What the green-lidded bin is for
The green-lidded bin is for paper and card recycling. Keeping paper and cardboard separate helps keep those materials cleaner and easier to recycle.
Paper and card examples
Typical examples include newspapers, envelopes, clean paper, cardboard packaging and flattened delivery boxes. Flattening boxes gives you more room and helps the lid close properly.
Common mistakes
Wet or food-stained card can spoil otherwise clean recycling. Greasy takeaway boxes, tissues, wipes and heavily contaminated paper should not be treated as clean paper and card recycling.
How it differs from the blue-lidded bin
The blue-lidded bin is for mixed recycling such as suitable plastics, glass, metal and cartons. The green-lidded bin is for paper and card. Keeping those streams apart is the main difference.
Check your next paper/card collection
Use the Ipswich bin day checker to see when your next paper and card collection is shown to the app.