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Refuseweek

Recycling week

You should use your existing garden waste bin for your recycling from 30 September.

Please rinse items and place loose in the bin – no plastic bags

What can go in the box?

Please use a paper bag or cardboard box for shredded paper

If you don’t have a green box

please contact us and we will

arrange delivery.

Large cardboard boxes These can be flattened or put next to your green box on collection day, please remove tape where possible, thank you.

Please continue to use this box for paper and cardboard recycling only.

White paper (eg office paper)

Envelopes & greeting cards

Gift wrap(non metallic)

Corrugated cardboard

Newspapers, supplements, magazines, brochures, catalogues, phone directories,

leaflets & flyersCardboard

(eg cereal/egg boxes/shoe boxes)

What happens to the collected paper and cardboard?Paper and cardboard are taken to a local mill to make into new paper and cardboard based products.

What happens to the collected food waste?The food waste is taken to a local facility where it is composted using a natural process which means it is safe to use as a soil improver on local farmers’ fields. If you already compost at home, please continue to do so. You can use your food waste collection for any food that you do not want to compost yourself.

Your new recycling collection service means everyone can recycle more materials from home.

The service includes a weekly collection of food waste and details of all the new collections are contained in this leaflet.

The new collection calendar shows when to put your bins out for collection.

Some people may have two collections of the same bin type when moving from the old service to the new. Don’t worry, just follow the calendar.

Welcome to your new improved recycling collections

How to use your bins and a guide to what you can recycle with us.

The calendar on the left highlights which dates correspond to these weeks.

If this affects your first collection you will be able to put out extra if your bin is full:

• Refuse – in a bag next to the bin

• Recycling – in a cardboard box or paper bag next to the bin

Recycling binBlack/green lid for TMBCBrown for TWBC

Food waste bin

Starting from 30 SeptemberGreen box

Paper & cardboard

What happens to the recycling?The contents of your recycling bin are taken to a facility where the materials are separated and then sent on to reprocessers to make into new products.

What can go in the bin?

Sweet/biscuit tins Cans Aerosols (empty)Aluminium foil/foil

food trays

Plastic pots & tubs (eg butter/yoghurt/ice cream)

Plastic food trays & punnets, not black (eg meat/ready meals/fruit/veg)

Glass bottles & jars (any colour) Food tins

Plastic bottles, clear or coloured (eg cleaning product bottles)

What about bank holidays?*We collect on all bank holidays except Christmas Day, Boxing Day and New Year’s Day. For these collections please check our website in December.

What time should I put my bins out?Please continue to put your bins out by 7am.

Weekly collection

Fortnightly collection

What can go in the bin?

Leftover & uneaten food

Rice, pasta & beans Fruit & vegetables

Dairy products eg cheese

Tea bags & coffee groundsEggshells

Meat, fish & bones

Bread, cakes & pastries

How to use your food waste bins:

Your kitchen caddy

Use for all cooked and raw leftover food. No packaging please.

1 Your outside food waste bin

Empty the kitchen caddy into the outside food waste bin and lock the lid by moving the handle to the upright or forward position. Put it out for collection every week next to your other bins, where it can be clearly seen.

If you line your kitchen caddy, use newspaper, paper bags or compostable bags, look out for the Seedling logo. If using compostable bags, please don’t tie the top as it takes longer to compost. No plastic bags, thank you.

2

Compostable

• Food waste bin• Refuse bin• Textiles (one small bag next to the bin)

• Small electricals (one small bag next to the bin)

• Food waste bin• Recycling bin• Green box• Batteries (one small bag on top of the bin lid)

Refuse WeekRecycling Week

December 2019October 2019 November 2019 S M T W T F S

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From 30 September your collection day will be

MONDAY

30 S

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tart

MW1F

*

*

*

Refuseweek

Recyclingweek

You should use your existing garden waste bin for your recycling from 30 September.

Please rinse items and place loose in the bin – no plastic bags

What can go in the box?

Please use a paper bag or cardboard box for shredded paper

If you don’t have a green box

please contact us and we will

arrange delivery.

Large cardboard boxes These can be flattened or put next to your green box on collection day, please remove tape where possible, thank you.

Please continue to use this box for paper and cardboard recycling only.

White paper (eg office paper)

Envelopes & greeting cards

Gift wrap(non metallic)

Corrugated cardboard

Newspapers, supplements, magazines, brochures, catalogues, phone directories,

leaflets & flyersCardboard

(eg cereal/egg boxes/shoe boxes)

What happens to the collected paper and cardboard?Paper and cardboard are taken to a local mill to make into new paper and cardboard based products.

What happens to the collected food waste?The food waste is taken to a local facility where it is composted using a natural process which means it is safe to use as a soil improver on local farmers’ fields. If you already compost at home, please continue to do so. You can use your food waste collection for any food that you do not want to compost yourself.

Your new recycling collection servicemeans everyone can recycle more materials from home.

The service includes a weekly collection of food waste and details of all the new collections are contained in this leaflet.

The new collection calendar shows when toput your bins out for collection.

Some people may have two collections of the same bin type when moving from the old service to the new. Don’t worry, just follow the calendar.

Welcome to your new improved recycling collections

How to use your bins and a guide to what you can recycle with us.

The calendar on the left highlights which dates correspond to these weeks.

If this affects your first collection you will be able to put out extra if your bin is full:

• Refuse – in a bag next to the bin

• Recycling – in a cardboard box or paper bag next to the bin

Recycling binBlack/green lid for TMBC Food waste bin

Starting from 30 SeptemberGreen box

Paper & cardboard

What happens to the recycling?The contents of your recycling bin are taken to a facility where the materials are separated and then sent on to reprocessers to make into new products.

What can go in the bin?

Sweet/biscuit tins Cans Aerosols (empty)Aluminium foil/foil

food trays

Plastic pots & tubs (eg butter/yoghurt/ice cream)

Plastic food trays & punnets, not black (eg meat/ready meals/fruit/veg)

Glass bottles & jars (any colour) Food tins

Plastic bottles, clear or coloured (eg cleaning product bottles)

What about bank holidays?*We collect on all bank holidays except Christmas Day, Boxing Day and New Year’s Day. For these collections please check our website in December.

What time should I put my bins out?Please continue to put your bins out by 7am.

Weeklycollection

Fortnightly collection

What can go in the bin?

Leftover & uneaten food

Rice, pasta & beans Fruit & vegetables

Dairy products eg cheese

Tea bags & coffee groundsEggshells

Meat, fish & bones

Bread, cakes& pastries

How to use your food waste bins:

Your kitchen caddy

Use for all cooked and raw leftover food. No packaging please.

1 Your outside food waste bin

Empty the kitchen caddy into the outside food waste bin and lock the lid by moving the handle to the upright or forward position. Put it out for collection every week next to your other bins, where it can be clearly seen.

If you line your kitchen caddy, use newspaper, paper bags or compostable bags, look out for the Seedling logo. If using compostable bags, please don’t tie the top as it takes longer to compost. No plastic bags, thank you.

2

Compostable

• Food waste bin• Refuse bin• Textiles (one small bag next to the bin)

• Small electricals (one small bag next to the bin)

• Food waste bin• Recycling bin• Green box• Batteries

(one small bag on top of the bin lid)

Refuse WeekRecycling Week

December 2019October 2019 November 2019S M T W T F S

1 2 3 4 5 6 7

8 9 10 11 12 13 14

15 16 17 18 19 20 21

22 23 24 25 26 27 28

29 30 31

S M T W T F S

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27 28 29 30 31

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From 30 September your collection day will be

MONDAY

30 S

ept s

tart

MW1F

*

*

*

Refuseweek

Recyclingweek

You should use your existing garden waste bin for your recycling from 30 September.

Please rinse items and place loose in the bin – no plastic bags

What can go in the box?

Please use a paper bag or cardboard box for shredded paper

If you don’t have a green box

please contact us and we will

arrange delivery.

Large cardboard boxesThese can be flattened or put next to your green box on collection day, please remove tape where possible, thank you.

Please continue to use this box for paper and cardboard recycling only.

White paper (eg office paper)

Envelopes &greeting cards

Gift wrap(non metallic)

Corrugatedcardboard

Newspapers, supplements, magazines, brochures, catalogues, phone directories,

leaflets & flyersCardboard

(eg cereal/egg boxes/shoe boxes)

What happens to the collected paper and cardboard?Paper and cardboard are taken to a local mill to make into new paper and cardboard based products.

What happens to the collected food waste?The food waste is taken to a local facility where it is composted using a natural process which means it is safe to use as a soil improver on local farmers’ fields. If you already compost at home, please continue to do so. You can use your food waste collection for any food that you do not want to compost yourself.

Your new recycling collection servicemeans everyone can recycle more materials from home.

The service includes a weekly collection of food waste and details of all the new collections are contained in this leaflet.

The new collection calendar shows when toput your bins out for collection.

Some people may have two collections of the same bin type when moving from the old service to the new. Don’t worry, just follow the calendar.

Welcome to your new improved recycling collections

How to use your bins and a guide to what you can recycle with us.

The calendar on the left highlights which dates correspond to these weeks.

If this affects your first collection you will be able to put out extra if your bin is full:

• Refuse – in a bag next to the bin

• Recycling – in a cardboard box or paper bag next to the bin

Recycling binBlack/green lid for TMBCBrown for TWBC

Food waste bin

Starting from 30 SeptemberGreen box

Paper & cardboard

What happens to the recycling?The contents of your recycling bin are taken to a facility where the materials are separated and then sent on to reprocessers to make into new products.

What can go in the bin?

Sweet/biscuit tins Cans Aerosols (empty)Aluminium foil/foil

food trays

Plastic pots & tubs (eg butter/yoghurt/ice cream)

Plastic food trays & punnets, not black (eg meat/ready meals/fruit/veg)

Glass bottles & jars (any colour) Food tins

Plastic bottles, clear or coloured (eg cleaning product bottles)

What about bank holidays?*We collect on all bank holidays except Christmas Day, Boxing Day and New Year’s Day. For these collections please check our website in December.

What time should I put my bins out?Please continue to put your bins out by 7am.

Weekly collection

Fortnightly collection

What can go in the bin?

Leftover & uneaten food

Rice, pasta & beans Fruit & vegetables

Dairy products eg cheese

Tea bags & coffee groundsEggshells

Meat, fish & bones

Bread, cakes & pastries

How to use your food waste bins:

Your kitchen caddy

Use for all cooked and raw leftover food. No packaging please.

1 Your outside food waste bin

Empty the kitchen caddy into the outside food waste bin and lock the lid by moving the handle to the upright or forward position. Put it out for collection every week next to your other bins, where it can be clearly seen.

If you line your kitchen caddy, use newspaper, paper bags or compostable bags, look out for the Seedling logo. If using compostable bags, please don’t tie the top as it takes longer to compost. No plastic bags, thank you.

2

Compostable

• Food waste bin• Refuse bin• Textiles (one small bag next to the bin)

• Small electricals (one small bag next to the bin)

• Food waste bin• Recycling bin• Green box• Batteries

(one small bag on top of the bin lid)

Refuse WeekRecycling Week

December 2019October 2019 November 2019S M T W T F S

1 2 3 4 5 6 7

8 9 10 11 12 13 14

15 16 17 18 19 20 21

22 23 24 25 26 27 28

29 30 31

S M T W T F S

30 1 2 3 4 5

6 7 8 9 10 11 12

13 14 15 16 17 18 19

20 21 22 23 24 25 26

27 28 29 30 31

S M T W T F S

1 2

3 4 5 6 7 8 9

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From 30 September your collection day will be

MONDAY

30 S

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Most Household Waste Recycling Centres accept low energy light bulbs and LEDs, along with wood, metals, and many other materials. For more details please visit kent.gov.uk/waste

What can go in the bin?

If you have any questions about the new service, please visit your local council’s website where we have more information.

WE EMPTY ONE REFUSE BIN PER PROPERTY

Crisp packets/sweet wrappers

Cling film & plastic wrappingPolystyrene

Nappies & sanitary items

Bagged pet faeces & litter/bedding

Black plastic trays

Your waste must be contained in the bin with the lid closed,

thank you.

Plastic bags/ plastic pouches

(eg pet food)

Drink & food cartons (eg juice/soup)

Bulky waste You can book a bulky waste collection through your local council’s website.

You can also take many items including garden waste to Kent County Council’s Household Waste and Recycling centres, please visit kent.gov.uk/waste

Other materials accepted at these sites include cooking oil and printer cartridges.

Assisted collectionsIf you need help putting your recycling and refuse out for collection, please contact your borough council’s Waste team for more information.

Please do not mix textiles, small electricals and batteries in the same bag. We can only accept one average sized bag of each type per house as there is limited space on the collection vehicle.

Batteries: small household batteries including button batteries (watch batteries) and batteries from mobile phones and laptops.

Recycling week

Please put your textiles and electricals out in small sized separate bags (not black sacks or charity bags) next to the refuse bin on collection day.

Please put your batteries in a small bag on top of the recycling bin on collection day.

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Return address: The Depot, N

orth Farm Road, Royal Tunbridge W

ells, Kent, TN2 3EE

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Additional items we collectThere will be new collections for textiles, small electrical equipment and household batteries. Please donate good quality items to charity.

Tunbridge Wells Borough Council residents visit:tunbridgewells.gov.uk/new

Tonbridge & Malling Borough Council residents visit:tmbc.gov.uk/recycleforall

If you wish to subscribeIt’s easy to sign up and pay online. Contact your council at the web address in the section below.

Already subscribedIf you have already subscribed, details about your new fortnightly garden waste service will be sent separately.

What happens to the collected refuse? The contents of your non-recyclable refuse bin are taken to the Energy From Waste plant at Allington, where it is incinerated to create electricity.

Textiles: worn out clothing, towels, pillowcases etc. (no pillows or duvets).

Small electrical items: toasters, kettles, hairdryers, irons, electrical leads and chargers etc.

Refuse week

Fortnightly collection

What can go in the box?Please continue to use your existing refuse bin for non-recyclable waste when the new service starts.

Please remember when the new service starts you will be unable to use any other bin for your garden waste.

Refuse binBlack for TMBC

Garden waste paid serviceBrown for TMBC

For more information

Important inform

ation about your bin collections

Has your bin da

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Most Household Waste Recycling Centres accept low energy light bulbs and LEDs, along with wood, metals, and many other materials. For more details please visit kent.gov.uk/waste

What can go in the bin?

If you have any questions about the new service, please visit your local council’s website where we have more information.

WE EMPTY ONE REFUSE BIN PER PROPERTY

Crisp packets/sweetwrappers

Cling film & plastic wrappingPolystyrene

Nappies & sanitary items

Bagged pet faeces & litter/bedding

Black plastic trays

Your waste must be contained in the bin with the lid closed,

thank you.

Plastic bags/plastic pouches

(eg pet food)

Drink & food cartons (eg juice/soup)

Bulky waste You can book a bulky waste collection through your local council’s website.

You can also take many items including garden waste to Kent County Council’s Household Waste and Recycling centres, please visit kent.gov.uk/waste

Other materials accepted at these sites include cooking oil and printer cartridges.

Assisted collectionsIf you need help putting your recycling and refuse out for collection, please contact your borough council’s Waste team for more information.

Please do not mix textiles, small electricals and batteries in the same bag. We can only accept one average sized bag of each type per house as there is limited space on the collection vehicle.

Batteries: small household batteries including button batteries (watch batteries) and batteries from mobile phones and laptops.

Recyclingweek

Please put your textiles and electricals out in small sized separate bags (not black sacks or charity bags) next to the refuse bin on collectionday.

Please put your batteries in a small bag on top of the recycling bin on collection day.

Has

you

r bin

day

chan

ged?

See

insid

e...

Return address: The Depot, N

orth Farm Road, Royal Tunbridge W

ells, Kent, TN2 3EE

MW

1F

Additional items we collectThere will be new collections for textiles, small electrical equipment and household batteries. Please donate good quality items to charity.

Tunbridge Wells Borough Council residents visit:tunbridgewells.gov.uk/new

Tonbridge & Malling Borough Council residents visit:tmbc.gov.uk/recycleforall

If you wish to subscribeIt’s easy to sign up and pay online. Contact your council at the web address in the section below.

Already subscribedIf you have already subscribed, details about your new fortnightly garden waste service will be sent separately.

What happens to the collected refuse? The contents of your non-recyclable refuse bin are taken to the Energy From Waste plant at Allington, where it is incinerated to create electricity.

Textiles: worn out clothing, towels, pillowcases etc. (no pillows or duvets).

Small electrical items: toasters, kettles, hairdryers, irons, electrical leads and chargers etc.

Refuse week

Starting from 30 SeptFortnightly collection

What can go in the box?Please continue to use your existing refuse bin for non-recyclable waste when the new service starts.

Please remember when the new service starts you will be unable to use any other bin for your garden waste.

Refuse binBlack for TMBCGreen for TWBC

Garden waste paid serviceBrown for TMBC

For more information

Important inform

ation about your bin collections

Has your bin da

y changed?see inside...

Impo

rtan

t inf

orm

atio

n ab

out y

our b

in c

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