Waste and Recycling

Changes to Your Kerbside Recycling Service

Blue Bin Collections - From Monday 27th February 2012

From Monday 27th February, householders will require to place their glass bottles and jars in their blue bin for recycling instead of using their black box.

The black box for glass recycling will therefore be discontinued from Monday 27th February, but householders should retain the black box until further notice as it may be needed for additional recycling in the future.

In addition to glass being accepted in the blue bin, some additional waste items can also be placed in the bin from 27th February onwards.

The full list of what can be accepted for recycling in the blue bin from 27th February is:

• Glass Bottles and Jars (no window or plate glass, no pyrex or ceramics)
• Cans
• Steel and Aluminium Food and Drinks Cans (please rinse out and flatten if possible), clean aluminium foil and trays
• Clean Cardboard
• Cardboard with no food residue
• Paper
• Newspapers
• Magazines
• Junk Mail
• Leaflets
• Catalogues
• Paper based food and beverage cartons, e.g. Tetrapak cartons
• Paper and hardback books, (metal or plastic bindings removed if required)
• Shredded Paper
• Office and Computer paper
• Telephone Directories (including Yellow Pages and Phone book)
• All Envelopes (including envelopes with a window)
• Wrapping paper
• Paper take-away food wrappers, no food residues
• Plastic Bottles
• All plastic bottles can now be placed in your blue bin, please remove lids and "wash and squash" where possible.
• Metal
• Small pieces of metal can now be placed in your blue recycling bin, e.g. knives, forks, biscuit tins, pots and pans.
• Clean plastic film – Shrink Wrap/bubble wrap/from beverage can multipacks
• Hard Plastics – flower pots, plant trays, small toys etc.
• All plastic food containers and ready made meal trays (washed and top film removed)
• Pots, pans, teapots and other metal domestic items
• Household Batteries
• Mobile Phones
• Clean Textiles (tied in a plastic bag)
• Pairs of shoes (tied together)

We think the use of one bin for all household recycling will be a much more convenient and efficient service, and we have also increased the frequency of collection of the blue bin from monthly to fortnightly.

Brown Bin Collections

From 1st March to 30th November 2012

Your brown bin will be emptied once every four weeks from 1st March to 30th November.