What goes where...
40% of your waste has been recycled Together we can recycle more
CUSTOMER SERVICES
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Recycling Boxes IMPoRTaNT INFoRMaTIoN In 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.
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No ThaNk you:
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Plastic tubs and trays Yoghurt pots
Plastic film Crisp packets and pet food pouches
Carrier bags PLEaSE REMEMBER To RINSE/WaSh BoTTLES, JaRS aND CaNS
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Envelopes
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Junk Mail
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Shredded Paper
Textiles ■ Put in clearly labelled carrier bags (not black bags) alongside your recycling boxes. ■ No shoes, duvets, pillows or cushions please. ■ Shoes can be recycled at many recycling sites in the district.
Garden and Food Waste ✓✓ Food waste: (cooked and uncooked) meat, fish, bones, plate scrapings, fruit, vegetables, bread, pastries, tea bags, coffee grounds, rice, pasta, beans and dairy products. All dairy products, such as cheese and eggs, including egg shells.
✓✓ Garden waste: leaves, grass, weeds, cut flowers, garden prunings, twigs and small branches.
✓✓ Bedding: from vegetarian animals.
No Thank you
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Packaging of any sort Plastic bags Liquids, oil or liquid fat Soil, stones and rubble
food waste
You can line your kitchen caddy with paper or compostable liners. Compostable liners must display the logo shown above.
Enforcement £100 Fine 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 £100 fine.
Follow these easy steps to avoid a £100 fine... ■ 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. If you have more than one grey wheeled bin and find you no longer need the additional bin, please call customer services on 01524 582491 to arrange for its removal.
What happens to your recycling... In 2009/2010 10,400 tonnes of paper, glass, cardboard, cans, plastic bottles and textiles were recycled and 8800 tonnes of garden waste was composted. The recycling wagon is split into two compartments so the paper and cardboard are always kept separate from the glass, cans and plastic bottles.
The items are then separated into individual materials by a series of manual and mechanical operations that use the latest technologies.
Your paper/cardboard and glass/ cans/plastic bottles and textiles are separately transferred to the Lancashire waste technology parks
Once sorted the recyclable material is sent to the recycling factories to be made into useful products. Design and print by Pagefast Print & Publishing | www.pagefast.co.uk
Your collected recyclable materials are delivered to Middleton waste transfer station.
Compost is made on site from the food and garden waste.
All illustrations including the Recycle logo by WRAP | www.wrap.org.uk