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What Goes In My Brown Bin & Food Caddy?

More and more residents are recycling their food and garden waste in their brown bin, reducing the amount of waste going to landfill and minimising their impact on the environment.

Important Notice
Never put batteries, gas canisters or vapes in your bins or wheelie boxes. Please return these items to your retailer or dispose of them safely at a Household Recycling Centre.

Recycling - How, What & Why?

What Goes In My Brown Bin

The Following Items Are Not Permitted In Your Brown Bin

Large amounts of soil

Plastic bags

Dry recyclables

General waste

Garden waste that has been treated with weedkiller
Using Your Food Caddy

Food caddies are available to all households to make it easy for you to collect food waste before it is placed in the brown bin for recycling.

Simply line your caddy with a food waste bag* and place any food waste into the caddy. When full, tie up the liner and place it in the brown bin.
*Only the food waste bags supplied by Council are permitted in your brown bin.

How do I get more food waste bags?

Each food caddy is supplied with a red tag to allow the householder to request more food waste bags. When you need more liners, just attach your red tag to the handle of your brown bin on your next collection day and the crew will leave you more bags. Please remember to remove the tag and reuse it again when you need more liners.

Alternatively, you can also collect food waste bags from Antrim Civic Centre and Mossley Mill.

If you run out of food waste bags, you can line your caddy with a sheet of newspaper or just put the food waste directly into your brown bin.

How do I get a replacement red tag?

You can request a tag at Antrim Civic Centre or Mossley Mill or by contacting the Waste Management Team on T. 028 9034 0056 or E. waste@antrimandnewtownabbey.gov.uk

How do I get a new kitchen caddy?

You can request a new caddy by contacting the Waste Management Team on T. 028 9034 0056 or E. waste@antrimandnewtownabbey.gov.uk

Green Food Waste Bags

To request green food waste bags, please place your red tag on the handle of your brown bin. A new roll will then be left by the collection crew on brown bin collection day. If you don’t have a red tag, you can just tie a bag to the handle.

If you have run out of bags here are some alternatives that will help:

Your caddy can be lined with kitchen roll or newspaper.
You can collect a roll of compostable food bags from our Civic Centres.
Food waste bags can also be purchased form local supermarkets provided they have the seedling logo which shows they are compostable for use in your kitchen caddy.

Please Note:

We cannot empty bins that exceed the limiter on the bin lorry lifters. This limit is in place to ensure the Health and Safety of our staff.
To ensure that your bin is not too heavy, we advise you to present it when it is half full, especially when the organic waste is wet. If your bin has not been collected because it is too heavy, please remove some of the waste and present it on your next collection date.
We are unable to return to lift your bin if has not been collected due to being overweight.
If you are unsure if an item can be recycled in your brown bin, or if you have a query about your collection, please contact Waste Management Team on T. 028 9034 0056 or E. waste@antrimandnewtownabbey.gov.uk
You can request a new brown bin and food caddy through our Order a Bin page or by contacting the Waste Management Team on T. 028 9034 0056 or E. waste@antrimandnewtownabbey.gov.uk

What Goes In My Brown Bin & Food Caddy?

How do I get more food waste bags?

How do I get a replacement red tag?

How do I get a new kitchen caddy?

Green Food Waste Bags

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