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Key FactsBinman Ashley warns against three recycling-bin items
Apr 12, 2026 · Reading time: ~45 sec.
Summary created with AI assistance · Source: manchestereveningnews.co.uk
Summary created with AI assistance · Source: manchestereveningnews.co.uk
- Ashley, a binman who posts informative TikTok videos, warns that unsuitable recycling contents can endanger workers and prevent collection.
- Used condoms belong in general waste because their materials and possible bodily fluids make recycling unsuitable.
- Nappies are considered hazardous waste and can harm the health and safety of refuse and recycling-facility workers.
- Used chewing gum is neither recyclable nor biodegradable and belongs in neither recycling nor food-waste bins.
I just don't understand people like this. Why would you go to the effort? You have to dig down into your recycling bin to put a dirty nappy in there. Surely it makes more sense to just put it in your general waste bin?— Ashley, a bin man who posts informative TikTok videos and is quoted in the Coventry Telegraph article about what items shouldn't go in recycling
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