The kerbside recycling scheme

Domestic waste collection and Kerbside recycling
New schedule - from Monday 31 March 2008
The scheme will be a fortnightly collection service.
Residents will be provided with a plastic green box and lid for glass and cans and a reusable bag for mixed paper and cardboard.
With the boxes and bags, residents will receive a leaflet explaining the scheme and a calendar showing their collection dates.

Bag
Yes please
Mixed papers including newspapers, magazines, junk mail, office paper, brochures, catalogues, telephone directories, envelopes, Yellow Pages, greeting cards, cereal packets and cardboard

No thank you
Non-paper products

Box
Yes please
Glass bottles and jars (any colour) Food tins  Drink cans  Aerosol cans

No thank you
Window glass  Pyrex  Drinking glasses  Any type of plastic bottle, container or bag


Your box and bag will be collected fortnightly on the same day as your refuse.

Residents will still be able to use the main recycling centres to recycle the following which are not collected in the kerbside scheme:
Textiles - including clothes, shoes, soft toys, blankets, curtains, etc.  Plastic bottles  Aluminium foil - including takeaway containers, kitchen foil, sweet wrappers, etc
Books - plus records, CDs, tapes, etc