Your interactive recycling guide Thank you for recycling more rubbish more often! Colchester Borough Council www.colchester.gov.uk Become a fan on facebook, search for ‘Recycle for Colchester’ Contents • Pages 2 to 7 – recycling calendar • Pages 8 to 9 – green week • Pages 10 to 12 – blue week • Page 13 – recycling for flats • Pages 14 to 17 – food waste • Pages 18 to 19 – what more can I do • Page 20 – recycling centres for household waste • Page 21 – local recycling banks • Page 22 – your duty of care • Page 23 – e-waste • Page 24 – bulky goods • Page 25 – contacts • Page 26 – accessibility statement Welcome to your interactive recycling guide and calendar for 2010/11
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Your interactive recycling guide
Thank you for recycling more rubbish more often!
Colchester Borough Council www.colchester.gov.uk
Become a fan on facebook, search for ‘Recycle for Colchester’
Contents• Pages 2 to 7 – recycling calendar
• Pages 8 to 9 – green week
• Pages 10 to 12 – blue week
• Page 13 – recycling for flats
• Pages 14 to 17 – food waste
• Pages 18 to 19 – what more can I do
• Page 20 – recycling centres for household waste
• Page 21 – local recycling banks
• Page 22 – your duty of care
• Page 23 – e-waste
• Page 24 – bulky goods
• Page 25 – contacts
• Page 26 – accessibility statement
Welcome to your interactiverecycling guide and calendar for 2010/11
For all households apart from those living in flats with communal bins
Recycling and rubbish bags will be delivered in April and May to all households except those in flats withcommunal bins. You must put your plastics out as shown in the clear recycling bags by 7am or they may not becollected.
See the recycling calendar for blue and green weeks.
Most plastics except those marked
yoghurt pots
margarine tubs
food trays
plastic bottles with lid
carrier bags
cling film
bubble wrap
plastic packaging forexample from toys
polystyrene
crisp packets, sweetwrappers
motor oil bottles
toothbrushes, razors, toys
CDs and DVDs including cases
drinks cartons – wash, squashand take to local recyclingbanks
paper, clothes, shoes, rubbish
For help and advice on reducing, reusing and recycling visit www.colchester.gov.uk/recycling, email [email protected] or call 282700
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plastics ONLY
Recycling containersclear recycling bags – freeavailable all year from various outlets
For all households apart from those living in flats with communal bins
You must put your garden waste out as shown in your garden waste sacks by 7am or it may not becollected. Make sure they are not too heavy to lift for emptying.
See the recycling calendar for blue and green weeks.
or use sacks of a similar size and shape, with a handle
on the bottomMark your address on your sacks You can leave an object for the collectors to weigh down the emptied sacksSoil improver can be bought at the Recycling Centre for Household Waste
66% of the paper we use in the UK is currently recycled. It’s one of the easiest materials to recycle into new paperproducts such as newsprint, cardboard, packaging, tissues and office items. Once collected it can take just sevendays to recycle a newspaper back into more of the UK’s daily papers.
blue week
For all households apart from those living in flats with communal bins
Recycling and rubbish bags will be delivered in April and May 2010. You must put your paper, card and cardboardout as shown in the recycling bags by 7am or they may not be collected. Make sure they are not too heavy to lift.
See the recycling calendar for blue and green weeks.
For help and advice on reducing, reusing and recycling visit www.colchester.gov.uk/recycling, email [email protected] or call 282700
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paper/card lined with plastic or foil eg paddedenvelopes, drinks cartons – wash, squash and taketo local recycling banks
plastics, clothes, shoes, rubbish
paper andcardboard ONLY
paper, card
flattened cardboardshredded paperYellow Pages
No need to remove plastic windows fromenvelopes or staples
Recycling containersclear recycling bags – freeavailable all year from various outlets
For all households apart from those living in flats with communal bins
You must put your glass, cans and foil out as shown in a recycling box by 7am or it may not be collected. Makesure it is not too heavy to lift for emptying.
See the recycling calendar for blue and green weeks.
For help and advice on reducing, reusing and recycling visit www.colchester.gov.uk/recycling, email [email protected] or call 282700
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or use a plastic box of similarsize and shape
glass cookware, drinking glasses, mirrors – donate usable items to charity or advertise on reuse websites
broken glass and ordinary light bulbs – wrap securely, then put in clearly marked rubbish bags
fluorescent tubes and low energy light bulbs – take to Recycling Centres
aerosol cans – take to local recycling banks
Recycling containersrecycling box – freeavailable all year from various outlets
Mark your address on your recycling box
glass bottles and jarsfood cans with lids inside drink cansbiscuit tinsmetal tops and lidskitchen foildisposable aluminium trays
For all households apart from those living in flats with communal bins
You must put your clothes and shoes in clearly marked, tied carrier bags by 7am or they may not be collected. Make sure they are not too heavy to lift.
See the recycling calendar for blue and green weeks.
Take clean, wearable clothes and shoes to
charity shops
local recycling banks
local schools raising funds from collections
or put them out for the kerbside collection in clearly marked, tied carrier bags
For help and advice on reducing, reusing and recycling visit www.colchester.gov.uk/recycling, email [email protected] or call 282700
Become a fan on facebook, search for ‘Recycle for Colchester’
Did you know...
Donating clean, good condition clothes and paired shoes to charity is a great way of supporting your localcommunity.
Take very worn out items to textile banks on supermarket car parks. These fabrics are shredded and made into new items eg protection for equipment during transport. Some sportswear companies collect athletic shoes in any condition to turn into sports courts and tracks.
Please put your loose recyclingin the correct bins
For help and advice on reducing, reusing and recycling visit www.colchester.gov.uk/recycling, email [email protected] or call 282700
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carrier bags, recycling bags
glass cookware
drinking glasses
mirrors/sheet glass
broken glass and ordinarylight bulbs (wrap securely,then put in clearly markedrubbish bag)
aerosol cans
paper/card lined with plasticor foil eg drinks cartons
thick cardboard
plastics, clothes, rubbish
Shared recycling bins are within or close to your bin stores.If not, contact your management company to check if it ispossible for the Council to install them.
Take other recyclable items not accepted in your recycling bins to Recycling Centres or local recycling banks
glass bottles and jars
food cans with lids inside
drink cans
biscuit tins
metal tops and lids
kitchen foil
disposable aluminium trays
all paper and thin card
Yellow Pages
No need to remove labels from bottlesor tins, plastic windows from envelopesor staples from paper.
Consider your neighbours –only use bins between 7am–9pm.Recycling is collectedseparately and not necessarilyon the same day as rubbish.Do not move the bins forcollection.Full bins? Please [email protected] call 01206 282700 foremptying.Recycling or rubbish by theside of the bins will not becollected.Bins cannot be emptied if accessis blocked by parked cars.
All food wasteBokashi kitchen composterCompost ALL your food waste in a Bokashi bin (18 ltr), including meat, fish, dairy products andcooked leftovers. Designed to deal with all foodwaste, this kitchen composter along with a regularsprinkling of the Bokashi activator bran provided, is theperfect complement to home composting.
It doesn’t smell and is safe to keep in the kitchen. The contents can be dug directly into the soil or put in your compost bin after only two weeks withoutattracting vermin.
Bokashi bin for all food
waste
Find out more information about the Bokashi kitchen composter here or call 282430To buy a Bokashi kitchen composter visit www.essex.getcomposting.com or call 0845 130 60 90
If you can’t use your compost, give it to a friend or neighbour who can!
For help and advice on reducing, reusing and recycling visit www.colchester.gov.uk/recycling, email [email protected] or call 282700
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Compost binsBokashi bin – from £30www.colchester.gov.uk/composting
Did you know...
Most of us think throwing away good food is wasteful but don’t realise about our own food waste habits. This ismainly due to cooking or preparing too much or not using food before it goes off. If we stopped wasting food, itwould have the equivalent impact on CO2 emissions as taking 1 in 4 cars of the UK’s roads.
For help and advice on reducing, reusing and recycling visit www.colchester.gov.uk/recycling, email [email protected] or call 282700
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Find out more information about the Green Cone food waste digester here or call 282430Buy a Green Cone online (by entering your postcode in the left hand box) or call 0800 731 2570
Compost binsGreen Cone – from £54.95www.colchester.gov.uk/composting
All food wasteGreen Cone food waste digesterCompost ALL your food waste in a Green Cone, including meat, fish, dairy products and cooked leftovers. As its design uses solar energy to aid the growth of beneficial micro-organisms, it is only suitable for sunny parts of the garden on well-draining soil (not a high water table).
The aerobic digestion process breaks down all food waste and converts it towater, carbon dioxide with a small amount of residue. Therefore the basket (80 ltr), which should be dug into the ground 42cm deep, only needs to beemptied once every few years.
If instructions are followed during installation, it should not attract vermin.
Did you know...
Almost 20% of UK CO2 emissions come from producing, transporting, preparing and storing food and drink.However, the average household bins £50 worth of food a month. Only some of this is peelings, cores and bones,so most of it could have been eaten!
For help and advice on reducing, reusing and recycling visit www.colchester.gov.uk/recycling, email [email protected] or call 282700
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Find out more information about the Green Johanna ‘hot’ composter here or call 282430Buy a Green Johanna online (by entering your postcode in the left hand box) or call 0800 731 2570
If you can’t use your compost, give it to a friend or neighbour who can!
Compost binsGreen Johanna – from £76.50www.colchester.gov.uk/composting
All food wasteGreen Johanna ‘hot’ composterCompost ALL your food waste as well as your garden waste in a Green Johanna (330 ltr). Its innovative design allows it toproduce compost from two parts cooked and uncooked foodwaste to one part garden waste. Place it in a shady position inthe garden ideally on clay soil.
It comes with a free small caddy for collecting the food waste inthe kitchen. It needs only occasional mixing using the stirringstick provided. The finished compost is easy to access throughthe sliding doors.
If instructions are followed during installation, it should notattract vermin.
Did you know...
Food buried in landfill sites releases methane (a gas over 20 times more damaging to the environment than CO2),rather than harmlessly decomposing. Composting your food waste instead at home produces virtually no methane.
Essex County Council’s nearest sites are at Shrub End, West Mersea and Lawford and accept most materialscollected from the kerbside eg plastics (bottles only) and many more for recycling eg
household and car batteries small and large electrical appliances (eg fridges) cooking oil furniture fluorescent tubes low energy bulbs printer cartridges scrap metalwood
For more details and opening times visit www.recycleforessex.co.uk or call Essex County Council on0845 603 7625 * Vehicle height restrictions apply to prevent commercial use. Residents with high vehicles can use the unloading bays and trolleys atthe entrances.
For help and advice on reducing, reusing and recycling visit www.colchester.gov.uk/recycling, email [email protected] or call 282700
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50 sites across Colchester boro ugh take some or all of the following:
For help and advice on reducing, reusing and recycling visit www.colchester.gov.uk/recycling, email [email protected] or call 282700
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For details including a map of sites, what recyclables are accepted at each site, and opening times (whereapplicable) visit www.colchester.gov.uk/recycling or call 01206 282700
all types of paper – no Yellow Pages, card orcardboard
glass bottles and jars washed and without topsand lids
cans, biscuit tins and foil (washed) andaerosol cans
mixed plastics including plastic containers, bottlesand bags, washed and squashed – no crisp packets,motor oil bottles, hard plastics or polystyrene (type 6)
drinks cartons washed and squashed
clothes and shoes in tied bags –no pillows or duvets
Decorating, doing building work or clearing the garden?
Under the Environmental Protection (Duty of Care) Regulations 1991, if you are getting any waste takenaway, eg by waste companies, scrap dealers, gardeners or builders, you must take reasonable steps tomake sure that they are a licensed waste carrier, or you could risk a fine of up to £5,000
To check a company’s waste carrier registration visitwww2.environment-agency.gov.uk/epr or call 08708 506 506
For help and advice on reducing, reusing and recycling visit www.colchester.gov.uk/recycling, email [email protected] or call 282700
Become a fan on facebook, search for ‘Recycle for Colchester’
For help and advice on reducing, reusing and recycling visit www.colchester.gov.uk/recycling, email [email protected] or call 282700
Become a fan on facebook, search for ‘Recycle for Colchester’
WEEE (Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment) is anything with a plug or battery
Look up local charities that take working electrical appliances at www.ecorrn.org.uk. There you can also findorganisations that recycle broken telecoms and computers.
Some stores offer a take back scheme for e-waste when you buy a new item – check atwww.recyclenow.com.
Broken appliance? Book a chargeable special collection at www.colchester.gov.uk/specialcollections or call01206 282700. Alternatively take it to a Recycling Centre for Household Waste or arrange a collection with alicensed waste carrier.
Did you know...
Over 27 million mobile phones were sold in the UK last year. These and many other electrical items likecomputers contain valuable plastics and metals (eg gold and copper) that can be reused in new products.
Visit www.colchester.gov.uk/specialcollections or call01206 282700 to arrange a collection of non-electricalbulky household goods eg furniture. Up to 6 items for£31.83, 7 to 12 items for £60. Alternatively take themto a Recycling Centre for Household Waste or arrangea collection with a licensed waste carrier.
For help and advice on reducing, reusing and recycling visit www.colchester.gov.uk/recycling, email [email protected] or call 282700
Become a fan on facebook, search for ‘Recycle for Colchester’
For more information on everything in this guide and all aspects of reducing, reusing and recycling your rubbish
Colchester Borough Council Customer Service Centre, High Street, Colchester CO1 1FR visit www.colchester.gov.uk/recyclingemail [email protected] 01206 282700
Essex County Council visit www.recycleforessex.co.ukemail [email protected] 0845 603 7625
en-form – local environmental information centre15 Church Walk, Colchester CO1 1NS visit www.en-form.org.ukemail [email protected] 01206 367776
Paper copies of the guide are available from the Customer ServiceCentre, High Street, Colchester. If you need help reading orunderstanding the document please take it to the Customer ServiceCentre. Textphone users should dial 18001 followed by 01206 282700.
We will try to provide a reading service, a translation, or any otherformat you need.
