Recycling

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Recycling

Please read or download our current service leaflet below, as updated August 2008

STOP PRESS! From August 2008, you can recycle more materials from the kerbside.

In the red bag you can now put food and drink cartons, commonly known as TetraPak.

In the green bag you can now place plastics labelled 1, 2, 4, 5 and 6. This includes plastic bottles, carrier bags. margarine and ice cream tubs, ready meal trays and fruit punnets as well as plant and yoghurt pots. In addition, along with food and drink cans, you can now place in your green bags aluiminium foil, foil trays, and aerosol cans.

PLEASE BE SURE TO RINSE ALL FOOD AND DRINK OFF THE MATERIALS BEFORE PLACING THE ITEMS IN THE BAGS

Please click on the relevant pictures below for further information.

What service does Charnwood offer?

Charnwood Borough operates a Recycling Collection Service for all its 64,000 households using the receptacles provided.

Black bin Brown Bin Green box Green Sack Red Sack

To find out how to dispose of items correctly or for a quick reminder on what goes where click on the image.

All the recyclables collected from the kerbside are taken to Leicester Paper Processors. Here, the recyclables are sorted, baled and shipped off to reprocessors to be made into new products.

Recycling Bag Deliveries

From January 2008, the refuse and recycling collectors will be starting to deliver some new-style recycling sacks. Whilst the colours are the same (red for paper and card, green for plastic bottles and food and drinks cans), the red sack will now be made of textured plastic, so that those with visual impairments are better able to identify which sack is which. The green sack will feel smooth, whilst the red sack will have a rougher feel to it.

Deliveries will start in January, but it will be some months before all residents get the new sacks, so they should continue to use their existing supply of red and green recycling sacks in the meantime. Both the red and the green sacks are still being recycled after they’ve been collected, so nothing goes to waste!

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    If you are completely out and can’t wait for your delivery there are now small stocks at various locations throughout the borough or you can contact us.

Quick Links

Use these quick links to find what you need more easily:

Collection Point

The recycling must be left at the edge of your property as shown below (and not on the pavement and not behind a locked gate) and it must be presented by 7am on your collection day.

In addition, you can recycle at one of the waste disposal sites run by Leicestershire County Council.

Boundary map

If you put out recycling that contains materials that cannot be recycled, it will be left for you to put in your wheelie bin or take to the Recycling and Household Waste site.

If you present your box with the lid fitted, the contractor is asked to leave the lid propped inside your box once the recyclables have been collected.

Your recycling is collected by the refuse contractor, Veolia, and taken to Leicester Paper Processors in Coalville. There it is sorted and baled for recycling. Leiscester paper processors is owned by Greenstar.

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When is my recycling collection day?

Where are the Recycling Centres?

Recycling Centres

There are several recycling centres across the Borough, ranging from a bottle bank to a network of recycling banks. The latest list of recycling centres can be viewed using the recycling centres link below. Most paper banks accept all forms of paper and cardboard, including yellow pages, however please check the list.

For information about Household Waste Disposals Sites (Tips) operated by the County Council or obtaining a licence for using a trailer or van to dispose of household waste visit our Waste pages

Tetra paks

Recycling Tetra Paks

There are now a number of places where you can recycle your Tetra Paks (long life cartons such as those used for milk, fruit juice etc.)& drinks cartons. These sites areas follows:

  • Sainsbury’s, Greenclose Lane, Loughborough, LE11 5AS
  • Somerfield, Melton Road, Syston, LE7 2HB
  • Tesco, Park Road, Loughborough, LE11 2EX
  • Somerfield, Wanlip Lane, Birstall, LE4 4JU
  • Asda, Barkby Thorpe Road, Thurmaston, LE4 8GN

Alternatively, you could place the cartons in your red bag.

Voluntary Organisations Offering Recycling Opportunities.

There a some voluntary organisations which offer opportunities for recycling in order to raise funds. Find out more about who they are and the services they offer.

Can you help me Home Compost?

Compost

All vegetable kitchen waste and some garden waste can be broken down into a useful soil conditioner as a substitute for peat. When green waste is landfilled, it breaks down to produce methane, which is a greenhouse gas, so composting helps to reduce this. Home composting, means that you get the first hand benefits of recycling to use on your garden!

Currently the Leicestershire Waste Management Partnership is offering home composting bins for a significantly reduced price. You can obtain these by calling 0845 073 2001. Alternatively, apply now to become a volunteer Master Home Composter and help promote home composting throughout the County. Please see the related documents box at the top of this page for further information.

Green Cone Food Digester Trial

In 2007, 250 volunteers took part in a six-month trial of Green Cone Food Digesters, to see if they were a suitable way of diverting biodegradable waste from landfill sites. Charnwood Borough Council felt this was an important trial to undertake, as when biodegradable waste decomposes in a landfill site, it does so anaerobically, and a by-product of this process is methane, which is a highly potent greenhouse gas. This doesn’t happen in a Green Cone, as the organic matter is exposed to the air. The UK is also running out of space for landfill sites, so we need to find more appropriate ways of dealing with our waste.

The results of the trial were very positive, showing that households can divert around 18% of their total household waste from landfill sites by using a Green Cone, so could be an appropriate method of waste minimisation for residents of Charnwood. Further investigation and trials are planned for 2008-09 before any firm decisions are taken on the use of Green Cones by Charnwood Borough Council.

For more information on the trial, please refer to the Evaluation Report below.

Will you collect my Garden Waste ?

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Please note that garden waste is not collected free as part of the normal refuse collection. The Council operates a service for the collection of garden waste for composting by selling brown wheeled bins for compostable garden waste at an annual cost of £26, or £15 if subscribing by annual direct debit. The bins are available in 2 sizes, either 240ltr or 140ltr; the 240 ltr bin will suit most gardeners and the 140 ltr will suit light users. The brown bin is collected fortnightly, and collections operate all year apart from 2 weeks over the Christmas period. For more information about the service, or for existing subscribers who would like to cancel their subscription or, are about to move house. Please contact the Charnwood Borough Council Contact Centre on 01509 634 563, or email cleaner.greener@charnwood.gov.uk

What can I put in the Brown Bin?

  • Sign Up For The Greener Garden Waste Collection Service

    If you wish to join the scheme, please be aware that there are two annual subscription rates. If you wish to pay by annual direct debit, the charge will be £15 per year. If you wish to pay by any other method, the charge will be £26 per year. Please download the appropriate application form, complete, and return as instructed.

  • Renew your Garden Waste Service On-line

    Please note you will need your account number to renew on-line - use this link and then select Sundry Debtors.

If you have any queries about this service, please contact us.

Education

Educating people about the benefits and requirement for waste minimisation and recycling is important in helping to change public attitudes. Charnwood Borough Council also provides an educational talk service to schools, and community groups in the borough regarding aspects of waste minimisation and recycling.

These can be arranged by contacting us.

Reporting a Problem

Water Butts

We often get asked whether we sell water butts. We don't but Severn Trent do; telephone 08708 49 4 851 for details or see their website www.stwater.co.uk for details.

Love Food Hate Waste Roadshows In Charnwood

To support the national campaign Love Food Hate Waste, Leicestershire County Councilhave beenhosting standsthroughout the Borough. The last stand will be taking place at the location and venue below.

  • 28th October; Sainsbury's, Loughborough 9am until 4pm

At this stand you will be able to talk to County Council staff about the problems associated with the amount of food wasted. They will be able to provide advice on how to reduce food waste, and offer practical tips that will divert biodegradable waste away from landfill, and potentially save you money on your shopping bill.

Freecycle

Freecycle is a global grass roots and entirely nonprofit movement of individuals who are giving (and receiving) goods for free in their own towns. The idea being that these goods are being diverted away from landfill, and being reused. Membership is free, and everything posted on the website must be free of charge, legal and appropriate for all ages. For more details, or if you wish to join your local Freecycle visit www.freecycle.org

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