High street recycling

You can recycle coffee cups, plastic bottles and drink cans in our recycle on-the-go bins across Leeds. 

Coffee cups

Make sure they are empty and you can recycle them:

• in an orange coffee cup bin
• in any city centre Caffé Nero, Costa, McDonald's, Pret or Starbucks

Plastic bottles and drink cans

Make sure they are empty and you can recycle them:

• in a yellow plastic and cans bin
• at home in your green bin

Find your nearest recycle on-the-go bins

Recycle on-the-go bins are in the following areas:

• Leeds city centre
  
• Boston Spa
  
• Chapel Allerton
  
• Collingham
  
• East Ardsley
  
• Farnley
  
• Garforth
  
• Headingley
  
• Micklefield
  
• Morley
  
• Otley
  
• Pudsey
  
• Thorp Arch
  
• Wetherby
  

Reducing waste on the go

Follow these handy tips:

• use a reusable coffee cup (most coffee shops will give you a discount)
• refill your water bottle for free using the Refill app which is available on the App Store External link and Google Play External link.
• bring a packed lunch instead of getting a meal deal
  

For practical information about using the bins, their locations, and why recycling plastic bottles, cans and cups is important, follow Zero Waste Leeds on Facebook external link, Instagram external link or Twitter external link. 

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