Waste and recycling information 2018

Waste Less with REDUCE

REUSE

Use local charity shops

STOP junk mail

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RECYCLE

Use your recycling boxes

Remember your shopping bags Recycle more items at the household waste recycling centres Carry a refillable water bottle

Home compost

Don’t miss a collection day: use the iLancaster app!

www.lancaster.gov.uk/bins

Garden Waste

Unusual items you can recycle

www.lancaster.gov.uk/Garden-waste • Garden waste collection is now by subscription only

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• Pay online, it’s quick and easy: www.lancaster.gov.uk/ Garden-waste • A subscription is required for each bin you would like emptying • A sticker will be issued to place on your bin to indicate payment

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Leaves

Food waste

Weeds

Packaging of any sort

Grass cuttings

Plastic

Garden prunings

Turf

Twigs and small branches

Stones and rubble

Windfall fruit

Horse manure

Straw and sawdust from domestic pets

Dog and cat waste

As well as the usual items paper, cardboard, glass bottles and jars, plastic bottles, cans and tins, you can recycle unusual items such as...

Glass, Cans & Plastic Bottles

Paper & Card Telephone directories

Aerosols

Toilet/kitchen roll tubes

Sweet/biscuit tins

Gift wrap and cards

Perfume/aftershave bottles

Shredded paper

Cleaning product bottles

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Cut flowers

Home Composting

Toiletry bottles

Soil

(including from around roots)

Contamination of your recycling boxes with incorrect items can cause the entire load to be rejected and sent to landfill.

Please do not place these items in your recycling boxes.

At present we do not collect these items.

• fruit and veg peelings • leaves • grass cuttings • dead flowers and prunings

Visit www.getcomposting.com

NO plastic tubs, pots, trays, plant pots or carrier bags

NO polystyrene NO cartons

(please remove from cardboard boxes)

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Don’t buy it if you don’t need it, consider buying in bulk to reduce packaging and buying products that last longer visit www.recyclenow.com for more tips.

Use your kerbside recycling box collection service to recycle as much of your waste as possible.

We will only collect waste contained in your grey wheeled bin, no additional non-recyclable waste will be collected.

Number your bins and boxes and ensure they are returned to your property soon after collection.

Replacing lost bins will incur a service delivery charge.

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CITY COUNCIL

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Missed collections can only be reported the day following your collection. You can do this online www.lancaster.gov.uk/bins or by phoning 01524 582491.

Only 1 Grey bin is provided per property.

Additional bins are only supplied following an audit and authorisation by a council officer.

Asbestos must not be placed in any bin. Contact Lancashire County Council for information on how to dispose of it at the Household Waste Sites www.lancashire.gov.uk/ waste-and-recycling

Do not litter – littering is anti-social and costly to clean up.

Litterers face an £80 fixed penalty notice.

Bin your litter.

Customer Services: 01524 582491

www.lancaster.gov.uk/bins