Recycle more 2016
A summary of all your Council’s recycling and waste services
NEW
You can now use everyday household plastic bags for your food recycling.
Help save us all money
In 2014-15 we recycled and treated nearly 80% of the waste we collected from your homes, but the amount of rubbish we collected in your black sacks is increasing – about a quarter of this is food waste. Collecting and sending your rubbish to landfill or specialised treatment is much more expensive than recycling it. You pay for this in your Council tax, so if everyone reduced, recycled and composted even more we could save money to use for other important council services. It costs us around:
£68 on average, per household each year to collect, treat and dispose of your black sack rubbish.
£42 on average, per household to collect and recycle your green box, food and cardboard recycling.
Food waste recycling It is now cheaper, easier and more convenient to recycle your food waste. From 1 December you can line your kitchen caddy with everyday household plastic bags – no more need for compostable liners. Yes please: Carrier bags, sandwich bags, bread bags, freezer bags, white pedal bin liners. No thanks: No black bin bags. No bags for life. Your food waste is recycled into electricity and fertiliser. If everyone in Bath and North East Somerset recycled all their food waste this would provide enough electricity to power 1,139 homes for a year.
Put your food waste in your larger outside food waste bin – not your black sacks. This will help to stop birds and animals from attacking your rubbish for food. Keep your smaller caddy in your kitchen to collect your food waste and keep your larger food waste bin outside.
Everything we collect for recycling is made into new things – find out where your recycling goes www.bathnes.gov.uk/wasteservices
Tips for using your food containers • Line your kitchen caddy with a suitable plastic bag or you can still use compostable liners, newspaper or paper bags.
How to put out your recycling and rubbish on collection day 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 on the previous night. • Put out your containers at the front edge of your property where they can be seen easily by our crews. • Bring your emptied containers back in on your collection day. You can be fined for leaving your rubbish and/or recycling out at the wrong time or wrong place, or if it is not contained in appropriate containers and is causing a mess. To find out your collection day visit www.bathnes.gov.uk and enter your postcode or street name. Need help? If you need help putting your recycling and rubbish out please contact us.
recycled food is used to make electricity
• Rinse both containers regularly. • Lock your outside bin by pulling the handle forward to keep out animals and birds.
What can I put in my caddy?
No thanks • Packaging of any sort • Liquids • Oil or liquid fat
To save money and reduce the food you throw away visit www.lovefoodhatewaste.com
Green box recycling
Please sort the different materials in your box to ensure we recycle the correct things, 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 cans and plastics together and put everything else in the other box.
Yes please Paper – Including envelopes, greetings cards and telephone directories. You don’t need to remove staples or windows from envelopes. Plastic packaging – Any plastic bottle, and pots, tubs and trays that have been used to hold food. No black plastic. Rinse, put tops back on and squash to save space on our vehicles. Glass bottles and jars – Rinse but no need to remove labels. Cans, tins and aerosols – Rinse and squash cans but no need to remove labels. It is OK to mix cans and plastic together in your box.
Shoes – Any condition. Tie together in pairs and place in a plastic bag to keep dry. Car batteries – Place next to green box.
Engine oil – Must be in a sealed engine oil container placed next to your green box.
Mobile phones – Include charger if possible.
Printer cartridges.
Batteries – All household types. Place together in a small bag at the top of your box.
Confused about plastic packaging?
Don’t worry about looking at plastic types on your household packaging.
Yes please
No thanks
We can recycle any plastic bottle or a pot, tub or tray used to hold food UNLESS IT IS BLACK.
Foil – Wash and squash.
Small appliances – Any small electrical with a plug or batteries that will fit into a carrier bag. Place bag next to your green box. Clothes – Including bags, belts, towels, sheets and curtains. Items can be in any condition but they must be clean and placed in a plastic bag to keep dry.
Spectacles – Include case if possible.
Plastic bottles
Food pots
Food tubs
Food trays
• No black plastic such as food trays and bags. • No film such as cling film, bags, bubble wrap and cellophane. • 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 chemicals used in the garden.
Blue bag cardboard recycling
Rubbish collection
Yes please
Please
You must use your weekly collection only for things you can’t recycle. Do not put food waste in your rubbish. It is your responsibility to make sure your rubbish is securely contained to help keep our streets clean. • Use black plastic sacks or tied carrier bags to contain your rubbish for collection. • Or use a normal dustbin to store your sacks and put out your bin on collection day (we cannot collect from wheelie bins). • If you live in an area where we provide gull proof rubbish sacks, please use these for your rubbish.
Please use your blue bag for • Cardboard • Brown paper • Food and drink cartons You must flatten, fold or cut your cardboard so it fits into your blue bag (no bigger than 45cm square) and it fits onto our vehicles. If it won’t fit in your blue bag we can’t collect on our vehicle.
• Don’t overfill your sacks so we can lift them without splitting. • Use strong plastic sacks, and tie them to help prevent animals and birds ripping them open. • Wrap anything sharp (like broken glass) in newspaper to keep our crews safe.
No thanks • No plastic, sticky tape or polystyrene.
Collection of larger items (bulky waste) We can collect larger household items such as furniture and fridges from the outside of your house for a charge. We offer discounted rates for those on certain benefits and to students. Prices are on our website or contact Council Connect. If your item is still in good condition please consider donating to charities or using re-use websites such as www.freecycle.org or www.ilovefreegle.org
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. (Standard cost from BT land line 5p per minute plus setup charge. Other providers may charge more.) 2. Use 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.
Your Recycling Centres Located at: • Bath – Midland Road BA1 3AT • Keynsham – Pixash Lane BS31 1TP • Midsomer Norton – Wheelers Hill, Old Welton BA3 2AA Opening times Monday to Friday 8am – 4.15pm
You can bring the following larger unwanted or broken household items, green box recycling or rubbish to these centres: Must be booked with Council Connect 24 hours in advance
bric-a-brac
asbestos
cooking oil
Weekends WINTER November to March inclusive Saturday 9am – 3.45pm Sunday 9am – 1pm SUMMER April to October inclusive Saturday 9am – 3.45pm Sunday 9am – 3.45pm
bicycles
Bank holidays 8am – 3.45pm 25, 26 December and 1 January CLOSED Resident’s permit. You need a free electronic Recycling Centre Resident’s Permit to use these centres. For details and to apply online visit www.bathnes.gov.uk/residentpermit or contact Council Connect. Van and trailer permit. You must apply online www.bathnes.gov.uk/vanpermit or by contacting Council Connect for a free electronic van permit before you visit. Our Recycling Centres do not accept business waste but you can take this to our Transfer Station at Midland Road, Bath. Charges apply. Find out more Contact us for advice, to check your collection day, order a recycling container, or report a missed recycling collection. www.bathnes.gov.uk/wasteservices Councilconnect@bathnes.gov.uk 01225 39 40 41 Text SMS 07797 806545
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