Recycling collection
Last updated: 12/06/2013
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You can view your waste and
recycling collection day by entering your postcode
below:
If you do not know your postcode please use the
Royal Mail postcode
finder
Everyone should have a recycling box and three reusable sacks.
Some areas still have the old recycling equipment from
the original district services, please continue to use these,
we will replace them with new containers on request.
How do I get replacement or additional recycling boxes
or bags?
If you do not have a box and three sacks you can collect them
from most One Stop
Shops, check to make sure that your local centre holds a stock.
If you cannot get to a One Stop Shop you can also order them
using the contact details on the right of this page.
Recycling box
- Glass bottles and jars. To avoid injuring
yourself or the collection crews, please only ever put glass into
the box.
- Textiles – Clean dry clothing, shoes, towels,
sheets, (no duvets or pillows) please put them into a plastic bag
to keep dry an put them on top of your box.
Sack for paper
- Paper includes - Newspapers, magazines, BT and
Thompson phone directories, Yellow Pages catalogues and brochures,
junk mail, white office paper, white envelopes (including those
with windows).
- Shredded paper - put in a tied plastic
bag.
Sack for cans and plastic bottles
- Plastic bottles. (All plastic bottles, but
only plastic bottles – no
other plastics can be accepted e.g. yoghurt pots, margarine tubs,
food trays).
- Household metal packaging includes - Drinks
cans, food tins, aerosols, clean, aluminium foil, metal bottle and
jar lids.
Sack for cardboard
- cardboard includes - Brown, white and grey
cardboard, brown paper, coloured paper, wrapping paper (Non shiny)
and greetings cards.
- Please remove all staples, sticky tape and plastic bags.
If you would like more information on waste please see our
'Learn more about
waste' page where you can find out about recycling campaigns
and view fact sheets.
Rubbish collections
You will receive a weekly collection of 'black sack' rubbish.
Anyone who uses a wheeled bin or standard rubbish bin for storing
their waste can continue to do this, but we need the rubbish to be
bagged inside the bins. Please see our waste and recycling frequently asked
questions