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Fantastic recycling record! T he latest figures from our recycling department reveal West Lindsey residents are smashing government targets. The government has set an ambitious goal of recycling half our waste materials by 2020, but together we’ve achieved that nine years ahead of schedule. So far this year 57% of your materials have been recycled – up more than 15 percentage points since the triple bin scheme was introduced just 18 months ago. And since wheeled bins were introduced in 2004/2005 recycling rates have quintupled! According to research recently conducted in our area only 1% of us now feel recycling is a waste of time and nearly all of us (98%) are recycling at least one item. However, there is still progress to be made on the range of materials we recycle. Although the majority of us say that common items such as paper (91%) and glass bottles and jars (89%) are being recycled, only a small per cent say we are recycling electronic equipment, which contains precious materials. More materials than you might think can be recycled in West Lindsey, both at the kerbside and at your local household recycling centre. Once collected and sorted, recycled materials can become valuable new items. For example, waste textiles can be used to create mattresses, glass bottles can be turned into sand for golf courses and just one unwanted toaster can create 25 steel cans. Your Recycling Guide West Lindsey District Council Your BLUE Bin One of the best ways that you can help make sure the environment is protected for future generations is to recycle as much as possible in your blue bin. We accept all items listed on this page. Please wash, and where possible, squash items and place them loose in your blue bin. Squashing and flattening will help you get more items in your bin and help us carry more items in our collection vehicle. This will reduce the number of journeys to the recycling plant and so cut carbon emissions. REMEMBER: SQUASH IT THIN, GET MORE IN! Glass ✔ Bottles & Jars Metal ✔ Aerosols ✔ Drinks cans ✔ Aluminium foil (clean) ✔ Food tins ✔ Sweet and biscuit tins Paper & Cardboard All types including: ✔ Newspapers ✔ Egg boxes & Magazines ✔ ✔ Catalogues & Junk mail ✔ Cereal boxes ✔ Corrugated cardboard plastic bottles All types including: ✔ Detergent ✔ Drinks ✔ Household cleaner ✔ Shampoo Pizza boxes ✔ Tissue boxes ✔ Toilet roll tubes ✔ Telephone directories ✔ Plastic milk bottles ✔ Ready meal trays Garden waste WHAT CAN GO IN YOUR GREEN BIN YES PLEASE ✔ ✔ Grass Cuttings ✔ Hedge and shrub clippings ✔ Leaves, twigs and bark ✔ Plants, flowers and weeds ✔ Windfall fruit ✔ Small branches ✔ Sawdust ✔ Bedding from vegetarian animals NO THANK YOU ✘ Stones or rubble ✘ Plastic sacks of garden waste ✘ Food waste (no vegetable peelings) ✘ Woody material more than 5cm ✘ Quantites of soil ✘ Animal waste ✘ Japanese Knotweed ✘ Your GREEN Bin What should you do with your peelings and cores? Government regulations mean that we cannot collect these in your green bin at this time, but home composting is a great way to prevent unavoidable food waste such as peelings, cores and teabags ending up in landfill and can do wonders for the garden. Remember that kitchen waste can be composted at home by using reduced price composters. Tel 0845 130 6090 to place your order. IMPORTANT We will not empty your green bin if it contains items other than those listed as the compost site won’t accept them. 4 www.west-lindsey.gov.uk/recycling www.west-lindsey.gov.uk/recycling 5 22 West Lindsey News
Recycling is WEEEly easy T o mark the opening of ‘The Rasens’ Household Waste Recycling Centre (see back page) we’re encouraging householders to recycle small electrical items at their local household waste recycling centre instead of throwing them away. According to the latest figures, 154 million items of small waste electronic and electrical equipment (WEEE) such as electric toothbrushes, toasters and mobile phones were bought in the UK last year, equating to around 22kgs per household, but only around 14% were recycled. Research suggests a common reason for this is because people tend to recycle old large electrical items such as fridges and washing machines when buying replacements, but for smaller items, like kettles, cameras and toasters, one-third (34%) say they throw them out with the household rubbish. In fact it is estimated that over 100 tonnes of WEEE still end up in household bins in West Lindsey every year. In addition, many householders put off throwing away their WEEE because they are unsure of what to do with it. Small electricals such as old kettles and mobile phones may not be top of the spring cleaning list, but research shows on average we all have at least three unwanted electronic items cluttering up the home – and that’s before digging around in the cupboards. However, householders can recycle their waste electricals all year round at HWRCs in Lincolnshire and the facilities in North Lincs also accept small WEEE for recycling. See www.west-lindsey.gov.uk/HWRC for a full list of sites and opening times. Or you can find your nearest drop off point using our postcode locator at www.dontbinitbringit.org. Alternatively, if the item is in working order a charity may be able to sell it and raise money for a good cause. Some, such as the British Heart Foundation, even offer a free collection service, for more details see www.west-lindsey.gov.uk/ charityshops. Identifying which small electrical and electronic items can be recycled is simple. If it has a mains cable, or uses replaceable batteries, or needs charging, or has the crossed-out wheelie bin logo on it, it can be taken to a HWRC. Examples include hairdryers, curling tongs, food mixers, lamps, batteries, energy saving light bulbs and fluorescent tubes. Old gadgets new homes A re you considering springcleaning your home but dreading the waste and hassle involved in clearing out your attic or garage? What if you could find someone willing to take those old appliances, gadgets and off-cuts away and give them a new lease of life, all at the click of a mouse? Online swap-shop www. dontdumpthat.com saves valuable resources by offering a quick and easy way for people to give away unwanted possessions or search for something they could put to good use. The Lincolnshire-based online forum is just one of a growing number in the district dedicated to preventing waste; it’s also a notion we should all consider before we bin anything, suggests West Lindsey’s Recycling. Team Leader Steve Leary. “Recycling breaks things down to manufacture new products. Our kerbside collection scheme and growing number of Household Waste Recycling Centres are designed to make it as easy as possible for residents to do their bit – but if there’s still life in an item, it should be re-used. This reduces landfill and processing costs.” It’s estimated that £5.6bn pounds worth of good quality usable household items are thrown away in the UK every year. One man’s junk is another man’s treasure as the saying goes! Tips for de-cluttering Log on at: www.dontdumpthat.org.uk www.freecycle.org www.freegle.org.uk Join the forums and submit any item that could be re-used Don’t be afraid to submit broken items – somebody might know how to fix it. Think about charity shops and advertising in your local newspaper. West Lindsey News 23
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