Let the recycling genie🧞‍♂️ out of the plastic bottle🧴! If it’s plastic and bottle shaped, recycle it ♻️ Even if its had greasy olive oil or soapy detergent in it. Remember, the lids and the pumps can go in the green bin too!👍

Doctor's orders... used plastic vitamin bottles and old cardboard medicine boxes with their paper instructions can go in your green bin! Blister packs💊 can only be recycled at your local Superdrug pharmacy stores.

Did you go the egg-stra mile and finish off all your choccy Easter Eggs 🍫 yet? Just so you know...the cardboard, the foil and the plastic egg holder thing are all recyclable! leeds.gov.uk/greenbin

Hands up who had a take-away from a foil or plastic container last night?🙋‍♂️
Now hands up who rinsed and recycled them in their green bin?!

Our recycling centres are open 7 days a week from this week on summer opening hours 8am-6pm. Broken electricals can be deposited there but working ones can be dropped into our orange reuse containers or the Revive shops on our Kirkstall/Seacroft sites leeds.gov.uk/recycling ♻️

Almost finished off all your choc Easter eggs? Did you know an estimated 80m Easter Eggs are purchased in the UK each year? You'd have to pretty hardboiled to not like one! Do something egg-cellent and remember to drop all the foil and cardboard all go in the green bin😋 🍫 🥚

The first brown bins are out of hi-bin-ation!!! To check when your bins are being collected leeds.gov.uk/mybinday or download the Leeds Bins App... android - orlo.uk/Android_417Ph apple - orlo.uk/Apple_zHxI9 📲

Happy Easter! If you want to give a new life to your old belongings - you can drop them off at the Revive shops at our household waste recycling sites in Kirkstall and Seacroft. All our household recycling sites are open today and tomorrow. More info here leeds.gov.uk/recycling

Whether you're eating a choc one, or painting a real one this weekend, be a good egg and pop that cardboard and balled-up foil in the green bin!♻️ 🥚 💚

🚨BROWN BIN COLLECTION RE-START ON MONDAY🚨
Don’t “leaf” it to the last minute, check your collection dates at leeds.gov.uk/mybinday or download the Leeds Bins app. You could also start home composting your clippings & get a discount off composters 👉 leeds.gov.uk/compost 🍁

Doing a bit of Spring cleaning this weekend?🗑️ Don't forget reusable items can be dropped off at the household waste and recycling centre's reuse containers. Give your once cherished items a new home!💚 leeds.gov.uk/recycling

Easter Bin-formation - no changes to collections because of the bank holiday weekend. If your bin is usually collected Friday-Monday, it will be this weekend! To check your bin day & schedule reminders use the app orlo.uk/LeedsBinsApp_Q… to check online leeds.gov.uk/mybinday👍

🚨JOBS🚨
✅ Recycling Centre Chargehands: supervise staff & help the public recycle 👉 jobs.leeds.gov.uk/jobs/hwrc-char…
✅ Recycling Site Assistants: help the public sort their recycling & work the 360degree wheeled compactor 👉 jobs.leeds.gov.uk/jobs/recycling…
See more 👉 orlo.uk/WorkForUs_96THL

♻️🍃Brown bins are coming out of hi-bin-ation soon!🍃♻️
Spring & a long bank holiday is on its way & so are garden waste collections, beginning Monday 1 April. Check your collection dates & receive reminders by downloading the Leeds Bins app or visiting leeds.gov.uk/mybinday 💻

Rubbish at remembering to put your bins out? Head to leeds.gov.uk/mybinday to check your collection dates or download the handy Leeds Bins app to get bin day reminders straight to your phone!

Everybody get loose … food loose! 🎵
Shop loose to reduce the amount of plastic waste ending up in the bin or have the freedom to choose exactly what you want. Like your 🍌 over-ripe? Like your 🍎 extra red? Buy loose and get exactly what you fancy. #FoodWasteActionWeek

Can you lend a hand giving Leeds a spring clean? Why not pledge to fill at least one purple bag over this exciting #LeedsGoesPurple weekend with LitterFreeLeeds Bring your family, local group or gang of mates #LitterHeroes #GBSpringClean litterfreeleeds.co.uk 🗑️ 😇

Brown bins are coming out of hi-bin-ation in April! To check your collection days 👉 leeds.gov.uk/mybinday 📲 or download the Leeds Bins App! android 🤖 orlo.uk/Android_CjQ3H apple 🍏 orlo.uk/Apple_WK9DR

Lighten the load and choose loose! 🥕 🥔 🍏 🍌
By shopping loose, you can reduce the amount of plastic waste ending up in the bin.
It’s a small change with big results for the planet. 🌍
#FoodWasteActionWeek

This #FoodWasteActionWeek we’re encouraging you to choose what you’ll use and buy loose.
This one simple change can help us all reduce both food AND plastic waste – all whilst giving you more freedom to choose the right food for you 💚
That’s what we call a win-win! 🏆