Bin collections on May bank holidays
Your rubbish and recycling collections will continue on the upcoming two bank holidays - 6 May and 27 May (both Mondays).
Please note our crews will start earlier than normal, at 5.30am on both dates. Be sure to put your waste out the night before to avoid being missed, if you are due a collection.
Find your bin collection day on our website, if needed.
Are you ready for waste collection changes
Did you know from mid August, we'll be changing the way we collect your rubbish and recycling?
Here's a summary of the changes we're making:
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General rubbish will be collected every two weeks from a new 180-litre black wheeled bin, instead of the existing blue bags
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Recycling will also be collected every two weeks, on weeks when rubbish isn't collected, from the same green bags
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Food waste collections are staying weekly
While the new black rubbish bins will start being delivered to households from May, we ask everyone to get ready for the changes now by reducing waste and recycling more.
Here are some useful tips to help:
At the moment, we recycle 57 per cent of all the borough’s waste – which is fantastic, but it would be 70 per cent if everyone recycled everything they could.
As well as producing fewer carbon emissions, which can reduce the effects of climate change, it costs far less to recycle waste than to burn it for energy.
Dispose of broken glass responsibly
One of our waste collection crews has recently been injured by broken glass pieces poking through a bin bag.
To help us keep our crews and passers-by safe, if you have to dispose of any glass items, wrap them in newspapers or unwanted cloth before putting them in a blue bag.
Glass is 100 per cent recyclable
Glass can be endlessly recycled to turn it into new products without losing its quality.
It has many environmental benefits as well. For each tonne of glass recycled, about 580kg of carbon emissions are saved throughout the supply chain, air pollution is reduced by 20 per cent and water pollution cut by 50 per cent.
We've got some top tips about glass recycling for you:
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Empty and quickly rinse them, so they are free from food
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Put lids or caps back on, so they won't get lost during the sorting process as they can be recycled separately
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Remove corks, as they can be home composted or sent to cork recycling schemes such as Recorked UK
- No need to remove labels
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Don't leave empties on the floor beside the bottle banks, as they may not be picked up and recycled
Please note
Some glass items aren't recyclable, such as Pyrex, microwave plates, drinking glasses, vases, mirrors, and light bulbs and tubes.
If you have to bin any of these, remember to wrap them in unwanted paper or cloth, so they won't cut through your blue bag and hurt our crews or passers-by.
Reuse always comes first
Before recycling or disposing of any glass items, consider if they can be reused - like for storing bulk-bought food, holding water for your paintbrushes, making your own soap dispensers, or turning them into fairy light lanterns.
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