Pink recycling sack
Pink recycling sack
Pink recycling sack
Pink sacks are collected every other week - see your collections calendar for your collection day.
You can collect pink sacks from our Leisure centres or from Benfleet, Hadleigh, Tarpots and Canvey Island libraries. We also deliver free rolls of pink sacks to residents once a year.
Accepted items
Please rinse items involving food waste.
Plastic
- bottles
- trays (not polystyrene)
- pots and cases
- all aerosol spray cans (empty only)
Food and drinks cans
- all drink cans
- all food cans
- biscuit tins
- foil and foil containers
Paper
- office and home use
- books and newspapers
- wrapping paper (not foil or ribbons)
Cardboard
- all boxes
- toilet & kitchen roll tubes
- Christmas and birthday cards (unless covered in glitter)
- cardboard egg boxes
- cigarette boxes
- beverage cartons & cartons
If the item you want to dispose of is not on this list, or you want to check how it can be recycled, search for it on the Love Essex website.
Presentation
Please present pink sacks at the boundary of your property by 7am on your collection day. See more information on our waste presentation rules page.
See more in our Pink Sack Recycling Guide.pdf
