Garden and Food Waste YOUR KITCHEN CADDY WILL BE COLLECTED ON YOUR GARDEN WASTE COLLECTION DAY
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Food waste: meat (cooked and uncooked), fish, bones, plate scraping, fruit, vegetables, bread, pastries, tea bags, coffee grounds, rice, pasta, beans and all dairy products such as cheese and eggs, including egg shells.
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Garden waste: leaves, grass, weeds, cut flowers, garden prunings, twigs and small branches.
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Bedding: from vegetarian animals.
What happens to your recycling... In 2011/2012 10,255 tonnes of paper, glass, cardboard, cans, plastic bottles and textiles were recycled and 10,363 tonnes of garden and food waste was composted. The recycling wagon is split into two compartments so the paper and cardboard are always kept separate from the glass, cans and plastic bottles.
Your collected recyclable materials are delivered to Middleton waste transfer station.
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Packaging of any sort
food waste
Plastic bags Liquids, oil or liquid fat Soil, stones and rubble
You can line your kitchen caddy with paper or compostable liners. Compostable liners must display the logo shown above.
Keeping your food waste caddy and green bin clean will help prevent smells, allow for it to be fully emptied at collection and is more pleasant for you, for us and your neighbours. Here is how we would like your caddy to
Ways to keep your caddy clean:
look and what you should avoid.
■ Wrap your food waste in newspaper, office paper, junk mail or any other available paper.
What goes where...
The items are then separated into individual materials by a series of manual and mechanical operations that use the latest technologies.
Your paper/cardboard and glass/ cans/plastic bottles and textiles are separately transferred to the Lancashire waste technology parks.
42% of your waste has been recycled Together we can recycle more
■ Buy compostable bags from supermarkets to contain your food waste. ■ Line your caddy with kitchen towel or paper. ■ Regularly rinse your caddy with hot soapy water. ■ Put your green bin or outside caddy out for collection every fortnight.
Once sorted the recyclable material is sent to the recycling factories to be made into useful products. Design and print by Pagefast Print & Publishing | www.pagefast.co.uk
Compost is made on site from the food and garden waste.
All illustrations including the Recycle logo by WRAP | www.wrap.org.uk
CUSTOMER SERVICES
01524 582491
Promoting City, Coast & Countryside
www.lancaster.gov.uk/bins
Did you know you can recycle these items in your kerbside recycling boxes?
Recycling Boxes
AEROSOLS
CLEAN FOIL
PLEASE PLACE TEXTILES IN CLEARLY LABELLED CARRIER BAGS (NOT BLACK BAGS) ALONGSIDE YOUR RECYCLING BOXES.
IMPORTANT INFORMATION In order to make recycling easier for you it no longer matters which colour box or lid you use, however please make sure that you separate the materials as shown below.
BOX 1
Textiles
Textiles are graded into categories. Any reusable clothing is distributed to charities through a contractor and any unusable textiles are shredded to be used as industrial rags.
PUT THESE ITEMS TOGETHER IN ONE BOX S GLA SS, CAN & PL A STIC BOTTLE S
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SHAMPOO BOTTLES
SWEET/ BISCUIT METAL TINS
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Duvets, cushions or Pillows
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Toys and Books
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Shoes
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Plastic tubs and trays Yoghurt pots
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CLEANING PRODUCT BOTTLES
Plastic film Crisp packets and pet food pouches
PERFUME BOTTLES
CARDBOARD TUBES
Clothes Curtains Towels Cushion covers and bed sheets Table clothes
Please continue to support charity shops with your unwanted re-saleable clothing.
Shoes can be recycled at many recycling sites across the district.
Enforcement
Carrier bags GIFT WRAP CATALOGUES
PLEASE REMEMBER TO RINSE/WASH BOTTLES, JARS AND CANS
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LANCASTER CITY COUNCIL HAS A TEAM OF ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS that can take legal action if you do not use your wheeled bins and recycling boxes correctly. This could result in you being issued with a fine.
PUT THESE ITEMS TOGETHER IN ONE BOX
Follow these easy steps to avoid a fine... ■ Take your wheeled bins and recycling boxes back onto your property as soon as possible after collection.
PAPE R & CARDBOARD
■ Separate recyclable materials into your recycling boxes. ■ Your bin lid should be closed and no extra waste (including black bags) presented.
ENVELOPES INCLUDING WINDOWS SHREDDED PAPER
PLEASE INCLUDE:
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Envelopes
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Junk Mail
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Shredded Paper
TELEPHONE DIRECTORIES
GREETING CARDS
If you have more than one grey wheeled bin and find you no longer need the additional bin, please call customer services on 01524 582491 to arrange for its removal.