A-Z of Recycling in the Radstock Area

You might be surprised at what can be recycled as well as the usual items, it’s just knowing where. We’ve put items in alphabetical order so that you can find out quickly.

A

Animal Bedding - Biodegradable bedding from small animals can go in your green garden waste wheelie bin if you have one, or paper garden sacks if ordered from B&NES for composting.

B

Baby & Toddler Equipment - donate clothes, toys, books, and equipment to be passed on locally via Small Stuff Baby Bank based at Leigh House, 1 Wells Road, Radstock BA3 3RN. www.smallstuffbabybank.co.uk

Batteries - Household batteries such as AA: secure in a small, used paper or plastic bag in your green kerbside box. Car batteries leave out beside your green recycling kerbside box.

Books - Radstock Museum sells second-hand books in the foyer to raise funds for the museum, ask at the front desk. Books that are not fit for reuse need to have hardcovers removed and can be recycled with paper in your green kerbside box.

Building Materials - Rubble, including ceramics, loose soil, bricks, concrete, (six sacks max per week) plasterboard and gypsum (6 sacks max per week) and timber can go to Welton Recycling Centre, off Radstock Road BA3 2AA, remember to book a time slot at www.bathnes.gov.uk

C

Clothing / Textiles in good reusable condition - Either: take to charity shops or put out them in a waterproof plastic bag, with your green kerbside box or take to a clothing bank.

Crisp Packets - These can be taken to The Hub in Radstock where they raise funds for “The Woodland Group”, or alternatively they can be taken to Tesco for recycling in the container for all types of plastic wrappers, currently situated by the self-checkouts.

E

Electrical appliances - Small items such as kettles, toasters, drills, hairdryers etc. that fit into a carrier bag, can go out with your green box kerbside collection. Large electrical items can be collected by booking a large item collection, go to www.bathnes. gov.uk for details.

F

Foil - If you scrunch the foil in your hand and it stays scrunched, it is foil and can go in your green kerbside box.

H

Hand tools, non-electrical carpentry or car tools are occasionally collected by PSJ Terracycle for reuse. * Find Peasedown Environment Group on Facebook for details.

I

Inkjet cartridges - Can be put out in a bag inside or on top of your green kerbside box. Alternatively take them to PSJ Terracycle to raise money for charity. *

L

Low energy light bulbs and strip lights - Take to Welton Recycling Centre, off Radstock Road. BA3 2AA remember to book a time slot www.bathnes. gov.uk Old style incandescent bulbs need to go in the black wheelie bin.

M

Medicine unused, unopened, or out of date medicines of all kinds should be returned to pharmacies. Never flush medicines down the toilet.

O

Oral health products - Such as: toothbrushes, toothpaste tubes, dental floss packaging, (sorry no interdental brushes) PSJ Terracycle collection. *

P

Pens and felt-tips - PSJ Terracycle collection. *

Plastic wrappers including stretchy and crackly bags and film (clear, printed or shiny) from: cakes, biscuits, chocolate, snacks, cereal, rice fruit trays, frozen food bags, fruit, veg and salad bags, flower wrapping, bubble wrap, wrap from toilet roll and kitchen roll and much more. Take to Tesco Paulton. (Container, currently inside by self-checkouts not to be confused with the carrier bag container outside) please be careful not to put compostable bags in with plastic bags and wrappers.

S

Shoes - These are for reuse only, so need to be in good condition; take them tied in pairs to a charity shop or keep dry in a plastic carrier bag and put out with your green kerbside collection box. Wet, worn out or odd shoes, slippers, sandals, and flip-flops etc need to go in your black wheelie bin.

Stamps - These can be cut with a border from the envelope and taken to the Hub in Radstock to raise funds for the RNIB or recycled.

* PSJ Terracycle collections at the Methodist Church, Peasedown St John on the fourth Saturday every month and the Thursday prior to the fourth Saturday at 10 – 11.30 a.m. No collection in December. Money raised goes to charity: Climate Stewards for action on climate change.