Recycling and Composting Tips

You can recycle all types of batteries, for example, the small ones used in remote controls or toys, as well as larger ones from tools, phones, or other devices. Learn more about safe battery disposal read here.

No, never put batteries in your household bins. They can spark or catch fire when damaged, which is dangerous for bin truck drivers and recycling staff. Read here to learn more about proper battery recycling!

You can recycle used batteries at most local shops, supermarkets, or recycling centres. For old electronics, bring them to your local recycling centre or a WEEE (Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment) collection point, where they’ll be safely processed and recycled. Batteries and electronics never belong in your household bins. Read more about safe battery disposal here.

• Recycling: To keep up with international standards in recycling we have drawn up a recycling list of the materials you can put in your recycling bin. Please make sure items are clean, dry and loosely placed.  

Please do not put general waste, compost or hazardous materials in your recycling bin. For more detailed information on what can and cannot be recycled please check out our this list. 

• Compost: Your compost bin can hold kitchen food scraps, fruits, vegetables, bread, cakes, biscuits, eggs and dairy, out of date food, plant trimmings, cooked and raw foods, tea leaves, tea bags, meat, fish, poultry and bones, grass clippings, leaves, cut flowers, and old plants. Please check out our composting list.

Please do not put recyclables, general waste, or hazardous materials in your compost bin. 
Additional information is also available via the My Waste Ireland website and their Free Downloadable ‘posters, bin labels and guidance booklets’.

• General waste: Your general waste bin can hold general refuse, nappies, aluminium foil, animal waste, cold ashes, netting from oranges/onions, and even the contents of your hoover! Please check out our list.

Please do not put recyclables, compost or hazardous materials in your general waste.

It doesn’t matter which Panda bin you put out, our 'zero-landfill' promise means that everything we collect has a use. From recycled paper, to fertiliser and renewable energy, nothing goes to waste with Panda. 

Check out our Sustainability page to find out more.

If your bin is identified as having some incorrect items, it may be left behind and you will be required to remove the contaminated material before it can be collected on your next scheduled collection. If the bin is heavily contaminated, we may treat this material as general waste, and you will be billed the same price as a general waste bin collection or equivalent.

Panda will provide compost bins to customers living in villages, towns and cities with 500+ residents. Customers are asked to use the bins provided, and not to place food waste in their general waste bin. If you live rurally in an area with a smaller population, we currently cannot provide you with a compost service. However, the Panda team is always working to expand its reach. If we introduce composting bins to your local region, we’ll be sure to share the great news with you! 

Not sure what goes in which bin? Here’s a quick and simple overview to help make sure you put your waste in the right place. 

• Recycling: To keep up with international standards in recycling we have drawn up a recycling list of the materials you can put in your recycling bin. Please make sure items are clean, dry and loosely placed.  

Please do not put general waste, compost or hazardous materials in your recycling bin. For more detailed information on what can and cannot be recycled please check out our this list. 

• General waste: Your general waste bin can hold general refuse, nappies, aluminium foil, animal waste, cold ashes, netting from oranges/onions, and even the contents of your hoover! Please check out our list.

Please do not put recyclables, compost or hazardous materials in your general waste. 

• Compost: Your compost bin can hold kitchen food scraps, fruits, vegetables, bread, cakes, biscuits, eggs and dairy, out of date food, plant trimmings, cooked and raw foods, tea leaves, tea bags, meat, fish, poultry and bones, grass clippings, leaves, cut flowers, and old plants. Please check out our composting list.

Please do not put recyclables, general waste, or hazardous materials in your compost bin. 
Additional information is also available via the My Waste Ireland website and their ‘A-Z of all things waste’.