Separate your waste paper from other household waste
Paper, card and tetra paks / beverage cartons
Recycling your paper, card and tetra paks / beverage cartons is an effective and easy way of doing your bit to help the environment.
Bolton Council provides a fortnightly collection service for paper, card and tetra paks / beverage cartons to all residents in Bolton via a beige bin or clear sack.
You can order a beige bin or a sack for your paper and card recycling either online via www.bolton.gov.uk/doitonline or by calling 01204 336633.
When is my beige bin or clear sack collected?
Your beige bin or clear sack is collected on the same day as all your other recycling (burgundy bin / green box / green bin). This is on the same day as your grey bin but fortnightly. If you don't know when this is then you can check which collection week you are on throughout the website and then download the correct calendar, either a blue week calendar or a yellow week calendar.
In the last year in Bolton we recycled 10,797 tonnes of paper, card and tetra paks / beverage cartons.
Please use your beige bin / clear sack for recycling:
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cardboard boxes
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cardboard packaging
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tetra paks / beverage cartons
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newspapers and magazines
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books
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brochures and catalogues
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telephone directories
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yellow pages
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envelopes
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greetings cards i.e. Christmas cards, birthday cards
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junk mail
What happens to the paper?
Once the paper and card is collected it is then sorted, graded and delivered to a paper mill. The paper mill then adds water to it to turn the paper and water into pulp. The pulp is then screened, cleaned and de-inked through a number of processes until it is suitable for making into paper.
Recycled paper can be made into a wide range of everyday products including:
- newspapers and magazines
- printing paper
- cardboard
- envelopes
- tissue
- loft insulation
Paper fact!
It can take just seven days for a newspaper to go through the recycling process and be transformed into recycled newsprint that is used to make the majority of Britain's national daily newspapers.
Recycling paper uses less energy and water than making paper from virgin pulp (direct from trees).
For further information on recycling visit: