Mixed recycling
Mixed recycling — clean cans, bottles, containers and paper collected together (commingled) as its own stream, kept clean and weighed — so the volume you divert actually shows up in your monthly report rather than disappearing into general waste.
What belongs in your mixed recycling bin.
Keeping streams clean is what makes your diversion rate real — here's the simple rule for this one.
✓ Goes in
- Clean plastic bottles and containers
- Aluminium and steel cans
- Clean paper
- Empty, rinsed and dry
✕ Stays out
- Food- or liquid-contaminated items
- Soft plastics and plastic film
- Polystyrene
- Cardboard (its own stream) and e-waste
Mixed recycling bins, sized to your site.
Wheelie and front-load bins with colour-coded lids, collected on a schedule that suits your site. We provide simple sort-at-source signage and flag contamination so loads stay clean.
Get a quote for mixed recycling →Recorded as diverted-from-landfill volume and combined with your cardboard and e-waste to calculate your overall diversion rate each month.
From first call to first report.
Site assessment
We check your volumes and access, then recommend the right bins.
Bins & signage
Delivered, placed and labelled so the right things end up in the right bin.
Scheduled collection
Reliable lifts on the days that suit you, weighed every time.
Monthly report
Your diversion data, emailed as a one-page PDF per site.
Mixed recycling — your questions
A quick rinse and empty is enough. Clean material protects the value of the whole load and keeps your diversion rate accurate.
We flag it in your report with a practical fix, rather than quietly sending it to landfill. Persistent contamination is usually a signage or bin-placement issue we can solve.
Soft plastics and film need a separate specialist stream. Mixing them in contaminates rigid recycling, so we keep them out to protect your numbers.
Ready for collections backed by monthly diversion reporting?
Tell us about your site and we'll come back with a tailored quote — usually within one business day.