Waste and recycling

In 2007 - 2008, over 105,700 tonnes of household waste was produced in North Somerset, with 70,437 tonnes going to landfill.  A large amount of this could be reduced, reused or recycled if it was sorted before collection.

We have been experiencing problems at the recycling banks with  corrugated cardboard being put into the paper and thin card bin or dumped on the ground, for more information vist our  corrugated cardboard page

To protect our environment we need to reduce our waste as much as possible, this will help to keep council tax as low as possible and avoid paying expensive landfill fines and charges.

The amount of recycling we are collecting is increasing from the Kerbside Recycling schemes, Recycling Centres and  Recycling banks and our latest recycling rate is 36%.

We are trying to encourage recycling by making it easier to dispose of recyclable products such as glass, card, paper, cans,  plastic and waxed cartons.

You can now:

• Recycle  waxed food and drink cartons at six special banks throughout the district.
  
• Use the collection calendar search to find your next green box, green waste and rubbish collection dates and download a calendar.