KERBSIDE/BLUE WHEELIE BIN RECYCLING SCHEME

As part of our ongoing plans to help our customers recycle and recover more of their waste and help us to comply with current Waste Management Plans, we have now distributed blue wheelie bins to all our existing wheelie bin customers for the collection of mixed dry recyclables throughout our customer base since early 2004.

There is an alternate weekly collection of general refuse and mixed dry recyclables i.e. your general refuse wheelie bin collected one week and then your blue wheelie bin collected the next week and so on.

What happens if the wrong material is put into the blue wheelie bin?

It is very important to place only the correct materials into this blue wheelie bin. If unacceptable materials are put into the blue wheelie bin then it will not be emptied, as this would lead to the contamination of the entire recyclables collection.

A red sticker indicating rejection will be placed on the handles of your blue wheelie bin if contamination occurs.

It is important to rinse out cans, tins, bottles, and cartons containing any food residues as these materials can only be recycled if they are clean. Paper must also be clean and dry. Please remember that our employees have to handle the dry recyclables at our facility.

What will happen if I put my general refuse wheelie bin out on the blue wheelie bin collection day?

If you put your general refuse wheelie bin out on the blue wheelie bin collection day then it will not be emptied. This is because the general refuse waste will contaminate the recyclables collection.

Recyclable Material

The following content can be put in the Blue recycling bin.

• Aluminium Cans (Drink Cans e.g. Soft Drinks, Beer Cans)
• Biscuit and Sweet Tins (metal)
• Cardboard Boxes & Cardboard Packaging. All types of cardboard boxes e.g. cereal boxes, egg cartons, washing powder boxes (no residues).
• Detergent Bottles, Shampoo Bottles - please rinse out and remove caps
• Plastic Drinks Bottles (Milk & Soft Drink Bottles - Please rinse out and remove caps)
• Margarine & Butter Tubs, Yogurt Cartons, Pro-Biotic Drinks Bottles - Please rinse out
• Plastic Bags and Plastic Food Bowls - Please rinse out. No Polystyrene trays e.g. similar to aeroboard, will snap in two when broken (Raw chicken trays)
• Plastic Trays (fruit, vegetables, cakes, convenience foods) - Please rinse out
• Clean Plastic Film e.g. Clean Shrink Wrap, Clean Carrier Bags
• Clean, Dry Newspapers & Magazines
• Tetra Pak (Milk & Juice Cartons -please rinse out)
• Paper Packaging (Flour, Potatoes - no residue or foil lining)
• Telephone Directories & Junk Mail
• Steel Cans (e.g. Bean Cans, Dog Food Cans etc. - please wash out)

Non-Recyclable Material

The following materials should NOT be put into the Blue Recycling Bin:

• Aeroboard
• Aerosols
• Aluminium Foil
• Batteries
• CD's, Cassette Cases or Floppy Disks.
• Clothes, Shoes or Clothes Hangers
• Crockery (plates, cups etc.)
• Fast Food Wrappers
• Foil Wrapping (butter, stork)
• Food Waste
• Garden Waste (grass)
• Glass (bring to bottle bank)
• Kitchen Roll or Tissue Paper
• Nappies
• Radios, Phones, Calculators or Toys
• Certain Plastic Packaging ( foil type bags from frozen vegtables)
• Plastic Wrapping on Biscuits, Sweets, Chocolate Bars, Crisps etc.
• Rubber Components
• Razors, toothbrushes & toothpaste tubes
• Used Wallpaper