin than what can fit, you can use:
- one of our Recycling sites (for paper, cans, plastic and glass bottles/jars)
- Recycling Village
Some of the recycling sites offer textile banks, shoe and book banks, these are all materials which cannot be recycled in your blue recycling bin. We have containers at the Recycling Village for excess cardboard, timber, plywood and electronics.
If you can't get to the recycling sites or to the Recycling Village, contact us on 0191 427 7000 or email recycle@southtyneside.gov.uk to discuss.