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Dundee City Council has offered approximately 55,000 households a separate kerbside collection for waste paper and cardboard with approximately 35,000 households opting for the blue wheeled bin and the remaining opting for a "loose" collection (or no collection at all). Regardless of the method employed, collections are carried out on a four weekly cycle.

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What goes in the blue bin?

Yes Please!	No Thanks!
Brochures and Catalogues	Envelopes
Card and Cardboard	Plastic Bags
Greetings Card	Tetrapaks and Juice Cartons
Junk Mail (no envelopes)
Newspapers and Magazines
Office Paper
Telephone Directories and Yellow Pages
Wrapping Paper

Please note that cardboard 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:

• Newsprint
• Plasterboard liners
• Printing paper
• Packaging materials

For further information regarding Dundee City Council "Blue Bin" paper collections, please contact 432777.

• Order a replacement or another Blue Bin

 

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This information is provided by the Waste Management Department