Dry Recycling
Dry Recyclable waste includes the following materials:
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Glass bottles & Jars of all colours
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Cans, tins and foil
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Plastic bottles (types 1, 2 and 3 only)
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Cardboard and packaging card
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Newspapers and Magazines
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Jam jar lids
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Envelopes
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Junk mail and flyers
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Egg boxes (Cardboard only)
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Biscuit and Sweet tins
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Holiday brochures and directories
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Tetra paks (milk, juice and squash cartons)
To find out more about where and how the waste we collect in your recycling bin is recycled, please visit the link to the Viridor website on the right.
We collect dry recyclable waste from households in the district using a variety of containers.
- Wheeled bins
- Green Boxes
- Clear Sacks
Dry recycling is collected from households every two weeks
To find out what day your dry recycling is collected, please see the link in related items.
Important information
A few simple rules will ensure your collection is made as smoothly as possible.
- Place your bin at the edge of your property nearest the roadside for collections where it can be clearly seen
- Make sure you bin is ready for collection by 6.30am
- Make sure your lid is fully closed
- Try not to compact the contents too much - it makes emptying more difficult and may result in some contents being left in your bin.
- If your bin is stolen contact us as soon as possible with the Crime Reference Number. Once you have reported your bin stolen to the police you will be issued with a crime reference number.
- The council only collects waste set out in the containers provided by the council
To report a stolen bin, a missed collection or to find out when you next collection is due use the links on the right
For further information about dry recycling collections, please see the link on the right. To learn more about how your dry recyclables are sorted, click on the 'Community Waste' weblink in the external links.
Make it Part of Your Routine
You can make recycling at home a simple part of your everyday routine. Here are a few easy steps to get you started.
All residents have a regular collection scheme from outside their homes via the blue bin, or clear recycling bags. If you haven’t got one of these, or your bin has gone missing, contact the refuse and recycling helpline on 0800 3896613.
- Find a convenient place to keep recyclable items. Most things come from the kitchen which makes it a good spot
- to set up a mini recycling point for the family. Also remember the bathroom where there are lots of items such as shampoo and shower gel bottles which can be recycled.
- Share the recycling duties among the family and sort items on a daily basis.
- If you are unable to avoid plastic carrier bags, make sure you take your spare bags back to the supermarkets where they are collected and recycled.
- Check the bottom of plastic items to identify what type of plastic it is. HDC only collects plastics bottles which have the 1, 2 or 3 symbol. If the symbol is missing then consider ways to reuse it for storage or a school project
- Take the ‘TOPS OFF’ bottles as they are made from a different type of plastic than the bottle itself. Then ‘RINSE OUT’ bottles that contain residues to reduce smells and liquids, and finally ‘SQUASH’ them to enable more to fit in your bin.
- Recycle junk mail and say no to unsolicited mail by visiting the Mail Preference Service via the link on the right
- get to know what goes in your bins.
What you can do with your unwanted Textiles
Textiles include curtains, bedding, towels, handbags, cloths as well as clothes and shoes, all of which can be reused or recycled into other useful products but unfortunately we are unable to collect these via our dry recycling scheme.
Many textiles that are in good condition can be reused or recycled in many ways. Here are a few examples of how to dispose of your unwanted textiles.
- Take them to a local charity shop. Whilst you are donating to the charity shop take the time to look around, you can often pick up a bargain or an unusual period piece. You will also be helping the charity.
- Put them in a textiles bank provided by charities like Oxfam, The Salvation Army and Scope. You can find these at some of the bring sites throughout the district. Try and make sure clothes are clean and dry before you donate them and shoes are tied together.
- Charities and jumble sales also make door-to-door collections. Keep an eye out for those plastic sacks coming through your letterbox.
- Textiles that are worn out or in unsaleable condition can be left in special textile banks at some of the bring sites or the household waste recycling centre. The fabrics are shredded before being reprocessed into new items.
- As with any materials, reusing within your home has many benefits. Discarded sheets and holey t-shirts make excellent cleaning cloths and dusters. Old clothes, such as jeans can be turned in to fashionable accessories such as handbags or cushion covers. Let your creative side come out and customise it to make something that is unique.
- Hold your own Swishing Party. Gather your friends together to swap those gorgeous clothes and have fun at the same time. For more information visit the link on the right
For more information on where textiles can be recycled visit the RECAP link on the right