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Waste and Recycling
3 Bin System
Each householder with a wheeled bin will receive a blue bin and those with a garden
will receive a brown bin. A black box will also be provided to each household.
- The current green bin is for general domestic refuse.
- The blue bin is for papers, magazines, cans, cardboard and plastic
bottles.
- The brown bin is for organic garden waste.
- The black box is for glass bottles and jars.
Your collection day will not change and every second week will be your recycling week.
The contents of the blue bin will be
processed at a materials recycling facility and the wastes passed on for recycling.
Note: we will take plastic bottles but not butter containers, plastic
bags, yoghurt cartons etc.
The contents of the brown bin will
be processed at a centralised composting facility and the compost utilised for landscaping,
derelict land re-development, agriculture, or for sale.
The contents of the black box will
be recycled into new bottles and jars.
The housing stock in South Ayrshire also lends itself to a wheeled bin type of recycling
service and it is estimated that over 90% of houses will be able to accommodate
the system. For those remaining, 10% of houses, an alternative type of kerbside
recycling service will be offered, e.g. survival bags, a box collection or other
appropriate method.
For any enquiries or assistance about the Council's new kerbside recycling services
please call the Recycling Helpline telephone number: 0300 123 0900.