We have a blue bin for recyclables and an orange one for the rest. Actually, we have two orange ones, a gift from the council when we moved in here 30 years ago. With kids & in-laws gone we only need one, so the other served for years as a water butt. One year, when it was full of rain water, we had a bloke in to do some fencing work. When he was taking his pay he said "oh, that bin of yours: it was full of water so I emptied it for you and left it down flat".