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Any of the materials in Book a Collection.

Liquids, foods and hazardous materials.

Because different types of materials require different recycling solutions, it’s very helpful if you can do your best to keep them separate, as per the box content categories in Book a Collection.

As long as it isn’t a liquid, food, or hazardous material, send it our way! If we can’t process it with an existing recycling solution, we’ll send it to our RecycleLab for analysis.

Yes, you can use your own recycle box. As a guideline, it should be no bigger than three stacked shoeboxes and light enough to be picked up easily by one person without help. The First Mile RecycleBox measures: 41 x 30 x 30 CM. If you’d like to double-check (or for any other ‘how to recycle’ questions) don’t hesitate to get in touch.

As much or as little of one category of material that will fit inside the box, as long as it‘s light enough to be picked up easily by one person without help.

By all means, use the regular recycling collection service offered by your local council for all eligible material. With some local variation, most dry mixed recycling bins accept: paper, card, 3D (hard) plastics and metal (including tins, cans & foil). RecycleBox is for material categories that require specialist recycling processes, all of which can be found in Book a Collection.

Anywhere in the U.K. If you’re somewhere remote, we may take slightly longer to get to you (but we will!)

First Mile have been recycling for businesses since 2004. We offer over 20 recycling streams, and we’re constantly innovating new recycling solutions. Visit our website to learn more about the recycling processes for each material and to find our ‘What happens to my waste?’ feature on the various destinations of each material.

No! All brands or private sponsors are warmly invited to join the RecycleBox Revolution. Get in touch.