A-z Recycling Guide:

Transcript

Your A-Z Recycling Guide The guide has proved popular so we have designed a more detailed version to help you make the most of your recycling kerbside collection service: What is it? Where can I put it? Brown Bin Black Box Blue Box Red Box Refuse Bin Other Aerosol cans Aluminium foil Ash (once cooled) Batteries Take to HWRC Caxton Way Biscuit tin Black sacks Bones Branches (no more than 3 cm in diameter) Bread Brochures Broken Glass Builders waste - nontrade only Butter tubs Take to HWRC Caxton Way Cans (aluminium) Cardboard (no sticky tape or labels) Carpet Carrier bags Cartons (Tetra Pak) Catalogues Take to HWRC Caxton Way Some supermarkets will recycle your bags Take to HWRC Caxton Way What is it? Where can I put it? Brown Bin Black Box Blue Box Red Box Refuse Bin Other Cereal boxes Christmas trees Cling film Clothing – including shoes Coat hangers – plastic Take to recycling bank/charity shop Coffee grounds Cooking oil - used Take to HWRC Caxton Way Crisp packets Directories Drinks cans Drinking glasses Duvets Take to HWRC Caxton Way Take to HWRC Caxton Way Egg cartons – cardboard Egg cartons – plastic Egg shells Electrical items Envelopes (pls remove plastic windows) Fish Flowers Foil (metal) Food scrapings Food tins Frozen food bags Fruit Fruit peelings Fruit punnets (cardboard) Glass bottles and jars Grass cuttings Hay Hedge trimmings Ice-cream containers Jars (glass) Junk mail Take to HWRC Caxton Way What is it? Where can I put it? Brown Bin Kettle (broken/unwanted) Kitchen roll tubes Black Box Blue Box Red Box Refuse Bin Other Take to HWRC Caxton Way Leaves Leftovers (food) Light bulbs Take to HWRC Caxton Way Magazines Margarine tubs Mattresses (bed) Take to HWRC Caxton Way Meat – raw or cooked Medicines Take to chemist Microwave meal trays Milk bottles – plastic Mirrors Wrap in paper Motor oil containers Take to HWRC Caxton Way Nappies Newspapers Paint pots/containers Take to HWRC Caxton Way Paper bags Peelings Pet bedding Pillows Take to HWRC Caxton Way Plants Plastic bottles (including lids) Plastic carrier bags Plastic coat hangers Plastic trays, pots and tubs Plastic furniture Some supermarkets will recycle your bags Donate to charity Plastic plant/flower pots Plastic film e.g. cling film, sweets wrappers Plastic sweet containers Plastic toys Take to HWRC Caxton Way What is it? Where can I put it? Brown Bin Black Box Blue Box Red Box Refuse Bin Other Polystyrene food trays Pyrex Reading glasses Donate to charity Real Christmas trees Shoes Take to a recycling bank Shredded paper Soil Take to HWRC Caxton Way Straw Take-away drink containers Tape – sticky / sellotape Tea bags Tetra paks Take to HWRC Caxton Way Tins Toilet roll tubes Toothpaste tubes Treated wood e.g. fence panels, painted doors, furniture, wicker baskets Tree cuttings Trees – Christmas trees (real) Turf Take to HWRC Caxton Way Take to HWRC Caxton Way Vegetable peelings Washing powder boxes Weeds Window panes Yellow pages Yoghurt pots If you have a recycling query please phone 01438 242242. Take to HWRC Caxton Way Don’t forget you can recycle more materials at local recycling banks and the household waste recycling centre Recycling Banks As well as kerbside recycling collections you can also make use of our 20 recycling bank sites around the town, many of which accept additional recycling such as clothing, shoes and books. Recycling bank sites in Stevenage Stevenage Household Waste Recycling Centre: You can also recycle these items at the Household waste and Recycling Centre at Caxton Way, Stevenage: For more details click on this link                   Aluminium Foil Batteries (Domestic) Cans (Aerosol) Cans (Aluminium) Cans (steel) Car Batteries Cardboard CDs DVDs Electrical Appliances (WEEE) Fluorescent Lighting Tubes Food and Drink Cartons Fridges and Freezers Glass Green Garden Waste Low Energy Light Bulbs Metals Mobile Phones Oil (Cooking) Location Household Waste Recycling Centre Caxton Way Stevenage Herts SG1 1XW                  Oil (Engine) Oven/Hobs Paper Plasterboard Plastic (Rigid) Plastic Bottles Plastic Carrier Bags Plastic food packaging Shoes Soil Conditioner Textiles Toner Cartridges TVs and Monitors Tyres White Goods Wood Yellow pages From London Road, head towards the town centre. At the Six Hills roundabout turn left onto Six Hills Way (A1070). Head straight across the next roundabout and Caxton Way is on the right. N.B. The green garden waste container can only take branches of up to 6 inches (150 mm) in diameter. Please note that if the site is closed during its advertised opening hours, it is most likely to be due to the servicing of a full container, which should take no longer than 20 minutes. This facility is for household waste only. Opening times Winter (1 October - 31 March) • Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Saturday and Sunday 10am - 6pm Summer (1 April - 30 September) • • • Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday 10am - 6pm Saturday 8am to 6pm Sunday 10am - 6pm The Household Waste Recycling Centres are open all bank holidays except for Christmas Day, Boxing Day and New Years’ Day.