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Aerosols
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A

Aerosols
Aluminium trays
Animal bedding & waste
Asbestos
Ash (coal & wood)

B

Bathroom suites
Batteries
Bedding & blankets
Beds
Bicycles
Birthday cards
Biscuit & sweet tins
Books
Bottles & jars
Bras
Bricks
Bubble wrap
Building materials
Buttons

C

Cans
Car batteries
Cardboard
Carpets
Carrier bags
Cars
Cartons
Cassette players
Cat litter
Catalogues
CD & DVD players
CD's & DVD's
Chairs
Chemicals
Chest freezers
Chest of drawers
Christmas cards
Christmas decorations
Christmas decorations & packaging
Christmas tree lights
Christmas trees
Clingfilm
Clinical waste
Cloth nappies
Clothes
Clothes hangers
Clothing & textiles
Coffee pods/capsules
Coins (foreign & old)
Computer monitors
Computers
Cookers
Cooking oil
Corks
Corporate Workwear
Cotton Wool
Crisp packets
Crockery & Cutlery
Cupboards
Curtains
Cushions
Cutlery

D

Diesel & Petrol
Dishwashers
DIY equipment
DIY waste
Doors
Drink cans
Drink cartons
Duvets & pillows
DVD & CD players
DVD's & CD's

E

Egg shells
Electrical items
Electronic games
Energy-saving bulbs
Engine oil
Envelopes

F

Fabrics
Fat
Filters (water)
Fire alarms
Fire extinguishers
Fluorescent tubes
Foil
Food & drink cartons
Food & drink pouches
Food blender / mixer
Food tins & drink cans
Food waste
Fridges & freezers
Furniture

G

Games & toys
Garden chemicals
Garden waste
Gardening tools
Gas bottles
Gift & toy packaging
Gift wrap
Glass bottles & jars
Glasses
Greetings cards

H

Hair dryers
Hair straighteners
Hardcore & rubble
Hazardous waste
Hearing aids
Hedge trimmers

I

Inhalers
Inkjet cartridges
Ironing boards
Irons

J

Jars
Jewellery
Junk mail

K

Kettles
Keyboards (musical)
Keys (metal)
Kitchen appliances
Kitchen foil
Kitchen roll

L

Lamps
Laptops
Lawnmowers
Light bulbs

M

Magazines
Mattresses
Medicines
Microwaves
Milk bottles
Mirrors
Mobile phones
MP3 players
Musical instruments

N

Nappies (disposable)
Newspapers

O

Oil (car)
Ovens

P

Packaging (food)
Paint
Paint cans
Paper
Paper coffee cups
Paper towels
Pet bedding
Pet food
Pet waste
Petrol
Photographs
Pizza boxes
Plasterboard
Plastic bags
Plastic bottles
Plastic film & carrier bags
Plastic plant pots
Plastic tubs & trays
Polystyrene
Postage stamps
Printer cartridges
Printers
Projectors
Pyrex

R

Radios
Rags
Records
Rubble
Rugs

S

Sat navs
Saucepans
School uniforms
Sellotape
Shampoo bottles
Shoes & boots
Shredded paper
Sideboards
Smoke alarms
Sofas / settees
Spectacles
Stamps
Stereos
Sticky tape
Stools
Sweet tins

T

Tables
Tablet computers
Tea bags
Tea towels
Telephone directories
Telephones
Tetrapaks
Textiles & clothing
Tiles (floor and wall)
Tissues
Toasters
Toner cartridges
Tools
Toothpaste tubes
Torch
Toys & games
Tumble dryers
TVs
Tyres

V

Vacuum cleaners
Vegetable oil
Video recorders
Video tapes

W

Wallpaper
Wardrobes
Washer dryers
Washing machines
Watches
Water bottles
Water filters
Wet wipes
White goods
Wine bottles
Wood & timber
Wool
Wrapping paper

Y

Yoghurt pots

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