Whitehead County Antrim Northern Ireland
What can I recycle and how?
RED BOX
Card/ cardboard
Glass bottles (NOT broken)
Glass jars (NOT broken)
Textiles / clothes (please tie in a plastic bag)
Hand tools
Christmas cards (please tie in a plastic bag)
Household batteries (please tie in a plastic bag)
BLACK BOX
Paper
Newspapers
Magazines (including glossies)
Catalogues / brochures
Office Paper
Junk Mail (please remove envelopes)
Plastic bottles
Food and drink cans
Biscuit / sweet tins
Foil
Aerosol Cans
Information gathered from Carrickfergus Council website and Bryson House leaflets
Electrical goods
(1) If you are buying a new item, ask your retailer if they collect the old one
(2) Take it to Sullatober recycling centre
(3) arrange for a “Bulky Collection” from the Council.
Household Batteries
All AA, AAA batteries, button batteries, size C and D and any laptop or mobile phone batteries should be put in a clear plastic bag and SEALED.
(1)Your RED box
Car Batteries
(1) Sullatober amenity site only
Aluminium and tin (steel) Cans
(1) Your BLACK box
(2) Recycling Facilities
Clean Aluminium Foil
All clean foil from Easter eggs, kitchen foil, takeaway trays, pie/bun cases. No dirty foil or crisp bags, please
(1) Your BLACK Box
Hand Tools
All old or unwanted hand tools such as saws, chisels, hammers and pliers.
(1) Your RED box
Christmas Items
Christmas trees -
Christmas Cards -
Clothes / textiles
Shoes (in pairs), clothes and bedding. Please tie in a separate bag
(1) Your RED box
(2) recycling facilities
Garden Waste
(1) Your BROWN bin (fortnightly)
(2) Your own compost bin -
Food Waste
(1) Your BROWN bin
Bryson House CANNOT recycle
Christmas Wrapping paper
Envelopes
plastic wrapping
kitchen roll, tissues or paper towel
Power tools
Yogurt pots, margarine tubs, plastic trays, ice cream tubs or plastic bags
Light bulbs, ceramics or broken glass
Car batteries
OVERFLOW bags will be collected if left out beside boxes, with SEPARATE bag for each item. NO GLASS in overflow bags, please
