Your Waste and Recycling Calendar 2015
Your collection day for 2015 is THURSDAY
Please use this calendar from the dates shown below and discard your
previous calendar.
Please note recycling bins issued before April 2013 are grey.
June
Thursday 4th
Thursday 11th
Thursday 18th
Thursday 25th
Rubbish Bin
Rubbish Bin
Recycling Bin and Box and Batteries
Rubbish Bin
July
Thursday 2nd
Thursday 9th
Thursday 16th
Thursday 23rd
Thursday 30th
Recycling Bin and Box and Batteries
Rubbish Bin
Recycling Bin and Box and Batteries
Rubbish Bin
Recycling Bin and Box and Batteries
August
Thursday 6th
Thursday 13th
Thursday 20th
Thursday 27th
Rubbish Bin
Recycling Bin and Box and Batteries
Rubbish Bin
Recycling Bin and Box and Batteries
September
Thursday 3rd
Thursday 10th
Thursday 17th
Thursday 24th
Rubbish Bin
Recycling Bin and Box and Batteries
Rubbish Bin
Recycling Bin and Box and Batteries
October
Thursday 1st
Thursday 8th
Thursday 15th
Thursday 22nd
Thursday 29th
Rubbish Bin
Recycling Bin and Box and Batteries
Rubbish Bin
Recycling Bin and Box and Batteries
Rubbish Bin
November
Thursday 5th
Thursday 12th
Thursday 19th
Thursday 26th
Recycling Bin and Box and Batteries
Rubbish Bin
Recycling Bin and Box and Batteries
Rubbish Bin
December
Thursday 3rd
Thursday 10th
Thursday 17th
Recycling Bin and Box and Batteries
Rubbish Bin
Recycling Bin and Box and Batteries
You will be sent a new collection calendar in December 2015.
Bank Holidays
Please note collections will take place as usual on all bank holidays, except
over the Christmas/New Year period.
Christmas and New Year Collections 2014-2015
If you normal collection day is:
be:
Thursday 25th December
Thursday 1st January
Thursday 8th January
Thursday 15th January
Your collection day will
Saturday 27th December
Saturday 3rd January
Friday 9th January
Normal collections resume
Christmas Recycling
All your festive wrapping paper and cards can be placed in your recycling
bin.
Christmas Tree Recycling
If you do not have a garden waste collection service, you can recycle your
real tree at your local Household Waste Recycling Site – please look on our
website for more details.
What goes into each container?
Recycling Bin
Yes Please
 Cardboard
 Newspapers, magazines, envelopes and junk mail
 Shredded paper (in bags)
 Telephone directories and books
 Food/drinks cans and aerosols (empty)
 Metal lids from glass bottles and jars
 Kitchen foil and foil food trays
 Aerosols (empty)
 Food & drinks cartons e.g. Tetra Paks
 Plastic bottles (remove lids and include for recycling)
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Plastic food pots, tubs and trays e.g. yoghurt pots, margarine tubs & food
trays
Plastic bags & film
Blister packs (moulded plastic packaging used for tablets, batteries, small
toys etc.)
No Thanks
 Food waste
 Garden waste
 Polystyrene/bubble wrap
 Hard plastics e.g. toys and plant pots
 Foil-lined plastic pouches and bags e.g. crisp packets
 Black plastic bags
 Refuse
Recycling Box
Yes Please
 Glass bottles
 Glass jars
No Thanks
 Lids
 Pyrex/ovenproof glassware
 Drinking glasses and crockery
 Window panes
 Mirrors
 Light bulbs
Batteries
Place in a separate carrier bag next to your recycling bin but not in it.
Textiles & small electrical items
These can be recycled at your local Household Waste Recycling Site and at
some Neighbourhood Recycling Points
Rubbish Bin
For items you cannot recycle such as food waste, cat litter/dog waste and
disposable nappies. Please do not place builders’ rubble, soil, hot ashes or
garden waste in this bin.
Clean, empty and loose
Please help us with our recycling by giving your plastics, cans, foil, glass
bottles and jars a quick rinse before placing them loose in your recycling
containers.
Please remember to remove plastic film from around magazines/junk mail,
liners from cereal boxes, and to bag shredded paper.
Collection information
Please ensure that your containers are put out at the edge of your property
by 7am on the day of collection. Please take bins in as soon as possible after
collection.
Please report any missed bin/box collections by 5pm the following working
day. Unfortunately, we are unable to return for missed collections reported
later than this.
Please ensure that your rubbish is contained within the rubbish bin. Side
waste will not be collected.
Extra recycling can be placed out in a suitable box or carrier bags (no black
sacks) next to your recycling bin.
If you order a new or replacement recycling bin/box, you will now be
delivered a green bin/black box.
If the collection crews are unable to gain access due to road works, parked
cars or adverse weather, they will try to return as soon as possible. Please
leave your containers out until they are emptied.
During periods of extreme weather, please see our website for updates on
your collections.
Flats/properties with communal bins - Please continue to use your bins as
specified on the attached labels.
Contact Us
Please see our website for further information on recycling or to use our
online services.
Website: www.wealden.gov.uk/recycling
Email: info@wealden.gov.uk
Telephone: 01323 443322
Address: Wealden District Council, Waste Management, Vicarage Lane,
Hailsham, East Sussex BN27 2AX