Smart sacks

Smart sacks are single-use bags used to collect recycling.

Find out what you can put in your smart sack

Smart sack deliveries

All residents who put their recycling and refuse at the kerbside for collection will get two rolls of smart sacks delivered twice a year.

This is a change from the previous arrangement of four deliveries per year but only one roll per delivery. This new arrangement will help to reduce costs and CO2 emissions.

Smart sacks are not provided to properties with the new green wheeled bins or communal recycling bins with an orange lid.

Residents using the recycling bins should put the recyclables straight into the bin. Loose filling the bin helps reduce unnecessary plastic bag use.

If you live in in a large block of flats on an estate or in a mansion block see smart bank recycling for estates or mansion blocks

Delivery date calendar

Please see the delivery date calendar below to see when you can next expect a delivery.

How to check the delivery dates calendar - first look for your street and delivery week numbers, then match the week numbers to the delivery dates shown in table on the first page.

Smart sack delivery date calendar (pdf 588KB)

Your next delivery may only be a week away and your current stock of smart sacks could last until this time.