How does rubbish collection and recycling work in Gibraltar?

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Gibraltar does not issue individual household wheelie bins. Residents take bagged general waste to communal refuse cubicles or containers, which are emptied in the evenings and overnight except on Saturday night, and sort recyclables into colour-coded street bins. Bulky and hazardous items can be taken free of charge to the Civic Amenities Site or the EcoPark.
General household waste
Bag your rubbish and take it to the nearest communal refuse cubicle or container. Collections take place mainly in the evening and overnight. There is no collection on Saturday night into Sunday morning, so either put your rubbish out on Friday night or keep it at home until Sunday. Street litter bins must not be used for household refuse, and bags must not be left beside or outside cubicles. Littering and fly-tipping are enforced through fines, with CCTV, litter wardens, Environmental Agency officers and the Royal Gibraltar Police all empowered to act.
Recycling bins
There are around 50 recycling points across Gibraltar. The colour code is:
Yellow: plastic bottles and packaging, plastic bags, cans, food tins, aerosols, tetra brik cartons and metal lids
Blue: paper and cardboard
Green: glass bottles and jars, with lids removed
Red: household batteries
Pink: small electrical and electronic items
Orange: used cooking oil, sealed inside a plastic bottle
Placing general waste or the wrong material in a recycling bin is an offence, because contaminated loads cannot be recycled.
Bulky and hazardous items
The Civic Amenities Site at the old incinerator site on Dobinson Way, just off Europa Advance Road, is operated by Gibraltar General Support Services Ltd and accepts household items free of charge, including furniture, mattresses, white goods and other electricals, scrap metal, glass, plastics, ink and toner cartridges, batteries, light bulbs and fluorescent tubes, small quantities of household rubble, tyres and cooking oil.
Larger quantities of recyclable material can be taken to the EcoPark at 8 Flint Road, off Devil's Tower Road, operated by MetalRok.
Current locations and opening hours
The Government's Thinking Green website lists recycling bin locations, accepted materials and site opening hours.

How does rubbish collection and recycling work in Gibraltar?

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General household waste

Recycling bins

Bulky and hazardous items