STOP PRESS!
No change to Christmas and New Year collections!
Recycling, food waste, green waste and refuse collections will all be collected as normal during Christmas and New Year 2010.
We will be collecting on the festive Bank Holidays so put your containers and sacks or wheeled bins out as normal.
Merry Christmas and keep recycling!
Normal collection day Collection
Monday 27 December no change
Tuesday 28 December no change
Wednesday 29 December no change
Thursday 30 December no change
Friday 31 December no change
Monday 3 January 2011 no change
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Kind Regards
David Goodship
Assistant Waste Minimisation Officer
North Somerset Council
T:01934 426 195
M:07748 651 349
F:01934 427 580
www.n-somerset.gov.uk/waste
Don’t Let Christmas be a Waste
Residents in North Somerset are being urged to keep up with their good work and continue recycling over the festive period.
Over the Christmas period about 30% more rubbish is produced. Glass, cans, Christmas trees, cards, wrapping paper and plastic are just some of the items filling up our wheelie bins. This year why not make a special effort to try and minimise the amount of waste produced over the festive period. With a little thought, we can all limit the impact that we have.
Did you know?
4,500 tonnes of tin foil are thrown out in the UK during the festive season. This is enough to cover 1500 square miles.
Ø Paper – all paper including wrapping paper,
Ø Newspapers, catalogues and directories.
Ø Cardboard – such as greetings cards, cereal boxes, gift boxes,
Ø Metal food tins and drinks cans – including sweet and biscuit tins.
Ø Foil – aluminium foil, washed.
Ø Glass bottles and jars – any colour.
Ø Household rigid plastic – ready meal trays and bottles
Ø Waxed food, drinks cartons - such as Tetra Pak, soup and fruit juice cartons
After Christmas…
Christmas Trees
If you have had a real Christmas tree, then don’t forget that you can put it out with your first green waste collection in January. Just place it next to your green waste bag, and we will collect it free of charge. Please note that we will only take trees placed out on your first collection in January.
Christmas Cards
Don’t forget to recycle your Christmas cards after the festive period.
The Woodland Trust will once again help recycle cards and, in return, they’ll plant 1000s of trees to help create the largest new native forest in England.
Take your cards to participating stores of WHSmith, Marks and Spencer and TKMaxx throughout January.
For more information check out our website
WASTE FOOD BECOMES RICH FOOD FOR GARDENS!
Transform your kitchen and garden waste into valuable and nutrient-rich food for your garden by creating inexpensive and natural compost.
RECYCLE PLASTIC!
THIS IS NOW POSSIBLE AT A FEW SITES AROUND NORTH SOMERSET
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Click on the poster for details of what sort of plastic you can recycle.