Post by Urban Warrior on May 4, 2006 7:09:16 GMT
Recycling Guide (Household)
Aerosol cans – green box
Aluminium foil – green box – clean only
Animal bedding/waste - great for compost (for example, rabbit waste). Be careful of cat/dog faeces which should be wrapped and put in wheelie bin.
Antifreeze - put in the Chem. Safe at Civic Amenity Site.(check with your local Council)
Asbestos - Some Civic Amenity sites can take it as long as it is cement bonded only. Contact your local Council for advice.
Appliances- electrics – awaiting information on regulations governing this area.
Reach for New Heights
Batteries(domestic) - wheelie bin – awaiting more information Batteries – rechargeable - mobile phone/other – awaiting information
Batteries (car) battery box at Civic Amenity site
Batteries (rechargeable)* Uniross, at Uniross House, Old Mill Road, Portishead Bristol BS20 7BX tell us that they will accept their brand of batteries and return them to the manufacturer for recycling. Contact the manufacturer of your rechargeable batteries for advice.
Beer packaging – thick cardboard take to the recycling skip at the civic amenity site, plastic holders cut up and put in the wheelie bin, thin cardboard into black box
Bikes – dispose through the scrap metal skip at civic amenity site. jole rider send bikes to Africa after refurbishing them - your unwanted bike can make a real difference. If your bike is good enough to be reused, donate it, don't skip it! Please send us any other info you have on recycling bikes to contact us
Bottles – glass – green box. Bottles are crushed and used for road building. If you use the bottle banks then they are recycled into glass. Bottles should be put in the correct bank for their colour. Bottles – plastic – green box. Except for black pop bottles - Remove caps and dispose in wheelie bin.
Books – paperback or hardback – charity shops (do not put in recycling boxes). Damaged books – unsuitable for sale – cut out the pages not too close to the spine to avoid the glue and put in the black box. The spine and covers go in the wheelie bin
Bleach bottles – green box – ensure these are rinsed and that you take care of spills etc.
Blister packs – wheelie bin
Bottle tops (plastic and metal) – wheelie bin
Butter/margarine tubs – wheelie bin – can be reused for storage.
Building/construction waste- soil/rubble skip at Civic Amenity site
Bulk items – chargeable service, ring to check availability and price 01562 732928 in the Wyre Forest area. Other areas please check with your local council.
Brochures – black box
Bubble wrap – reuse it, there is nowhere currently to recycle it
Cans (food and drink) green box (clean only)
Cardboard – corrugated can be taken to the recycling skip at the civic amenity site, non corrugated can be placed into your green box
Cards (Christmas, etc.) black box.
Car parts – general waste skip or take to vehicle dismantlers who will recycle-check with your local dismantlers
Cartons (milk or fruit) - wheelie bin
Carrier bags – in-store recycling banks at most large supermarkets. Avoid taking a free bag by taking your own with you. Some stores offer a Bag for Life scheme.
Catalogues – black box
CD’s - Charity shops.
Cellophane – wheelie bin
Cereal boxes – green boxes.
Chemicals - eg solvents – put in Chem. Safe at Civic Amenity site – check with your local council
Christmas trees - green waste skip at Civic Amenity site
Cling film – wheelie bin
Coins – charity shop
Cookers – network Worcestershire for the Worcestershire area – 01562 513399
Clothes – black box/charity shops
Crisp packets – wheelie bin
Coat hangers – wheelie bin if you are not going to reuse them
Computers - Worcestershire Lifestyles 01905 756067 recycle computers and components, and provide training opportunities and employment for people with disabilities. Equipment of merchantable value they resell (eg monitors for just a few pounds) and recycle constituents to cover the cost of stripping. Small charge to take monitors/printers, will take other units for recycling free.
Conditioner bottles – green box
Corks – compost bin
Curtains – charity shop
Naturally
Deodorant cans – green box
Deodorant sticks/roll on – wheelie bin
Drinks bottles – green box
Drinks cartons - www.drinkscartons.com has up to date information on the recycling of drinks cartons, including collection hubs across the country. The site has downloadable labels to help you post cartons off.
Duvet covers – black box
Duvets – charity shop
Egg boxes – compost or wheelie bin (can’t be recycled by kerbside scheme)
Electrical appliances – network Worcestershire in the Worcs. area tel: 01562 513399
Envelopes – black box
Fabric conditioner bottles –green box
Fire Extinguishers – LPG cage at local Civic Amenity site
Foil food trays – green box – must be clean
Food tins – green box – clean only
Food trays (plastic)- wheelie bin
Food waste – anything non-compostable double wrap and place in wheelie bin
Fluorescent tubes – please dispose of in a safe manner, there is currently nowhere to recycle them.
Fridges and freezers – network Worcestershire 01562 513399 stripped down for parts as well as reuse to sell on. If collected by council, these are degassed and landfilled.
Fruit – compost bin
Fruit juice cartons – wheelie bin
Fruit punnets – wheelie bin
Furniture – Network Worcestershire in the Worcs. area 01562 513399
Garden equipment –investigating this at the moment.
Garden waste – grass cuttings, leaves etc – compost bin or green waste skip at civic amenity site
Garden tools – charity shop
Garden tools – The organisation Tools For Self Reliance can take certain tools to help people in other countries. Their information is available on our database under Overseas Projects, see view ads.
Gas cylinders - LPG cage at Civic Amenity site – check with your local council
Gas cylinders - Calor gas bottles returned to participating Calor outlets earn £5 each for Childline if returned before 31st October 2005. For outlet information telephone 0800 626 626 or check their website www.caloralfresco.co.uk/childline/index.htm
Glasses (drinks) – charity shop
Glass bottles – except milk – green box or take to bottle bank for recycling into glass.
Glass jars – green box or take to bottle bank for recycling into glass
Ice cream tubs – wheelie bin - can be useful storage
Junk mail – black box
Junk mail – to reduce your junk mail you can register with the Mail Preference Service. (click to link). There is also a telephone, fax and baby mail preference service too, all information about these services are on this one website.
Jiffy bags – reuse or wheelie
Juice cartons – wheelie bin
Light bulbs – wheelie bin
Magazines – black box
Meat – leftovers double wrapped and put into wheelie bin
Meat trays – plastic and polystyrene – wheelie bin
Medicine bottles and unwanted medicine – take back to pharmacy
Milk bottles – plastic – green box
Milk bottles – glass – return to milkman
Mobile phones – a number of outlets for these, investigating at the moment.
Nappies – disposable – sluice them, double wrap and place in wheelie bin. Washable nappies are gorgeous and easy to use now, number of companies make shaped ones, attractive colours, organic cotton, all types and can save you lots of money too
Newspaper – black box
Oil – engine – take to civic amenity site for safe disposal
Oil – cooking oil/fat – put in plastic bottle and dispose in wheelie bin. Very small amounts mop up with kitchen paper and dispose in wheelie bin.
Oil tanks – investigating this at the moment
Orange juice cartons – wheelie bin
Paper – black box
Paint – take to household waste site for safe disposal (no community repaint scheme currently in Worcs)
Pet food pouches – wheelie bin
Pet food tins – green box – must be clean
Petrol -small amounts of petrol in chem. Safe at civic amenity site
Pesticides/chemicals – chem. Safe at civic amenity site
Pillows – charity shop
Pillow cases – black box
Plastic Shopping Bags - in-store recycling banks at most large supermarkets.
Plastic food trays – wheelie bin
Polystyrene – wheelie bin
Plant pots – reuse or wheelie bin
Printer Cartridges – lots of ways these can be recycled. Currently compiling some general info. which will be online soon.
Quilts – charity shop
Quilt covers – black box
Ready meal trays – wheelie bin
Is there a better place?
Sewing machines:- see Tools for Self Reliance in the Overseas Projects listing under View Ads.
Shredded paper – black box, please put into a paper envelope. Can be mixed with compost materials or used in a worm bin as bedding.
Shampoo bottles – green box
Shower gel bottles – green box
Shoes – charity shop or shoe banks
Soap bottles – green box
Soil – put in soil/rubble skip at Civic Amenity site
Spectacles – take back to opticians to send abroad
Strawberry and other fruit punnets – wheelie bin
Sweet wrappers – wheelie bin. Aluminium is ok to recycle, plastic coated into wheelie bin
Telephone directories – black box
Tights – wheelie bin
Towels – black box
Toothpaste tubes – wheelie bin
Toner/printer cartridges – investigating this at the moment.
Toys – charity shop
Underwear – wheelie bin
Vegetables and peelings – compost
Vending cups – wheelie bin
Videos – charity shop
Wallpaper – wheelie bin
Washing powder boxes – if corrugated take to cardboard skip at civic amenity site
Washing up liquid bottles – green box
Water filter cartridges - contact manufacturer, some will recycle them if returned.
Windows – wheelie bin or general waste skip at civic amenity site
Wood – nowhere to currently recycle this in the Wyre Forest area.
Wrapping paper – wheelie bin- compost uncoated paper. You can use brown paper and raffia as a decorative, natural gift wrapping which can be composted.
Yellow pages – black recycling box
Information taken from www.thepositivenetwork.co.uk.
Aerosol cans – green box
Aluminium foil – green box – clean only
Animal bedding/waste - great for compost (for example, rabbit waste). Be careful of cat/dog faeces which should be wrapped and put in wheelie bin.
Antifreeze - put in the Chem. Safe at Civic Amenity Site.(check with your local Council)
Asbestos - Some Civic Amenity sites can take it as long as it is cement bonded only. Contact your local Council for advice.
Appliances- electrics – awaiting information on regulations governing this area.
Reach for New Heights
Batteries(domestic) - wheelie bin – awaiting more information Batteries – rechargeable - mobile phone/other – awaiting information
Batteries (car) battery box at Civic Amenity site
Batteries (rechargeable)* Uniross, at Uniross House, Old Mill Road, Portishead Bristol BS20 7BX tell us that they will accept their brand of batteries and return them to the manufacturer for recycling. Contact the manufacturer of your rechargeable batteries for advice.
Beer packaging – thick cardboard take to the recycling skip at the civic amenity site, plastic holders cut up and put in the wheelie bin, thin cardboard into black box
Bikes – dispose through the scrap metal skip at civic amenity site. jole rider send bikes to Africa after refurbishing them - your unwanted bike can make a real difference. If your bike is good enough to be reused, donate it, don't skip it! Please send us any other info you have on recycling bikes to contact us
Bottles – glass – green box. Bottles are crushed and used for road building. If you use the bottle banks then they are recycled into glass. Bottles should be put in the correct bank for their colour. Bottles – plastic – green box. Except for black pop bottles - Remove caps and dispose in wheelie bin.
Books – paperback or hardback – charity shops (do not put in recycling boxes). Damaged books – unsuitable for sale – cut out the pages not too close to the spine to avoid the glue and put in the black box. The spine and covers go in the wheelie bin
Bleach bottles – green box – ensure these are rinsed and that you take care of spills etc.
Blister packs – wheelie bin
Bottle tops (plastic and metal) – wheelie bin
Butter/margarine tubs – wheelie bin – can be reused for storage.
Building/construction waste- soil/rubble skip at Civic Amenity site
Bulk items – chargeable service, ring to check availability and price 01562 732928 in the Wyre Forest area. Other areas please check with your local council.
Brochures – black box
Bubble wrap – reuse it, there is nowhere currently to recycle it
Cans (food and drink) green box (clean only)
Cardboard – corrugated can be taken to the recycling skip at the civic amenity site, non corrugated can be placed into your green box
Cards (Christmas, etc.) black box.
Car parts – general waste skip or take to vehicle dismantlers who will recycle-check with your local dismantlers
Cartons (milk or fruit) - wheelie bin
Carrier bags – in-store recycling banks at most large supermarkets. Avoid taking a free bag by taking your own with you. Some stores offer a Bag for Life scheme.
Catalogues – black box
CD’s - Charity shops.
Cellophane – wheelie bin
Cereal boxes – green boxes.
Chemicals - eg solvents – put in Chem. Safe at Civic Amenity site – check with your local council
Christmas trees - green waste skip at Civic Amenity site
Cling film – wheelie bin
Coins – charity shop
Cookers – network Worcestershire for the Worcestershire area – 01562 513399
Clothes – black box/charity shops
Crisp packets – wheelie bin
Coat hangers – wheelie bin if you are not going to reuse them
Computers - Worcestershire Lifestyles 01905 756067 recycle computers and components, and provide training opportunities and employment for people with disabilities. Equipment of merchantable value they resell (eg monitors for just a few pounds) and recycle constituents to cover the cost of stripping. Small charge to take monitors/printers, will take other units for recycling free.
Conditioner bottles – green box
Corks – compost bin
Curtains – charity shop
Naturally
Deodorant cans – green box
Deodorant sticks/roll on – wheelie bin
Drinks bottles – green box
Drinks cartons - www.drinkscartons.com has up to date information on the recycling of drinks cartons, including collection hubs across the country. The site has downloadable labels to help you post cartons off.
Duvet covers – black box
Duvets – charity shop
Egg boxes – compost or wheelie bin (can’t be recycled by kerbside scheme)
Electrical appliances – network Worcestershire in the Worcs. area tel: 01562 513399
Envelopes – black box
Fabric conditioner bottles –green box
Fire Extinguishers – LPG cage at local Civic Amenity site
Foil food trays – green box – must be clean
Food tins – green box – clean only
Food trays (plastic)- wheelie bin
Food waste – anything non-compostable double wrap and place in wheelie bin
Fluorescent tubes – please dispose of in a safe manner, there is currently nowhere to recycle them.
Fridges and freezers – network Worcestershire 01562 513399 stripped down for parts as well as reuse to sell on. If collected by council, these are degassed and landfilled.
Fruit – compost bin
Fruit juice cartons – wheelie bin
Fruit punnets – wheelie bin
Furniture – Network Worcestershire in the Worcs. area 01562 513399
Garden equipment –investigating this at the moment.
Garden waste – grass cuttings, leaves etc – compost bin or green waste skip at civic amenity site
Garden tools – charity shop
Garden tools – The organisation Tools For Self Reliance can take certain tools to help people in other countries. Their information is available on our database under Overseas Projects, see view ads.
Gas cylinders - LPG cage at Civic Amenity site – check with your local council
Gas cylinders - Calor gas bottles returned to participating Calor outlets earn £5 each for Childline if returned before 31st October 2005. For outlet information telephone 0800 626 626 or check their website www.caloralfresco.co.uk/childline/index.htm
Glasses (drinks) – charity shop
Glass bottles – except milk – green box or take to bottle bank for recycling into glass.
Glass jars – green box or take to bottle bank for recycling into glass
Ice cream tubs – wheelie bin - can be useful storage
Junk mail – black box
Junk mail – to reduce your junk mail you can register with the Mail Preference Service. (click to link). There is also a telephone, fax and baby mail preference service too, all information about these services are on this one website.
Jiffy bags – reuse or wheelie
Juice cartons – wheelie bin
Light bulbs – wheelie bin
Magazines – black box
Meat – leftovers double wrapped and put into wheelie bin
Meat trays – plastic and polystyrene – wheelie bin
Medicine bottles and unwanted medicine – take back to pharmacy
Milk bottles – plastic – green box
Milk bottles – glass – return to milkman
Mobile phones – a number of outlets for these, investigating at the moment.
Nappies – disposable – sluice them, double wrap and place in wheelie bin. Washable nappies are gorgeous and easy to use now, number of companies make shaped ones, attractive colours, organic cotton, all types and can save you lots of money too
Newspaper – black box
Oil – engine – take to civic amenity site for safe disposal
Oil – cooking oil/fat – put in plastic bottle and dispose in wheelie bin. Very small amounts mop up with kitchen paper and dispose in wheelie bin.
Oil tanks – investigating this at the moment
Orange juice cartons – wheelie bin
Paper – black box
Paint – take to household waste site for safe disposal (no community repaint scheme currently in Worcs)
Pet food pouches – wheelie bin
Pet food tins – green box – must be clean
Petrol -small amounts of petrol in chem. Safe at civic amenity site
Pesticides/chemicals – chem. Safe at civic amenity site
Pillows – charity shop
Pillow cases – black box
Plastic Shopping Bags - in-store recycling banks at most large supermarkets.
Plastic food trays – wheelie bin
Polystyrene – wheelie bin
Plant pots – reuse or wheelie bin
Printer Cartridges – lots of ways these can be recycled. Currently compiling some general info. which will be online soon.
Quilts – charity shop
Quilt covers – black box
Ready meal trays – wheelie bin
Is there a better place?
Sewing machines:- see Tools for Self Reliance in the Overseas Projects listing under View Ads.
Shredded paper – black box, please put into a paper envelope. Can be mixed with compost materials or used in a worm bin as bedding.
Shampoo bottles – green box
Shower gel bottles – green box
Shoes – charity shop or shoe banks
Soap bottles – green box
Soil – put in soil/rubble skip at Civic Amenity site
Spectacles – take back to opticians to send abroad
Strawberry and other fruit punnets – wheelie bin
Sweet wrappers – wheelie bin. Aluminium is ok to recycle, plastic coated into wheelie bin
Telephone directories – black box
Tights – wheelie bin
Towels – black box
Toothpaste tubes – wheelie bin
Toner/printer cartridges – investigating this at the moment.
Toys – charity shop
Underwear – wheelie bin
Vegetables and peelings – compost
Vending cups – wheelie bin
Videos – charity shop
Wallpaper – wheelie bin
Washing powder boxes – if corrugated take to cardboard skip at civic amenity site
Washing up liquid bottles – green box
Water filter cartridges - contact manufacturer, some will recycle them if returned.
Windows – wheelie bin or general waste skip at civic amenity site
Wood – nowhere to currently recycle this in the Wyre Forest area.
Wrapping paper – wheelie bin- compost uncoated paper. You can use brown paper and raffia as a decorative, natural gift wrapping which can be composted.
Yellow pages – black recycling box
Information taken from www.thepositivenetwork.co.uk.
