Kerbside Recycling Collection
The Introduction of a Green Recycling Bin for all of your mixed
recycling.
From July 5th, you will be able to recycle a larger range of
materials from one 240 lt green wheelie bin.
We appreciate that not everyone will be able to benefit from
these changes because of restricted storage space, being part of a
multi-occupancy building etc and will be looking at these
properties on a case-by-case basis to determine how we can work
together to maximise their recycling opportunities. More
information will be available after assessments of these properties
has taken place.
More information will be sent to households during
June.
Recycling
Collections
Why should we
recycle?
What can we do?
District-wide Recycling
Community Recycling
Household Recycling
Recycling Collections
In order to comply with the EU Landfill Directive, the UK must
'recover' 45% of its municipal waste (including 30%
recyling/composting) by 2010 and 67% (33% by recycling/composting)
by 2015. For us to reach these targets locally, we consider
recycling and waste minimisation to be a long-term programme with
residents, businesses and the Wyre Forest District Council all
working together.
The Government has set us, as a district, a target to divert 20%
of recyclable waste from landfill - thanks to you, our residents,
last year we achieved a rate of over 28% in the
Wyre Forest district.
We are pleased to now be able to provide recycling collection
services to over 99% of Wyre Forest households
from kerbside collections, 'bring banks' and micro-site
facilities. Whilst we try to do all we can to help people to
recycle, it is up to our residents to carry out these practices to
ensure continuation of recycling success.
Last year, our crews collected over 10,000
tonnes of recyclable material - to put this into
perspective, just one tonne would fill up the equivalent of an
average sized garage.
Why should we recycle?
People will always produce waste - this we cannot change. We
can, however, control how it is produced, how it is managed and
what we do with it when we've finished with it.
We are consuming natural resources at an unsustainable rate,
which contributes unnecessarily to climate change. More than 400
million tonnes of waste is produced in the UK every year from
households, trade and industry. More than 60% of this is disposed
of in landfill, where biodegradable waste produces methane - a
powerful greenhouse gas.
We need to act now to reduce waste growth and recycle more.
Simply landfilling waste:
- accounts for over a quarter of all UK methane emissions (a
greenhouse gas).
- squanders valuable resources that could be reused or
recycled.
- is unpopular with people who live near landfill sites - would
you want one near your house?
- could allow hazardous waste to contaminate groudwater
supplies.
- can take some materials 100s of years to decompose. Some may
never break down.
What can we do?
Recycling an item is actually the last step in a 3-step
programme. Reduce; reuse; recycle - the 3 'Rs' are well known to
people but do we actually follow these three steps?
Step One; before you even aquire an item you
should consider what you plan to do with it after you've finished
with it. Can you buy the item with less packaging? Can it be
purchased in a recyclable material? Do you actually really need it
- could you do without it or borrow from a friend or neighbour?
Step Two; is there another use for it?
Chocolate and biscuit tins make for good food storage containers or
for small items, like nails and screws or children's jigsaw pieces.
Could you donate it to a charity shop or another local re-use
organisation? Re-use is all about leaving the item in its original
condition, without the need for altering its composition.
Step Three; when you've considered your
reducing and reusing options - can it be recycled? Use your
kerbside box for paper, glass bottles and jars, plastic bottles,
textiles and food and drinks cans. Use our recycling FAQs for more
information on what to do with your household items.
Recycling facilities are available to over 99% of the
Districts householders through kerbside collections, bring banks
and micro-site facilities.
District-wide Recycling
Morrisons Supermarket has the full range of recycling
facilites in a dedicated area of the car park - making it easier
for you to drop off your recycling. Other facilities are
conveniently located around the district. See our recycling bank locations.
Battery collection tubes are available at the
Worcestershire Hubs in Kidderminster, Bewdley and Stourport and
Bewdley's Tourist Information Centre. For more details view the local recycling centres
page.
Community Recycling
Flats and multi-occupancy housing can recycle by
collecting material in their homes using one of our recycling bags
and depositing them at their local recycling
centre, if there isn't a communal facility
available.
Trials of the Node (a mini recycling facility) have
proved successful at Windermere Court in providing urban recycling
facilities, as have on-street facilities at Load Street,
Bewdley.
Household Recycling
Look more closely at what you're buying in the
supermarket to consider whether the packaging can be recycled or
not. Buy in bulk to reduce packaging and re-use carrier bags or
purchase re-usable ones. All Tesco and Sainsburys stores provide
recycling facilities for used plastic bags.
See Worcestershire County Council's Waste Mission
Impossible website for more details.
Just because some material cannot be collected in your
green and black boxes, doesn't mean there isn't a local recyling
facility for it.
- Tetra-Pak waxed juice cartons can be recycled at
local recycling centres.
- Household batteries can be deposited in battery
recycling tubes at your local Worcestershire Hub or the Wyre Forest
Tourist Information Centre in Bewdley.
- Corrugated cardboard can be taken to your local
Household Recycling Centre, as can car
batteries and spent fluorescent tube lighting (including
energy-saving lightbulbs).
Local and country-wide non-profit organisations provide
facilities where proceeds from your donated mobile phones,
spectacles and printer ink-cartridges go to helping charities
around the world.
Try to compost as much as you
can or invest in a food waste disposal unit that fits easily and
discreetly under your sink. See the Waste Mission
Impossible website for more information.
Consider using reusable 'real'
nappies instead of disposable ones, which can take 100s of
years to decompose in landfill.
Find a new home for your unwanted goods such as donating
them to a local charity, attending one of our Swap Shop events or
advertising them on Wyre Forest
Freegle.
Remove yourself from junk mail lists using the Mailing Preference Service
or see our Jilt the Junk Mail leaflet (available on request from
the Worcestershire Hub).
