Do the right thing and recycle 2016-17
Love Bath
Students – Your guide to rubbish and recycling in Bath and North East Somerset
Your collection day is: Last year we recycled and treated over 80% of the waste we collected. Help keep your community streets clean and green by recycling more using the Council’s free recycling and rubbish service.
Collection summary Food recycling weekly collections Lockable food recycling bin (to be kept outside) Kitchen caddy (to be kept indoors).
• All cooked and uncooked food in any suitable plastic bag, compostable liners or wrapped in newspaper. NO black plastic bags.
recycling weekly collections Green box • Household plastic packaging - Any plastic bottle (including bleach and cleaning bottles) and any pot, tub or tray used to contain food, but NO black plastic or plastic carrier bags. Blue bag • Cardboard. • Brown paper.
• Paper. • Glass bottles and jars. • Cans and aerosols. • Plus 10 other materials.
• Food and drinks cartons.
Rubbish weekly collections Black plastic sacks contained in a dustbin or in a re-usable rubbish bag if your property has been supplied with one.
• Only leftover rubbish that you cannot recycle • NO food waste.
Garden waste fortnightly charged service Wheeled bin or Council sacks • All green waste from your garden that we can compost including grass, weeds, leaves and small branches.
Putting your recycling and rubbish out for collection • We collect your recycling and rubbish on the same day of the week but with different vehicles. All collections are weekly except garden waste which is fortnightly. We collect as normal on all bank holidays except over Christmas and New Year.
You must: • Put out your containers by 7am on your collection day but not before 8pm the previous night. Put them out at the front edge of your property where they can be easily seen by our crews. • Bring your emptied containers back in on your collection day. • You can be fined for leaving rubbish and/or recycling out at the wrong time or place or if it is not contained in appropriate containers and is causing a mess. • If your property has been provded with a re-usable rubbish bag you must use it to contain all of your black rubbish sacks to prevent sacks being split or torn.
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Please use your weekly food waste recycling collection. Do not put food in with your rubbish. Use your kitchen caddy and larger outside food recycling bin to recycle all your cooked and uncooked food waste. We generate electricity and fertilizer from this and it will help us keep your street clean from gulls attacking your black rubbish sacks for food. • Line your kitchen caddy with a suitable plastic bag, compostable line or newspaper (wrap your food waste in newspaper into a parcel like fish and chips) and keep handy in your kitchen. • Empty your caddy by placing your bags or liners into your food recycling bin outside before it gets too full. • Rinse both bins regularly to keep them clean. • Make sure you keep your food recycling bin locked by pulling the handle forwards so it is secure from animals and birds.
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No thanks: • No black plastic bags. • No packaging of any sort. • No liquids, oils or liquid fat.
Green box recycling
You must use your green box recycling colle ction.
Please sort the different materials in your box to ensure we recycle the correct things and help our crews to sort faster and reduce traffic congestion. If you have space at home, you could order an extra free green box – use your new one to mix your cans and plastics together and put all other recycling in the other box. Any small electrical item that uses a plug or Small electrical batteries that will fit into a carrier bag. Place next to appliances your green box. Including envelopes and greeting cards. You don’t Mixed paper need to remove staples or windows from envelopes. Cans, tins, and aerosols Rinse and squash cans but no need to remove labels. Household plastic packaging Rinse, squash and put the tops back on to bottles to • Any plastic bottle (including bleach save space on our vehicles. It is ok to mix cans and and cleaning bottles). plastic together in your box. • Plastic tubs, pots and trays used to contain food but NO black plastic.
Glass bottles and jars Foil Clothes Shoes Spectacles Batteries Car batteries Engine oil Mobile phones Printer cartridges
Rinse and screw metal tops back on. No need to remove labels. Wash and squash. Including clothes, towels, sheets, and curtains in any condition but they must be clean – place in a plastic bag to keep dry. Any condition – tie together in pairs and place in a plastic bag to keep dry. Include case if possible. All household types. Place together in a small bag at the top of your box. Place next to your green box. Must be in a sealed engine oil container placed next to your green box. Include charger if possible. Any household toner or ink cartridges used for printers
Confused about plastic packaging? Don’t worry about looking at plastic types on your household packaging as this can be tricky and confusing. Yes please: The easiest way to remember is that you can recycle any plastic bottle (including bleach and cleaning bottles) and any tub, pot or tray used to contain food UNLESS IT IS BLACK. No thanks: • No black plastic such as food trays and bags. • No film such as cling film, bags, bubble wrap and cellotape. • No crisp packets. • No polystyrene.
• No hard non-packaging plastic such as plant pots, toys and washing up bowls. • No plastic used to contain medicine or garden chemicals.
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You must use your weekly cardboard recycling collection Yes please: • Cardboard. • Food and drink cartons. • Brown paper.
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No thanks: • Plastic, sticky tape and polystyrene. You must flatten or cut your cardboard so it fits into your blue bag and onto our vehicles (no bigger than 45cm square).
Your weekly rubbish collection Use this collection only for items you can’t recycle. Do not put food waste in your rubbish. Problems can arise between you and your neighbours if you do not take responsibility for keeping your house and garden clear from rubbish. We take littering offences seriously and will fine and prosecute where necessary. 1 - Bag any of your waste that you cannot recycle in bin liners, such as standard black sacks. We will NOT collect loose waste from the re-usable rubbish bags. 2 - Place your rubbish bags into your re-usable rubbish bag or dustbin. 3 - Place your re-usable rubbish bag or dustbin out by 7am on your collection day or after 8pm the night before at the front edge of your property where it can easily be seen by crews. 4 - Remove your containers from the street once your rubbish has been collected. If left out they can make the street look unsightly.
Re-usable rubbish bags Re-usable rubbish bags are durable black sacks that have helped to keep your street clean by keeping waste contained. If you live in a street where we have issued Council re-usable rubbish bags you must use them. You must: Put all your black plastic rubbish sacks inside your reusable rubbish bag to stop birds and other animals from scavenging your rubbish. If you are unsure if your property should have a re-usable rubbish bag or if you need to order one, please contact Council Connect (see back page).
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You can be fined if you do not use your re-usable rubbish bag to contain your rubbish.
The World Heritage City of Bath Our city is unique, it attracts tourists from all over the world. Please help by doing your bit to keep it tidy for everyone, including local residents, so we all have a city we can be proud of.
Keep your garden clean Please keep your front and rear gardens clear of rubbish. Leaving bags of unsecure rubbish in front and rear gardens has an impact on your neighbours and can cause a public health problem. It will also attract birds and other animals and generate complaints. Please use our weekly collections to keep your gardens clear. We will not collect garden waste in black plastic sacks. If you have garden waste you can use any of the following options.
Garden waste You can choose to: 1. Compost this at home – we offer bargain priced compost bins delivered to your home. Visit www.getcomposting.com or call 0844 571 4444* for latest offer details. * Calls cost 5p per minute plus your standard network charge. 2. U se our fortnightly garden waste composting collection – you can hire a wheeled bin for an annual charge or buy Council paper sacks from Council Connect One Stop Shops or local outlets. Visit our website for current charges and details or contact Council Connect. www.bathnes.gov.uk/wasteservices 3. Take it to your Recycling Centre for free (see inside back page).
Why should you reduce, re-use and recycle? Did you know that students make up approximately 30% of the population of the City of Bath? Last year we produced 88,968 tonnes of waste in Bath and North East Somerset. • Every lorry load costs £1000 to dispose of rubbish. • Each lorry of recycling earns us £100 While we can provide you with the services, it is up to you to use them and help us reduce, re-use and recycle your waste. We currently recycle over 50% of the waste from households and recover over 80% of the materials from black plastic sacks through a mechanical biological treatment facility in Avonmouth.
Reduce We produce more and more waste each year, which causes a strain on our resources and budgets. We must reduce what we waste by being more mindful of the things we buy and consume. There are lots of ways to reduce your rubbish. For tips and advice you can visit our facebook page (see back page) or check out the following websites: www.lovefoodhatewaste.com www.recyclenow.com www.recycling-guide.org.uk
Re-use Modern products often get replaced very quickly and sometimes before they become faulty. This creates the demand for our precious natural resources. If you don’t have a use for your unwanted items, someone else might. You should try and re-use items by advertising them locally or donating them to charity. • Donate any non-perishable food to Foodbank www.bath.foodbank.org.uk • SOFA project www.sofaproject.org.uk and the Genesis Furniture Project www.genesistrust.org.uk may collect good quality items from you for free at their discretion, for re-use. • Advertise, give away or find items for free on www.uk.freecycle.org or www.ilovefreegle.org By buying second hand items you are re-using them or giving them a second chance. You might also be able to pick up a bargain and sometimes better quality than you would find new. Please see our event pages on our website (see back page) for all our events and furniture sales, or visit our facebook page for any other local re-use events. Have you tried upcycling? It’s great to breathe new life into previously loved items. there are lots of websites to help if you search for “upcycling” on the internet.
Recycle By recycling more you will; • Save valuable resources, helping the planet. • Save money, as it costs less to recycle than to send it for recovery or to landfill. • Keep your streets clean by stopping birds and other animals from scavenging your rubbish sacks.
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Everything we collect gets re-used or recycled into new things. You can find out where all your recycling goes around the county by looking at our map on our website: www.bathnes.gov.uk/wasteservices
Recycling Centres We have three Recycling Centres where you can take larger unwanted or broken household items or extra recycling or rubbish for free. Please take your student ID card to show site staff when you visit, to prove you are a resident. You will not be allowed on site without proof. Your local Recycling Centre is at Midland Road, Bath, BA1 3AT (by Argos on the Upper Bristol Road).
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Find out more To find out your collection day, order any free recycling container, report a missed collection or for more information please see our website or contact Council Connect:
01225 39 40 41 SMS 07797 806545 councilconnect@bathnes.gov.uk www.bathnes.gov.uk/wasteservices Like us on facebook for tips to reduce your waste and recycle more. Please visit www.facebook.com/recycleforbathnes or scan our code with a smart phone. If you need this leaflet in large print, Braille, audio format or your own language please contact Council Connect.
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When you have finished with this item please recycle it. Details correct at time of print July 2016.