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Recycling - residential collections
The Council has a recycling scheme to collect glass bottles and jars, mixed cans and plastic bottles as well as paper from all households across the town.
We will:
- Provide each household with a set of 3 recycling boxes for mixed cans and plastic bottles/ glass bottles and jars and paper.
- Collect your recycling every other week (with the exception of Christmas, New Year and Bank Holidays)
- Advertise well in advance any changes to the collection service
- Provide additional recycling boxes if requested
- Replace your boxes back on the boundary of your property
- Ensure your street is left clean and tidy following the waste collection (no spillages)
- Provide assisted collections for the elderly and infirm upon application
- On the rare occasion we miss your collection, we will collect your bin within 48 hours of reporting
You can help us by:
- Putting the recycling boxes on the front boundary of your property (by 6am on the morning of collection)
- Separating your waste correctly ensuring no contamination (please refer to listings below)
- Removing tops & lids from glass jars & plastic bottles and putting them in with your domestic waste
- Wash and squash cans and plastic bottles
- Reporting any missed collections on 01923 235946 or through the link below within 48 hours
We will not:
- Collect any contaminated recycling boxes.
Collections are on a fortnightly basis alternating with the collection of your green waste. For information on collection dates please refer to your calender or contact the Customer Service Centre on tel: 01923 235946.
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PAPER |
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| YES please | NO thanks |
| Newspapers | Card and cardboard |
| Magazines | Yellow Pages |
| Junk mail | Envelopes |
| White directories | Shredded paper |
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GLASS |
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|---|---|
| YES please | NO thanks |
| Bottles | Broken drinking glasses |
| Jars | Sheet or window glass |
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CANS & PLASTIC BOTTLES |
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| YES please | NO thanks |
| Drink cans | Oil and paint cans |
| Food tins | Aluminium foil and dishes |
| Plastic bottles e.g. milk, drinks, water, detergents | Carrier bags and cling film |
| Aerosols | Food trays and packaging |
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Margarine tubs, ice cream tubs and yoghurt pots
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