Recycle in Shepway - black box and blue bag

     

Recycling in Shepway is easy with the council's door-to-door recycling collection service.

Our contractor will empty your black box and blue bag every week; just place them at the boundary of your property by 7.30am on your collection day. Check your recycling collection dates now.

What can I put in my black box?

• Glass - bottles and jars of any colour
• Cans - drink and food cans
• Plastic bottles - drink, household detergent and cleaner bottles

Helpful tips:

• Rinse the cans, bottles and jars (you don't need to remove the labels) before putting them in your black box. Please don't put out cans and tins that have not been rinsed. Our collectors will not be able to take cans or jars that are half full of baked beans, dog food or marmalade!
• Remove lids and 'wash and squash' the plastic bottles. This will save space in your box and the council's collection vehicle.

Materials to be collected for recycling account for 70 percent of the volume of the average wheelie bin. If you use our recycling service you should have plenty of room in your landfill bin.

Seventy per cent of the volume of an average wheelie bin is made up of materials that can be recycled. By using the recycling service, you should have plenty of room in your landfill wheelie bin.

What can I put in my blue bag?

• Cardboard - packaging such as cereal packets and pizza boxes. Any large cardboard boxes should be flattened and left at the side of your black box.
• Paper - newspaper, magazines, brochures, junk mail, office paper.

 

Getting your box and bag ready for collection

When you put out your recycling for collection, please take the lid off your black box. Please place your blue bag on top of your black box.

If your box or bag goes missing, or you would like a second box, please contact us. (please link to Recycling, Rubbish and Garden Waste contact us page)

More about recycling

Almost 40 per cent of Shepway's waste is reused or recycled, but the rest is sent to landfill at a significant cost to the council, residents and the environment.

You can help to save energy, re-use valuable raw materials and reduce landfill and greenhouse gases by recycling more of what you throw away.

Reduce: By shopping wisely, we can reduce the amount of rubbish we produce. Avoid over-packaged items, use refills and SNUB (Say No to Unwanted Bags).

Re-use: Avoid single use disposable products. Cotton, washable nappies with colourful, modern designs, will save you a fortune as well as the planet!

Recycle: You can reduce your rubbish by a massive 70% by using your blue bag and black box, composting your kitchen and garden waste, and taking textiles to your local recycling centre.

Compost: More than 20% of household waste is organic kitchen or garden waste. Composting is the best way to treat organic waste as it produces soil-enriching compost.

For more information about recycling, click onto http://www.recyclenow.com/

Report a missed collection

Recycling centres and sites

Home composting

Special collections for large items

Frequently asked questions

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