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Find out how to reduce, reuse and recycle particular items in Preston by selecting the letter your item begins with.

Top tip: If you can't find your item try searching for the name of the material first (e.g. plastic tub, cardboard box).

Takeaway containers (foil)

Recycle - put in your yellow lidded recycle bin

Tape

Dispose - put in your grey bin

Television

Reuse - give away through Freecycle or Freegle or take to your local charity shop.
Recycle - book a bulky waste collection or take to your local household waste and recycling centre

Textiles

Reuse - take to your local charity shop
Recycle - take to your local household recycling centre

Tin foil (aluminium)

Recycle - put in your yellow lidded recycle bin

Tins/cans (food/drinks)

Recycle - put in your yellow lidded recycle bin

Tinsel

Reuse - give away through Freecycle or Freegle or take to your local charity shop.

Tissues

Reduce - use reusable alternatives such as fabric handkerchiefs 
Dispose - put in your grey bin

Toilet/kitchen roll tubes

Recycle - put in your red lidded recycle bin

Toothbrushes

Recycle - find a local drop off point through Terracycle
Dispose -  put in your grey bin

Toothpaste

Recycle - find a local drop off point through Terracycle
Dispose -  put in your grey bin

Towels

Reuse - give away through Freecycle or Freegle or take to your local charity shop
Recycle - take to your local household waste and recycling centre

Toys

Reuse - give away through Freecycle or Freegle or take to your local charity shop
Recycle - take to your local household waste and recycling centre or find a local drop off point through Terracycle

Train card

Dispose -  put in your grey bin

Tubs (e.g. margarine, ice cream)

Recycle - put in your yellow lidded recycle bin

Twigs

Tyres

Recycle - take to your local household waste and recycling centre