Recycling information

To find out how and what you can recycle with your weekly rubbish collections see our recycling boxes website page.

 

To find out what material you can recycle at recycling sites and where they are see our recycling sites website page.

 

 

To find out how to recycle computers visit the Maxitech website.

 

See our document 'ways to cut down on your waste' to see 20 ideas for how to cut down on the amount of waste you produce.

 

For educational tips about introducing children to recycling visit:

 

 

We take our responsibility to encourage recycling very seriously. We want to help keep the amount of rubbish taken to landfill sites as low as possible.

 

 

You can also reduce waste by using re-usable - washable - nappies. It is estimated that a child whilst in nappies can produce around a tonne of waste. This can be avoided by using reusable nappies.

 

 

Find out more about washable nappies by visiting the Nappy Adventures website, Cottontail Nappy website, Geobel website, Twinkle on the web website, Bow Belle website, The Nappy Trial Service website, Plush Pants website or The Real Nappy Campaign website.

 

Alternatively, why not pop into the Midwifery Centre, A4, Hare Hatch, for one of their Coffee Mornings held between 11.45am and 1.15pm on the 3rd Tuesday of the month. Call Sue on 0118 940 4490 for full details.

 

 

We have consistently met our Recycling and Landfill Allowance targets with a 34% recycling rate in 2006/07 and an expected 37% for 2007/08. This will include almost 5,000 tonnes of green garden waste from the kerbside scheme.

 

Last year we also recycled: