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Blue Bin Paper Collections

Dundee City Council offers approximately 57,000 households a separate kerbside collection for waste paper and cardboard, collections are carried out on a four weekly cycle.

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What goes in the blue bin?

Yes Please ✔	No Thanks ✖
Newspapers and Magazines✔	Plastic Bags, Wrappers or Containers✖
Catalogues and Brochures✔	Plastic Folders✖
Unwanted Mail✔	Lever Arch Folders✖
Envelopes - with or without windows✔	Padded Parcel Bags e.g. Jiffy Bags✖
Cardboard - any colour/thickness✔
Greeting cards ✔
Wrapping Paper & Parcel Paper✔
Telephone Directories and Yellow Pages✔
Food and Drink Cartons e.g. Tetra Paks✔
All Office Paper and Printer Paper✔
Any other miscellaneous paper✔

Please note that cardboard, envelopes and food & drink cartons (tetra paks) can now be collected in your blue bin for recycling.

The blue bins are collected and emptied at the kerbside into a compaction vehicle. The contents are then taken to a storage facility at Marchbanks, before being transported to a paper mill for processing. The paper and cardboard is pulped and de-inked prior to being manufactured into a variety of new paper products including: