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Why should I bother recycling?
Recycling saves energy and helps preserve natural resources for
longer. It also helps keep waste management cost to a minimum as
landfilling waste is very expensive. The Government also fine us
for the amount of waste we send to landfill. People who don't
recycle are therefore not helping to keep council tax costs as low
as possible.
More
information about why we should recycle
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Does everyone get a box for recycling?
Every household has been issued with a box except apartments and
flats with communal waste storage. These types of properties have
been given a mini recycling centre. If you don't have a box please
contact our Streets and Open Spaces service and we'll deliver a new
one to you.
Recycling in flats
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What can I put in my box?
Paper - including magazines, telephone directories, Yellow
Pages, catalogues etc. Glass bottles and jars. Metal drink cans,
foil, food tins - preferably washed and where possible squashed.
Shoes - tied and in pairs and textiles. Thin printed cardboard such
as toothpaste boxes and ready meal covers.
what goes in the box
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Why won't you collect plastics in the green
box?
Due to the nature of plastics, being both lightweight and bulky,
we are unable to collect plastics via our kerbside collection
scheme and to include it we would need to double our lorries and
change the collection rounds which we do not have the funding to do
so at the moment as this would be in excess of £1 million, an
increase of over 2% on your council tax alone. We also analysis the
composition of the waste collected in North Somerset and target
those elements that make up the largest parts, currently plastic
accounts for only 7% of total waste
Plastic recycling
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When will my box be collected?
We collect every two weeks on the same day of the week. Please
put your box on the edge of your property nearest the road by 7.30
am on the day of collection. We have issued collection calendars to
all households but if you have lost yours you can check on this
website or call us and we can send one out to you.
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Can I have a lid for my box?
We do not supply lids for the recycling boxes. This is because
it would cost more.
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What if I am disabled or too elderly or frail to
put my box out for collection?
We can arrange for you to have an assisted collection and we
will get an area officer to come and visit you to arrange the point
of collection.
Streets
and Open Spaces
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Can I put out more recyclables than will fit in
the box?
Yes - put each type of material in a separate bag (NOT BLACK)
next to the box apart from glass. Please keep all glass inside the
box.
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