Glass Collections
 Did you know that between April and December last year, Broxtowe collected nearly 1,500 tonnes of glass? That’s 6,000 glass bottles and jars!
The glass collection process
The Refuse and Recycling Team leave Kimberley Depot some time after 6.15am after undertaking their vehicle checks. This gives the team time to get to their first collection point. The glass crew, however, are not able to start any collections until after 7.00am.
The glass collection team collect from each household across the Borough once every four weeks and, on average, visit 3,000 homes every day.
Householders are provided with up to four 37L glass bags which are free of charge. Residents also have the option to purchase a red-lidded 140L bin for a one-off charge. Only glass put out in either the Broxtowe Borough Council glass bag or the red-lidded bin will be collected. Glass put out in carrier bags or plastic boxes will not be picked up due to health and safety reasons. To request additional bags or to order a bin please visit our website or email waste@broxtowe.gov.uk
Once collected, the glass is brought back to Kimberley Depot where it is bulked up. Once there is enough glass, this is picked up by the Council’s contractor and taken for processing. The glass is then recycled into more glass bottles and jars or used as aggregate for road building.
 What can be recycled in Broxtowe Borough glass bags/bins?
Yes please:
- Beer bottles
- Glass bottles
- Wine bottles
- Spirit bottles
- Sauce bottles
- Jam jars
- Pickle jars
- Medicine bottles
No thank you:
- Light bulbs
- Broken glass
- Drinks glasses
- Spectacles
- Window glass
- Pyrex
- China
- Fluorescent tubes
What you can do to help us
To help the crews, residents can:
- Make sure that their glass bags are visible and not hidden behind bins.
- Make sure glass is only put out in Broxtowe Borough bags/bins (glass put in anything else will not be collected).
- Make sure that the bag is no more than three quarters full.
- Make sure that the bag is not damaged or degraded.
- Make sure that the bag doesn’t contain any broken glass.
Free Trees
 Following its previous success, we ran our free tree giveaway again in October of last year. We were able to give away even more trees than before, this time with 750 fruit trees available (Apple, Pear and Plum).
The trees were given away on a first come first serve basis to residents who qualified by signing up to Green Rewards.
The trees are now ready to be delivered and should arrive on the doorsteps of residents that were successful with their application in the next two weeks. Once residents have received their tree, they can earn extra Green Rewards points for sending in a photo of them planting the tree!
Green Rewards
 Record your sustainable actions, reduce your carbon emissions, win prizes!
Broxtowe Residents taking the 4 minute shower challenge on Green Rewards:
- Saved approximately £100 per person a year on their energy bills
- Avoided emitting 4 tonnes of carbon
- Saved enough water to fill 27,632 baths
When you sign up to Green Rewards, you can gain points for making sustainable choices such as conserving water and recycling. You can log these actions through the Green Rewards app, or the web platform.
Every month, two Broxtowe winners are selected and given the choice of a £20 gift voucher from a number of retailers. You can win by:
- Being the member with the most points
- Being involved - one member wins via a raffle draw of all Broxtowe residents taking part
You can even earn rewards as part of your community as every six months the ward with the most points wins a biodiversity prize. The users from the winning ward get to choose from either wildflower annuals, hedge planting and tree or bulb planting.
If you want guidance on signing up to Green Rewards, watch our video on how to join.
Garden Waste
 Spring isn’t far away which means that the new season of garden waste will be starting soon.
Letters will be sent out to residents the week commencing 6 February 2023.
The new prices for the 2023/24 subscriptions are as follows:
- One bin: £38
- Additional bins: £24 each
If you have any queries on garden waste, please contact waste@broxtowe.gov.uk
'Recycle Right' with the free MyNotts app and Recycling Checker
 Have you used Nottinghamshire County Council's new Recycling Checker yet? It’s a quick and easy way to find out which products can go in your recycling bin at home, and it’s available on the free MyNotts app. You can download the app by searching for ‘MyNotts’ in the app store.
Making sure we recycle the correct things in the right places is really important - not only does it help the fight against climate change by helping the UK save 18 million tonnes of CO2 each year, but it also means that lorry loads of recycling are not contaminated by items that cannot be recycled in Nottinghamshire.
It can sometimes be confusing to know which bin to use for your rubbish and that is why the new Recycling Checker has been created. The Recycling Checker allows users to search thousands of items to find out if they can be recycled at home, if they need to be disposed of in another way, or if they need to be taken to one of Nottinghamshire County Council's 12 recycling centres across the county or another facility such as bottle and clothing banks.
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