Kerbside recycling

What can be recycled?

Paper

Yes Please

• Newspaper/Magazines
• Junk Mail/Pamphlets
• Telephone Directories/Catalogues
• Yellow Pages
• Light White Card e.g. Cereal Boxes
• Photocopy & Printer Paper
• Letters, Envelopes & Greetings Cards
• Any of the above Shredded

No Thank you

• Wet or Dirty Items
• Brown Corrugated Cardboard
• Waxed Milk or Juice Cartons
• Hardback Books

Textiles

Yes Please

• Clean Clothing (Not torn or ripped)
• Towels
• Clean Sheets, duvet covers and pillow cases

No Thank you

• Torn, wet or dirty clothing
• Curtains
• Duvets or Pillows
• Shoes
• Tights or Underwear

Plastic

Yes Please

Bottles only - Any of the following with the symbols 1,2 or 3

• Drinks Bottles - all colours except black and brown
• Milk Containers
• Detergent & Cleaning Bottles
• Toiletries Bottles

No Thank you

Anything not a bottle, including:

• Yoghurt Pots
• Butter/margarine/ice-cream tubs
• Polystyrene food containers/trays
• Ready Meal trays & vending cups
• Tablet Blister Packs
• Plastic bags (film & carrier)
• Crisp Packets
• Cat/Dog Food Pouches
• Plant Pots
• Tetrapak cartons

Cans

Yes Please

• Food Cans
• Pet Food Cans
• Clean Aluminium Foil
• Drinks Cans
• Aerosol Cans (Not Paint)

NO Thank you

• Cat/Dog Food Pouches
• No Aluminium Extrusions or Kitchen Utensils
• Paint Tins

For Health and Safety reasons, please ensure that you wash containers & rinse bottles, push in can lids, squash cans, and ensure that there are no sharps in your bottles & cans.

Glass Bottles & Jars should go to the 'Bring' Sites, please.

How is this done?

• The special collection of recyclable materials takes place at the same time as the normal refuse collection, using a special two compartment vehicle
• The collection are made using clear and purple sacks on alternate weeks
• Paper, light card and textiles in the purple bag one week
• Cans and plastics in the clear sack the next
• Replacement sacks will be left on a 'one for one' basis with the normal refuse sack

Collection Calendars 2008

Please find information in the resources box below detailing which calendar applies to those areas included in the Recycling Scheme.

Purple Calendar 2008

Hereford City Area plus Belmont

Clear Calendar 2008

Kingstone, Clehonger, Eaton Bishop, Credenhill, Stretton Sugwas, Burghill, Wellington, Swainshill, Moreton-on-Lugg, Marden, Withington, Withington Marsh, Pipe & Lyde, Sutton St. Nicholas, Ledbury, Bromyard, Leominster, Monkland, Hamnish, Brierley, Kingsland

Why should people take part?

• Recycling saves energy, water and resources
• Recycling prevents valuable materials being lost to landfill
• Recycling helps provide a better future
• The introduction of kerbside recycling means Herefordshire will be able to meet EU and UK government targets on waste minimisation and diversion from landfill

For more information call Waste Management
Tel: 01432 261769
Email:- ethelpline@herefordshire.gov.uk

For more information you can visit either Turn the World Website or Environment Agency Website linked below.

Resources

Herefordshire Kerbside Clear Calendar 2008

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Herefordshire Kerbside Purple Calendar 2008

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