Summary of the Recycling Box Scheme
Energy saving within the Vale of White Horse
The green box should be left where the pickup people can clearly see
it from the road, but as close to the boundary of your property as possible.
Once emptied, please remove the box - leaving it outside is not only unsightly
for the village, but the lids tend to get blown off.
So, what can you recycle in your Green Box? What They DO Collect
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- All types of paper - Newspapers Magazines & Brochures
- Telephone Directories*
- Plastic bottles - no film or tubs. Milk bottles; Detergent
bottles, Bleach bottles, Shampoo bottles etc., Tops off
- these are made of different types of plastic and cannot be
recycled. Wash the bottles Squash the bottles so that more can
be fitted into the lorry
- Cans - food and drinks cans. ***
- Aerosols - all aerosol cans.
- Junk Mail, Paper envelopes, household bills
- Aluminium foil - clean foil, e.g. milk bottle tops, take-away
food trays etc (please squash them all together so they take
up less room) NO silver plastic i.e. crisp packets (try the
scrunch test - if it springs back, its not foil)
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- Clothes and shoes - good quality for charity, place in a
separate carrier bag. All qualities of textiles and pairs of
shoes. This includes clothes and other textiles such as old
bed sheets and pillow cases. They must be clean and dry and
put out in bags to prevent them from getting wet.
- All colours of glass - bottles and jars, no broken glass
or sheet glass. No broken glass or other types of glass; e.g.
Pyrex, tumblers, window panes etc.
- Mobile phones - proceeds in support of the Children's Unit
at the John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford. Mobile phones can also
be taken to Tescos
- Batteries - place domestic batteries in a bag, place car
batteries next to your Green Box.
- Catalogues [not hard backed]
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They DO NOT Collect
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| X Yellow Pages*
X Shredded Paper** X Cardboard and hard back books
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X Cardboard Juice
bottles***
X Other types of plastic
X NO pillows, duvets or other stuffed items.
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| *They cannot
take Yellow Pages as the dye affects the other paper when it is
bulked for reuse. |
| **Shredded
paper should be taken to your nearest paper bank or used on your
compost heap. |
| ***They cannot
take cardboard Juice bottles as these are made of both paper and
a fine aluminium lining. |
| All materials
should be clean with any caps or closures removed. Boxes should
be out at the kerbside by 7 a.m. on the day of collection. For more
information on Recycling or Waste contact the Council's Waste Team
on 01235 520202 or email:
waste.team@whitehorsedc.gov.uk
Recycle now - recycle at
home in 4 easy steps.
Vale of White Horse Recycling
Scheme - what day is your bin collected and other information
Free Green Recycling Boxes - details available from above address/telephone
number.
Bank Locator - find your nearest recycling facilities
Recycling ideas
- a recycling guide
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Other ideas
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- Birthday/Christmas Cards to Tesco for Charities
- Spent PC Ribbons & Cartridges can be taken to Tesco, though
no-one seems to take Epsom ribbons/cartridges.
- Don’t dump old furniture – look up details of furniture
recyclers in your local phone book.
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- Old paint to Orinoco at Cowley where this can be re-used
for charities or to Container at the Waste Recycling Centres.
Or - Donate your left-over paint to
www.communityrepaint.org.uk
- If you use Brita Water Filters, don't just bin them when
you’re finished, recycle them by simply collecting up 6 and
sending them to: Brita Recycling, FREEPOST NAT 17876, Bicester,
OX26 4BR.
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