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There will be no waste and recycling collections in Torfaen on Easter Monday (28 March) and all collections that week will take place a day later than scheduled.
The revised collection dates are as follows:
Friday 25 March 2016 (Good Friday) will be collected on Friday 25 March 2016
Monday 28 March 2016 (Easter Monday) will be collected on Tuesday 29 March 2016
Tuesday 29 March 2016 will be collected on Wednesday 30 March 2016
Wednesday 30 March 2016 will be collected on Thursday 31 March 2016
Thursday 31 March 2016 will be collected on Friday 1 April 2016
Friday 1 April 2016 will be collected on Saturday 2 April 2016
From Friday 25 March until Saturday 2 April collections crews will start their rounds from 6am. Residents are asked to have their waste and recycling at the kerbside or collection point ready for 6am.
 Green waste collections to resume
Green waste collections will resume from Monday 21 March. Residents are advised to place their green bins out for collection according to their collection calendars. Collection dates can be checked, and a copy of the recycling calendars can be viewed on the council's website.
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 Recycling rates on the rise
Early figures show that Torfaen residents recycled an extra 165 tonnes of food waste, and 249 tonnes of general recycling in December 2015/January 2016, compared to the same time in 2014/15. The rise in recycling follows the introduction of smaller, 140 litre wheelie bins in November 2015. The new smaller bins were introduced to meet strict recycling targets that require councils in Wales to recycle 70 per cent of waste by 2025.
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 Remove packaging when recycling food
Residents are reminded to remove any packaging from their food waste before it goes into the brown caddy for recycling. Most food packaging such as plastic containers or paper bags can be put into the black recycling box, while cellophane wrappers and cling film will need to be put into the purple-lidded wheelie bin for disposal.
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 Pupils build recycling centre
Pupils from Maendy Primary School in Cwmbran have created their own recycling centre as part of a class project. The year two and three pupils visited Viridor’s recycling station in Ty Coch, where Torfaen residents’ recycling is taken when it is collected from the kerbside, and decided to build their own back in their classroom. They created the recycling centre using black recycling boxes, cardboard bags and food waste caddies.
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 Personalise waste containers
Residents are encouraged to number their purple-lidded wheelie bins, black recycling boxes, blue cardboard bags and brown food caddies to help prevent them being lost or stolen. Personalising a bin or container with a property number will make them less likely to be stolen, and will help crews return them to the right location.
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