The Complete A-Z Waste and Recycling Guide

Games consoles such as old Playstation's, Xbox's and handheld game consoles are classed as WEEE waste. Electrical items cannot be disposed of or recycled in your household bins because of WEEE waste is classed as hazardous waste, and they contain valuable recyclable materials. Broken game consoles can be taken to your local recycling centres. Consider donating to charity shops or 'trade-in' old consoles that are still in good condition.

For small amounts of garden waste, you produce it can go in your food and garden waste bin at home. However, any garden waste produced by tradespeople or gardeners you hire to carry out work or maintenance is classed as business waste and can't be disposed of at household waste recycling centres. You're best off hiring a skip to remove this waste to avoid breaking the law.

Gas cylinders are usually made of metals that are recyclable including aluminium and steel so they can be recycled at a recycling centre. Please make sure that you don't need to return the gas bottle to where you purchased it. Often you will need to return the gas bottle to be refilled as the canister itself is only supplied as a rental.

Regular general waste (residual waste) is non-hazardous waste that can't be recycled produced by businesses and households. General waste includes certain plastics, polythene, wood, plastic waste, contaminated food packaging, ceramics and crockery, glassware, sanitary products and nappies. Residual waste should go in your general waste bin at home. If you are looking for information about general waste for businesses,

You can recycle most of the glass that you find in day to day life. This includes bottles of all colours, food jars, jam jars and non-food jars such as aftershave and perfume bottles. These should go in your recycling bin at home. Please rinse out your bottles and jars before putting them in your recycling bins. Glass that can't be recycled includes glass cookware, drinking glasses and mirrors. These glass products should go in your general waste bin, or they can be donated to charity shops if in good condition.