Recycling Made Easy

2013

Blue Bag

Food Bin

Green Bin

food waste

garden waste

recycling

Green Box

cardboard

Recycling made easy.

How to do it, where it all goes, garden waste calendar and useful tips‌

Recycling is easy!

Recycling in Bath and North East Somerset is easy when you follow these simple steps: 1 Recycle as much as you can using your weekly collections • Food bin for food waste recycling • Green box for recycling • Blue bag for cardboard recycling 2 Compost as much as you can at home or use our fortnightly garden waste collection service (for a charge).

3 Book a bulky waste collection for larger unwanted things such as furniture, or take them to one of our three Recycling Centres.

Even better still, reduce what you throw away and reuse things if you can, before recycling (see back cover).

Recycling is easy!

Why recycle?

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• As waste rots in landfill sites, it produces greenhouse gases that contribute to global warming.

• It is becoming increasingly expensive to send our waste to landfill so we can save money by recycling.

• It saves the amount of raw materials (such as trees and oil), energy and water used to make things from new.

Last year we recycled 52% of your waste in Bath and North East Somerset but we can recycle lots more!

Find out your collection day at our homepage www.bathnes.gov.uk and enter your postcode or street name.

Food bin Food waste recycling

You can recycle all your cooked and uncooked food waste every week using your kitchen caddy and outside food waste bin. Your food waste will be composted and used on agricultural land.

Yes please

No thanks

plate scrapings

fish

dairy

tea & coffee grounds

bread & pastries

fruit & vegetables

meat & bones

• Plastic including food wrapping and bags (even if made from degradable plastic).

Please put these in your rubbish • Cardboard (please put in your blue bag for recycling instead) • Liquids and cooking oils

Advice on using your food bin • Line your kitchen caddy with a compostable liner or newspaper.

• Empty your caddy into your food waste bin before it gets too full, and rinse these bins regularly to keep them clean. (Loose food gets stuck so we can’t always empty your bin completely).

• Make sure you keep your food waste bin locked by pulling the handle forward so it is secure from animals and birds.

Compostable liners Only use compostable liners with the seedling logo. See a list of local stockists at www.bathnes.gov.uk/foodwaste or contact Council Connect.

Food waste

• Use your caddy for all your food waste.

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Green box yes please to all these‌ It really helps our collection crews if you can prepare and separate your recycling into groups and pop them in your box like this:

plastic household packaging Empty, wash and squash. (see next page for details)

glass bottles & jars food, drinks cans and aerosols Green box

Wash and squash cans

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Wash and remove lids

paper Newspapers, magazines, directories (including Yellow pages) junk mail, envelopes, greetings cards

printer mobile cartridges phones Include charger if possible

spectacles

clothes batteries

Wash and squash

Place together in a small bag at the top of your box

used engine oil car batteries Place next to your green box

In a sealed container

shoes

In any condition.

Tie shoes in pairs and place in plastic bag to keep dry damaged shoes and clothes are okay for recycling

Green box

foil

In any condition. Place in plastic bags to keep dry

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Confused about plastic?

We’ve had feedback from residents who are confused about plastic recycling so please see the list below to check what we can and cannot currently collect.

To save space on our vehicles please empty, wash, squash and then put the lids back on plastic bottles. When grouping materials in your green box, it is fine to mix cans and plastic together as they are separated by machine at our depot.

Blue bag cardboard

Advice on plastic

Yes please

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• All plastic bottles, lids and caps including milk, drink and cleaning products such as shampoo and washing up liquid • Tubs such as margarine and ice cream • Pots such as yoghurt and cream • Trays such as meat, fruit and takeaway containers

No thanks • No black plastic such as 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 toys, washing up bowls and plant pots • No plastic used to contain medicine or chemicals used in the garden

Blue bag Cardboard recycling Cardboard

No plastic, sticky

Brown paper tape or polystyrene Food and drink cartons (Tetra Paks) All cardboard must be flattened and folded or cut so that it fits into your blue bag (no bigger than 45cm square) and onto our vehicles. If it won’t fit into your blue bag we cannot collect it.

Collection of larger items (bulky waste)

We can collect larger household items such as furniture and fridges from the outside of your house but there is a charge for this. There is a discounted rate for those on certain benefits. Prices are on our website or contact Council Connect. You could also try getting rid of things for free to charities or on reuse websites such as www.freecycle.org

Rubbish • Use this collection only for items you can’t recycle.

• Use black sacks or carrier bags (tied) or a conventional dustbin.

Please • Don’t overfill your sacks so we can lift them without splitting.

• Wrap anything sharp like broken glass first, in plenty of newspaper to keep our crews safe.

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How to put 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.

• Please put your containers out by 7am on your collection day (or after 8.30pm the night before) at the front edge of your property, where they can be easily seen by our crews.

• Please remove containers from the kerbside on the day they are emptied.

• We collect as normal on all bank holidays except over Christmas and New Year.

• You can be fined for leaving your rubbish and / or recycling out at the wrong time or place.

If you need help putting out your recycling and rubbish, please contact us to find out about assisted collections.

Rubbish and large items

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Where does my recycling go?

Glass: Harlow. Recycled into new glass bottles and jars.

Paper: Aylesford. Recycled into paper for newspapers.

Household/car batteries: Darlaston. Recycled into new batteries or raw materials.

Spectacles: Locally sorted and some sent to developing countries for reuse.

Engine oil: Newport. Turned into low grade fuel for generators.

Mobile phones: Those in good condition are sent for reuse in developing countries, the rest are recycled into raw materials.

Warrington

Bilston Darlaston Hemswell

Where does my recycling go?

Harlow

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Port Talbot Newport

Kemsley Aylesford

Aluminium cans and foil: Warrington. Recycled into new aluminium cans.

Steel cans: Port Talbot.

Recycled into new steel products.

Plastic household packaging: Hemswell.

Recycled into new plastic food packaging.

Cardboard: Kemsley Kent.

Recycled into new cardboard packaging.

Food waste: Composted by anaerobic digestion in the south west for use on farmland.

Garden waste: Local sites in Wiltshire and Somerset.

Composted for use on farmland.

Clothes and shoes: Bilston.

Those in good condition are sent for reuse in developing countries, the rest are shredded for mops and cleaning cloths.

Your Recycling Centres We have three Recycling Centres where you can bring larger unwanted or broken household items, extra recycling or rubbish.

We divert from landfill around 74% of the waste you bring to these Recycling Centres. Please help us do more.

Vans and trailers - you must apply for a free electronic van permit before you visit.

See www.bathnes.gov.uk/vanpermit.

Our Recycling Centres are not licensed to accept business waste but you can take this to our Transfer Station at Midland Road, Bath. Charges apply.

Recycling Centre opening times Monday - Friday 8am - 4.15pm Weekends WINTER November until end of March Saturday 9am - 3.45pm Sunday 9am - 1pm SUMMER April until end of October Saturday 9am - 3.45pm Sunday 9am - 3.45pm Bank holidays 8am - 3.45pm 25, 26 December and 1 January CLOSED

What you can bring to your Recycling Centre Please sort your waste before visiting and put it in the correct container when you arrive so that it can be recycled or reused.

Unsorted waste cannot be recycled and goes to landfill. You can also bring everything you can put in your green box.

Must be booked with Council Connect 24 hours in advance

bric-a-brac

cooking oil

bicycles

Recycling Centres

Bath – Midland Road, BA1 3AT Keynsham – Pixash Lane, BS31 1TP Old Welton – Wheelers Hill, Midsomer Norton BA3 2AA

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Garden waste You can choose from three options for your green garden waste:

Your choices

1. Compost it at home

About a third of your household bin could be composted including raw fruit and vegetables and garden waste. We offer bargain priced home compost bins, compost accessories and water butts delivered to your home. Go to www.getcomposting.com or call 0844 571 4444 for details.

2. Use our fortnightly garden waste composting collection service

We can collect your garden waste fortnightly. You can either hire a wheeled bin for an annual charge, or buy Council paper sacks – available from Council Connect offices or at local outlets.

Yes please

No thanks

• All green waste from your garden that we can compost including grass cuttings, weeds, leaves and small branches.

• No food waste • No cardboard • No plastic (even if it states it is compostable or biodegradable) • No large branches • No Japanese Knotweed • No animal waste • No stones and gravel

Green garden waste collection charges Garden waste

Container

Charge

Wheeled bin – 140 or 240 litre size £32.60 hire per bin per year, plus initial bin delivery charge of £2.65 Council paper sack £1.50 each NB Prices subject to change 1 April 2013 Contact Council Connect to arrange a wheeled bin collection.

3. Take it to your local Recycling Centre See page 9.

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Garden waste collection calendar

Dec 2012 – Dec 2013

Tick your week A or B below to help you remember

To find out which week we collect from you please enter your postcode on the Council website homepage www.bathnes.gov.uk or contact Council Connect.

* No collections 24 Dec until 7 Jan. Please check

Xmas / New Year collections on our website / Xmas leaflet. On all other bank holidays we collect garden waste, recycling and rubbish as usual.

A

B

December 2012 B A B A B M 3 10 17 * * T 4 11 18 * W 5 12 19 * T 6 13 20 * F 7 14 21

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January 2013 B A B A B M 7 14 21 28 T * 8 15 22 29 W * 9 16 23 30 T * 10 17 24 31 F * 11 18 25

February 2013 B A B A B M 4 11 18 25 T 5 12 19 26 W 6 13 20 27 T 7 14 21 28 F 1 8 15 22

March 2013 B A B A BM M 4 11 18 25 T 5 12 19 26 W 6 13 20 27 T 7 14 21 28 F 1 8 15 22 29

April 2013 A B A B A M 1 8 15 22 29 T 2 9 16 23 30 W 3 10 17 24 T 4 11 18 25 F 5 12 19 26

May 2013 A B A B A M 6 13 20 27 T 7 14 21 28 W 1 8 15 22 29 T 2 9 16 23 30 F 3 10 17 24 31

June 2013 B A B A M 3 10 17 24 T 4 11 18 25 W 5 12 19 26 T 6 13 20 27 F 7 14 21 28

July 2013 B A B A BM M 1 8 15 22 29 T 2 9 16 23 30 W 3 10 17 24 31 T 4 11 18 25 F 5 12 19 26

August 2013 B A B A B M 5 12 19 26 T 6 13 20 27 W 7 14 21 28 T 1 8 15 22 29 F 2 9 16 23 30

September 2013 A B A B AM M 2 9 16 23 30 T 3 10 17 24 W 4 11 18 25 T 5 12 19 26 F 6 13 20 27

October 2013 A B A B AM M 7 14 21 28 T 1 8 15 22 29 W 2 9 16 23 30 T 3 10 17 24 31 F 4 11 18 25

November 2013 A B A B AM M 4 11 18 25 T 5 12 19 26 W 6 13 20 27 T 7 14 21 28 F 1 8 15 22 29

December 2013 B A B A B M 2 9 16 T 3 10 17 2013

W 4 11 18 2014 T 5 12 19 F 6 13 20 2013-14 Collection To be confirmed

Garden waste collection calendar

Please cut out and keep this calendar for reference.

This is a fortnightly collection and your garden waste will be collected on the same day of the week as the rest of your recycling and rubbish.

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Reduce and reuse

Reduce and reuse

Even better than recycling is to try and cut down what we use in the first place – this can often save you money too.

For general advice and information on recycling, composting and reducing waste see the national website www.recyclenow.com

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• Food waste – visit www.lovefoodhatewaste.com for great ideas and advice on portion sizes, food storage, meal planning, tips and recipes for using leftovers.

• Make home compost – save money and improve your garden.

There’s lots of practical advice on www.recyclenow.com • Disposable nappies – visit www.goreal.org.uk for information and advice about using washable nappies instead.

• Junk mail – visit www.mpsonline.org.uk and register to reduce your junk mail.

• Use organisations such as www.freecycle.org to give away your unwanted items or find things you need for free.

• Make use of your local charity shop to donate or buy items.

• Contact local furniture reuse projects to donate unwanted reusable furniture: www.genesistrust.org.uk www.sofaproject.org.uk www.emmausbristol.org.uk • Working electrical goods some British Heart Foundation shops can accept unbroken electrical goods for reuse.

See www.bhf.org.uk

Find out more To find out more, order any recycling container, report a missed collection or for latest waste news please see our website or contact Council Connect. www.bathnes.gov.uk/wasteservices

Council Connect 01225 39 40 41 Text SMS 07797 806545 councilconnect@bathnes.gov.uk

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Details correct at time of print 11/2012