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Recycling at Christmas

Last updated: 02/01/2013 Add to My Bookmarks Subscribe

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From Monday 14 - 25 January there will be a free collection service for real Christmas
trees. Residents should place the tree out for collection on the rubbish collection day on the alternate week to your recycling collection. The trees will be collected separately, shredded and composted. Residents do not need to subscribe to the garden waste service for this.

Christmas cards and envelopes 

In the kerbside recycling collection they should be placed in the cardboard sack. White envelopes should go into paper sack, coloured or brown envelopes should go with the cardboard.

Wrapping paper

Most Christmas wrapping paper can be recycled, although we cannot accept paper coated with foil or plastic. All non shiny paper can go in the paper sack.

Cardboard

Cardboard boxes should be flattened and put into the cardboard recycling bag.
Big pieces of cardboard or large amounts can be flattened and bundled together and put out next to the recycling, or taken to the Household Waste Recycling Centre.

Chocolate and biscuit tins

You can put empty metal chocolate and biscuit tins into the sack for plastic bottles and cans.

Additional recycling

Excess amounts of recycling can be put it into carrier bags and put out with your recycling.
Please be extra carful with glass and put it in a rigid or sturdy box.

If you find yourself with more recycling than you have storage for over this Christmas period why not use your local recycling bring banks or Household Waste Recycling Centre. The sites are open seven days a week, every day except Christmas Day, Boxing Day and New Year’s Day. Please note, this does not include Tintagel HWRC at Bowithick.

For enquiries regarding refuse or recycling collections please contact us on 0300 1234 141.

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0300 1234 141

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