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Waste Collection Reminder
Christmas and New Year Bank Holidays have an impact on waste and recycling collection services for every household across the borough this week.
For New Year week, commencing Monday 1 January - all collections will be completed one day later than usual.
All services return to normal on Monday 8 January.
Garden Waste and Bulky collections will resume on Monday 8 January 2024
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 Sign up for fortnightly Garden Waste collections
Dispose of your garden waste the easy way with our garden waste collection service. The garden waste scheme operates on a two-weekly system for the collection of grass cuttings, flowers, plants, hedge trimmings and pruning, leaves and small branches.
A 240-litre brown bin costs just £45 a year!
The year starts from when the bin has been delivered to the property.
We collect over 11,500 tonnes of garden waste every year.
All garden waste it taken to Blaize Farm on the A228 for composting.
Once treated the material is used as a soil improver on local fields.
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 Buy Nothing New Month 2024
Back for its second year, Buy Nothing New Month is all about moving beyond simply recycling, to reducing the amount of new stuff that we buy, and by extension, the amount of waste that we create. If everyone on Earth lived like people in the UK, we would need over two and a half planets to regenerate and absorb our waste.
As a society, we need to move to a circular economy that wastes less and puts more value on the things we already have. It’s about cherishing the things we already have, repairing things rather than sending them to landfill, and finding new homes for the things we no longer need.
And it’s not just good for the planet. At a time when many are feeling the pinch, it’s an opportunity to save the pennies in our pockets too.
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Maidstone Repair Cafe
Embrace Buy Nothing New Month this January and repair your broken items rather than putting them in your bin.
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Maidstone Climate Action Network will be running a new Repair Cafe on the first Saturday of every month at Lockmeadow Market Hall, ME16 8LW.
Repair Cafés are free meeting places and they’re all about repairing things together.
If you have broken items that you would like repaired for FREE, take them to the next Maidstone Repair Café on
Saturday 6 January between
10am and 2pm.
There is no need to book just turn up on the day. Items that could be repaired include toys, jewellery, electricals, clothing, textiles, furniture, wooden objects, bicycle maintenance and computers and IT.
Refreshments are also available at the onsite cafe.
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 Christmas Tree Recycling 2024 with
Heart of Kent Hospice
Heart of Kent Hospice can help you with disposing of your real Christmas tree this year by recycling and shredding it into chippings, or composting it.
Last Christmas the Hospice recycled more than 600 trees and raised over £7,000 for the Hospice. This year the team of volunteers will collect your real spruce, fir or pine trees over three days on Friday 5, Saturday 6 and Sunday 7 January 2024, from your front gate or driveway, meaning you don’t have to venture out in the cold!
There is a suggested donation of £15 per tree, which will go towards offering vital support to people living with a terminal illness, or experiencing bereavement, near you.
The Hospice can collect Christmas trees from the following postcodes: ME14, ME15 6, ME15 7, ME15 8, ME16, ME19, ME20, TN11 9, TN12 5, TN15 7,TN15 8 & TN15 9.
If you would like to find out more, please contact Heart of Kent Hospice community partnerships team on communitypartnerships@hokh.co.uk or call 01622 790195.
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We are here to help, any questions about household waste and
recycling services in Maidstone, please contact us at
recycling@maidstone.gov.uk
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Raise funds for your school with Rag Bag's textile recycling
The 'Rag Bag' recycling scheme has been developed to provide regular fundraising for schools and nurseries in the UK. The scheme increases awareness about textile recycling and helps the environment by ensuring less material goes to landfill. The scheme is completely FREE, and your school will be paid for every kg recycled. Rag Bag provide three options: a bag scheme, an inside bank scheme or an outside bank scheme. You can raise hundreds of pounds with every collection made!
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We are here to help, any questions about household waste and
recycling services in Maidstone, please contact us at
recycling@maidstone.gov.uk
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