Waste and recycling

In 2007, over 106,000 tonnes of household waste was produced in North Somerset, with 70,292 tonnes of this going straight to landfill. A large amount of this could be recycled if it was sorted before collection.

The way you recycle has changed. Your green box collection day is now the same day as your refuse collection day. Green box collections are still fortnightly, however they now alternate with your green bag collection day

In order to protect our environment we all have to recycle more and reducing the costs of household waste collected will also help to keep council tax down.

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 34%.

We are trying to encourage recycling by making it easier to dispose of recyclable products such as glass, paper, cans, plastics and cartons. We are doing this by:

• Collecting, green waste, refuse and your green box on the same day of the week, more information is available from our recycling is changing page.
  
• Use our calendar search facility to find your next green box, green waste and refuse collection dates and download a calendar.
  
• We have increased the number of plastic recycling banks to eight sites across North Somerset.
  
• You can also recycle paper based food and drink cartons at six special banks throughout the district.

For more information on waste and recycling contact Streets and Open Spaces