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Your new city centre recycling service www.stirling.gov.uk/bins-waste-recycling for Stirling All you need to know
Your new city centre recycling service
www.stirling.gov.uk/bins-waste-recycling
for Stirling
All you need to know
Your new waste and recycling collection times
Keeping the city centre tidy
When your new waste and recycling service starts you should put your bins out to be emptied by 7am on their collection day.
Once they have been emptied you should return them to your property as soon as possible - and before 7pm at the latest.
If you use purple sacks these should be put out for collection no earlier than 4.30pm on Mondays and Wednesdays.
Leaving sacks on the street overnight or for hours before collection is a health hazard and unsightly for residents and visitors.
To help improve the appearance of the city centre, the Community Safety Team will issue reminders to residents who leave their bins out on the streets once they have been emptied.
To further reduce street clutter, we will no longer be collecting paper and cardboard or plastics and cans from recycling boxes.
If you no longer need your blue or brown box please leave it empty in front of your property between the 31st October and 12th November and we will remove it.
A small number of properties will continue to use their blue box to recycle glass bottles and jars - check your letter or contact us to see if this applies to your property.
This new service will allow you to easily recycle a range of items.
City centre properties with existing waste and recycling wheeled bins will have these replaced with a new style of bin.
If you use recycling points you will be provided with a handy re-usable bag to help you recycle more.
• Properties in the city centre will receive similar waste and recycling services to other properties across Stirling.
• The new service will help to increase the quantity and quality of recycling collected from properties in the city centre.
• Providing more city centre properties with a wheeled bin recycling service will help to improve the appearance of the city centre - this will enhance the experience of residents, visitors and tourists.
We’re providing you with a new recycling service
Why the change?
Contact uswww.stirling.gov.uk/bins-waste-recycling01786 404040
Gather your paper, card and cardboard packaging for recycling.
1 Flatten your card and cardboard to maximise space in your bin.
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If you have a green bin, put it out by 7am on your collection day and return it to your property once it has been emptied. Please ensure your bin is returned to your property by 7pm at the latest.
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Paper, card and cardboard
No✘ Tissues, napkins or kitchen roll✘ Padded envelopes✘ Hardback books✘ Wallpaper✘ Paper or cardboard
contaminated with food - for example, pizza boxes
✘ Disposable cardboard cups✘ Drink and soup cartons
Paper✓ Newspapers and magazines✓ Brochures and catalogues✓ Junk mail✓ Letters and envelopes
(including windows)✓ Shredded paper - place in bin
loose
Card and cardboard✓ Large and small cardboard
boxes - for example, cereal, detergent and packaging
✓ Brown corrugated packaging - remove tape and staples
✓ Toilet and kitchen roll tubes
Yes
Paper is one of the most valuable recyclable materials - but only when it is clean and dry.
If you do not have a green bin, recycle your paper, card and cardboard at your nearest recycling point.
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Please don’t put your
recycling in plastic bags.
Rinse your plastic bottles, tins, cans and cartons - leftover food residues can contaminate other recyclable materials.
1 Squash your plastic bottles and cartons - lids and tops can be put back on. This helps to save space in your bin.
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If you have a blue bin, put it out by 7am on your collection day and return it to your property once it has been emptied. Please ensure your bin is returned to your property by 7pm at the latest.
3 If you do not have a blue bin, recycle your plastics, cans and cartons at your nearest recycling point.
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No✘ Plastic bags, liners or cling-film✘ Sweet or crisp packets✘ Bubble wrap✘ Polystyrene✘ Plastic wrappers✘ Food and drinks pouches✘ Hard plastics, e.g. toys✘ Oil or paint cans✘ Glass
Plastics✓ Food and drink bottles✓ Toiletry bottles✓ Tablet and medicine bottles✓ Pots, tubs and trays✓ Lids and tops
Cans✓ Tins and cans✓ Empty aerosols✓ Biscuit or sweet tins✓ Aluminium foil and foil trays✓ Metal lids
Cartons✓ Drink and soup cartons
Yes
Plastics, cans and cartons
Please don’t put your
recycling in plastic bags.
Please empty and rinse your containers including pet food tins - leftover food or liquids can contaminate other recyclables.
Gather your glass bottles and jars for recycling.
1 Rinse your glass bottles and jars.2
If you have a blue box, put it out by 7am on your collection day and return it to your property once it has been emptied. Please ensure your box is returned to your property by 7pm at the latest.
3 If you do not have a blue box, recycle your glass bottles and jars at your nearest recycling point.
No✘ Crockery, ceramics or Pyrex✘ Windows or mirrors✘ Drinking glasses✘ Light bulbs✘ Broken glass✘ Plastic bags
Not all glass types are the same - they do not melt at the same temperature as bottles and jars and can ruin the recycling process.
✓ Food and drink bottles and jars✓ Sauce bottles and jars✓ Toiletry and perfume bottles
Yes
Please empty and rinse your glass bottles and jars before you recycle them - leftover food or liquids can damage the recycling machinery.
Glass bottles and jars
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Transfer any cooked or uncooked food waste to your indoor caddy.
1 When the liner is almost full, tie and remove it. Replace with a new liner. Please use only certified compostable liners - alternatively you can use newspaper.
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If you have a brown bin you can recycle food and garden waste. Put it out by 7am on your collection day and return it to your property once it has been emptied. Please ensure your bin is returned to your property by 7pm at the latest.
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No✘ Liquids or oils✘ Plastic bags✘ Food packaging✘ Soil or turf✘ Stones, bricks, plant pots or wood✘ Animal waste
Food Waste✓ ALL cooked and uncooked food
waste✓ Leftovers and plate scrapings✓ Out of date food (unpackaged)✓ Pasta, bread, cereal and pastries✓ Meat, fish, bones, eggs and shells✓ Tea bags and coffee grounds
Garden Waste✓ Grass and hedge cuttings✓ Flowers and leaves
Yes
Food and garden waste
If you have an outdoor caddy you can only recycle food waste. Put it out by 7am on your collection day and return it to your property once it has been emptied. Please ensure your caddy is returned to your property by 7pm at the latest.
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To order an outdoor caddy
please call 01786 404040
If you have a brown bin you can recycle food and garden waste.
If you have an outdoor caddy then you can only recycle food waste.
Recycling more You can recycle a wide range of items at the Lower Polmaise Household Waste Recycling Centre (by Fallin off the A905, FK7 7FG). The centre is closed on 25th - 26th December and 1st - 2nd January. Usual opening times are:
Winter (1st October - 31st March)Monday - Sunday: 8.30am to 5pm (last entry at 4.45pm)
Summer (1st April - 30 September)Monday - Sunday: 8.30am to 6.30pm (last entry at 6.15pm)
Too good to waste?If you have household items that you no longer need which are still in good condition, you can donate these to local charities who will re-use or recycle them:
The National Re-use Directory can signpost you to local organisations that will collect your items for free - find this information online at recycleforscotland.com/Re-useDirectory
You can offer things you don’t need anymore online - search for Stirling City Freegle.
Bulky household itemsIf you have bulky household items that are not suitable for re-use, and you are unable to take them to a recycling centre, you can request an uplift. Bulky uplifts can be booked online or by calling 01786 404040. Please note there is a charge for this service.
Non-recyclable waste
No✘ Anything that can be re-used or recycled✘ Food waste
✓ Only for items that cannot be re-used or recycled - for example, nappies, polystyrene, bubble wrap, dog waste, broken crockery etc.
Yes
If you have a grey bin, put it out by 7am on your collection day with the lid closed and no additional waste. Return it to your property once it has been emptied. Please ensure your bin is returned to your property by 7pm at the latest.
1 If you use purple sacks please tie securely before placing them out no earlier than 4.30pm on Mondays and Wednesdays.
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Please only put purple sacks
out shortly before your collection
time.
Recycling points
If your property has not been provided with bins or boxes due to space limitations, you can still recycle at your nearest recycling point.
We will provide you with a handy re-usable bag to help store your recycling in your property and transport it to the recycling point - collect yours for free from Customer First.
The map overleaf shows where your nearest recycling point is. At each of these points you can recycle:
Paper, card and cardboard
Plastics, cans and cartons
Glass bottles and jars
What happens to my recycling?Paper, card and cardboard
Collected from your green bin or recycling point...
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...sorted, baled and reprocessed into...
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...new paper and card products in just 8 days.
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1 2 3
Glass bottles and jars
Collected from your blue box or recycling point...
...sorted using optical technology and...
...recycled into new glass bottles and jars.
1 2 3
Plastics, cans and cartons
Collected from your blue bin or recycling point...
...sorted, baled and reprocessed into...
...new packaging products and outdoor furniture.
1 2 3
Food and garden waste
Collected from your brown bin or outdoor caddy...
...heat treated and pasturised for 8 weeks...
...used on farms in Scotland as an agricultural compost.
