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42% of your waste has been recycled

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What happens to your recycling...

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The recycling wagon is split into two compartmentsso the paper and cardboard are always kept separate

from the glass, cans and plastic bottles.

Your collected recyclable materials are delivered

to Middleton waste transfer station.

The items are then separated into individual materials by a series of

manual and mechanical operations that use the latest technologies.

Once sorted the recyclable material is sent to the recycling factories to be made into useful products.

In 2011/2012 10,255 tonnes of paper, glass, cardboard, cans, plastic bottles and textiles were recycled and 10,363 tonnes of garden and food waste was composted.

Compost is made on site from the food and

garden waste.

Your paper/cardboard and glass/cans/plastic bottles and textiles are separately transferred to the

Lancashire waste technology parks.

Garden and Food Waste

food waste

NO THANK YOU

✗ Packaging of any sort

✗ Plastic bags

✗ Liquids, oil or liquid fat

✗ Soil, stones and rubble You can line your kitchen caddy with paper or compostable liners. Compostable liners must display the logo shown above.

✓ Food waste: meat (cooked and uncooked), fi sh, bones, plate scraping, fruit, vegetables, bread, pastries, tea bags, coffee grounds, rice, pasta, beans and all dairy products such as cheese and eggs, including egg shells.

✓ Garden waste: leaves, grass, weeds, cut fl owers, garden prunings, twigs and small branches.

✓ Bedding: from vegetarian animals.

Ways to keep your caddy clean:■ Wrap your food waste in newspaper, offi ce paper, junk mail or any other available paper.

■ Buy compostable bags from super- markets to contain your food waste.

■ Line your caddy with kitchen towel or paper.

■ Regularly rinse your caddy with hot soapy water.

■ Put your green bin or outside caddy out for collection every fortnight.

Keeping your food waste caddy and green bin clean will help prevent smells, allow for it to be fully emptied at collection and is more pleasant for you, for us and your neighbours.

Here is how we would like your caddy to

look and what you should avoid.

YOUR KITCHEN CADDY WILL BE COLLECTED ON YOUR GARDEN WASTE COLLECTION DAY

Recycling Boxes

IMPORTANT INFORMATIONIn order to make recycling easier for you it no longer matters which colour box or lid you use, however please make sure that you separate the materials as shown below.

PLEASE REMEMBER TO RINSE/WASH BOTTLES, JARS AND CANS

NEW

BOX 1

NO THANK YOU:

✗ Plastic tubs and trays

✗ Yoghurt pots

✗ Carrier bags

PUT THESE ITEMS TOGETHER IN ONE BOX

✗ Plastic fi lm

✗ Crisp packets and pet food pouches

Did you know you can recycle these items in your kerbside recycling boxes? Textiles

Enforcement

LANCASTER CITY COUNCIL HAS A TEAM OF ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS that can take legal action if you do not use your wheeled bins and recycling boxes correctly. This could result in you being issued with a fi ne.

Follow these easy steps to avoid a fi ne...■ Take your wheeled bins and recycling boxes back onto your property as soon as possible after collection.

■ Separate recyclable materials into your recycling boxes.

■ Your bin lid should be closed and no extra waste (including black bags) presented.

Shoes can be recycled at many recycling sites across the district.

If you have more than one grey wheeled bin and fi nd you no longer need the additional bin, please call customer services on 01524 582491 to arrange for its removal.

PLEASE PLACE TEXTILES IN CLEARLY LABELLED CARRIER BAGS (NOT BLACK BAGS) ALONGSIDE YOUR RECYCLING BOXES.

Textiles are graded into categories. Any reusable clothing is distributed to charities through a contractor and any unusable textiles are shredded to be used as industrial rags.

Please continue to support charity shops with your unwanted re-saleable clothing.

NO THANK YOU

✗ Duvets, cushions or Pillows

✗ Toys and Books

✗ Shoes

YES PLEASE

✓ Clothes

✓ Curtains

✓ Towels

✓ Cushion covers and bed sheets

✓ Table clothes

BOX 2 PUT THESE ITEMS TOGETHER IN ONE BOX

PLEASE INCLUDE: ✓ Envelopes ✓ Junk Mail ✓ Shredded Paper

SWEET/BISCUIT

METAL TINS

CLEAN FOIL AEROSOLS

PERFUME BOTTLES

CLEANING PRODUCT BOTTLES

GLASS, CANS

& PLASTIC

BOTTLES

SHAMPOOBOTTLES

PAPER &

CARDBOARD

CATALOGUES

ENVELOPES INCLUDING WINDOWS

SHREDDEDPAPER

GIFT WRAPCARDBOARD TUBES

TELEPHONE DIRECTORIES

GREETING CARDS

Textiles