🟡 Yellow Bin
Emballages recyclables · yellow lid
Is it packaging?
Then it goes in — metal, card or plastic, it doesn’t matter. Empty it first.
Note
Glass, paper and large cardboard are packaging too — but they each have their own place. See below.
Collected at the kerb on Wednesdays of odd weeks — put the bin out Tuesday night. See Waste & Recycling Collection for the calendar.
What goes here
Metal
- Drink cans (soda, beer)
- Food cans & tins
- Aluminium foil (tin foil)
- Aluminium trays
- Metal jar lids (jar → blue bin)
- Aerosols — shaving foam, deodorant
- Coffee capsules (aluminium pods)
Paper & card
- Small cardboard boxes
- Pizza boxes
- Cheese boxes (camembert…)
- Cardboard egg boxes / cartons
- Milk & soup cartons (Tetra Pak)
- Paper plates
- Paper cups
Plastic & the rest
- Plastic bottles
- Plastic egg boxes / cartons
- Food trays & meat trays
- Yoghurt pots & cups (plastic)
- Crème fraîche pots (sour cream)
- Plastic bags
- Cling film (plastic wrap)
- Crisp & chip packets
- Blister packs (product packaging)
- Empty pill & tablet strips
- Toothpaste tubes
- Empty make-up containers
- Glue sticks
- Cleaning vinegar bottles
- Bicarbonate / baking soda tubs
Not here — where it goes instead
🟢 Green bin — trash
Plastic plates, cups & cutlery · wooden cutlery · packing polystyrene (Styrofoam) · parcel and pallet strapping · “compostable” bags · tissues & face masks · cotton buds (Q-tips), toothbrushes, pens · cat litter · broken drinking glasses and champagne flutes. See Green Bin — General Waste.
🔵 Blue bin — glass
The blue bin. Glass bottles · jars · glass yoghurt pots · empty glass syrup bottles. Lids and caps come off and go in the yellow bin. See Blue Bin — Glass.
🔴 Déchèterie
The recycling centre (tip / dump). Large cardboard · plastic crates · pans and cookware · toys · anything chemical, oily or bulky. See Déchèterie — Recycling Centre.
🟤 Compost
Peelings & food scraps · coffee filters and soft paper coffee pods · crushed eggshells. See Compost.
⚪ Paper drop-off
Not a bin at home — the paper container at the collection point. Notebooks, printed paper, magazines. See Paper Drop-off.
🟣 Take back to a shop
Batteries · bulbs & tubes · ink cartridges · e-cigarettes. See Take It Back — Shops & Pharmacies.
Handling
- Empty it. No need to rinse — a scrape is enough.
- Loose, never bagged. Don’t stack or nest items inside each other.
Printable sheet
Yellow Bin — A4 sheet (PDF) — print at 100 % scale, single sided. All nine sheets together: all-sheets.pdf.
Items marked † are the general French sorting rule for this stream, not entries in SMECTOM’s Mémo Tri 2026. Everything else on this page is taken from the mémo. See Waste Sorting Guide for the overview and Waste & Recycling Collection for the pickup schedule and access card.