Paper and card

Paper and card - in your blue box

How do I recycle my paper and card?

collect all your paper and card for recycling
flatten boxes, remove inserts and discard any bags
place your paper and card in your blue box
make sure that your box has a cover tied on and place it at the kerbside for 7:00am on your collection day

What can I recycle?

Yes please	No thank you
Paper brochures and leaflets catalogues and books envelopes (including window envelopes) newspapers and magazines unwanted mail all types and colours of paper Card ready meal sleeves toilet and kitchen roll tubes cereal boxes egg cartons toothpaste and toiletries boxes	plastic bags or wrappers padded envelopes food and drinks cartons tissues and napkins kitchen towels coffee cups paper plates plastic coated sandwich boxes wallpaper foil lined card tubes foil or glittered wrapping paper

Yes please

No thank you

Paper

brochures and leaflets
catalogues and books
envelopes (including window envelopes)
newspapers and magazines
unwanted mail
all types and colours of paper

Card

ready meal sleeves
toilet and kitchen roll tubes
cereal boxes
egg cartons
toothpaste and toiletries boxes

plastic bags or wrappers
padded envelopes
food and drinks cartons
tissues and napkins
kitchen towels
coffee cups
paper plates
plastic coated sandwich boxes
wallpaper
foil lined card tubes
foil or glittered wrapping paper

Check your collection day

You can check your collection dates online by typing your postcode with the space and selecting your address.

My containers haven't been emptied

If you put the wrong items in your recycling containers then the collection crew will sticker your container to let you know. You should remove these items and present your containers on your next collection day.

If you presented your containers at the kerbside by 7:00am on the correct collection day, with the right materials and they have not been emptied, call FCC Environment on 01620 678 825. FCC Environment carry out the collection on our behalf.

What happens to my recycling?

The material from the recycling collections is taken to East Lothian Council's Waste Transfer Station, at Kinwegar, near Wallyford where it is bulked up and then sent to be sorted and graded before going to paper mills to be reprocessed.

How are the materials used?

The paper and card are made into new paper products. The newspaper you recycle today could be back on the newsstand in just seven days.