Newark and Sherwood Christmas bin collection dates revealed
Householders in Newark and Sherwood are encouraged to have a greener Christmas this year by making sure they put their recycling and refuse bins out on the right day over the festive period.
The holidays are one of the busiest times of the year for the district council’s waste collection crews and thousands of stickers are being posted on household waste and recycling bins over the next few weeks, reminding residents of temporary changes between December 24 and January 5.
The bright orange stickers are being sent out from Monday, so people are encouraged to make a note of their new collection day for the relevant dates.
During the period of the temporary changes, council staff will be unable to return to empty any bins that are not put out on the correct day.
In line with normal arrangements, the council says households must present the relevant bin on the day of collection at its usual location by 6am.
Between December 23, 2017 and January 6, 2018 — the last festive period — district residents threw away 1,438 tonnes of waste and recycling.
Councillor Roger Jackson, chairman of the council’s leisure and environment committee, said: “We wish everybody a Merry Christmas but we can make it a greener one by making sure that we dispose of our rubbish correctly and responsibly.
“With so many tonnes of rubbish being thrown away at this time of year, it’s really important that our residents and customers receive a regular waste and recycling collection.
"To make sure this happens we have temporarily changed the collection schedule so that no one is left waiting too long between collections."
The district council, as part of its Cleaner, Safer and Greener campaign and the Nottinghamshire-wide Bin Smart initiative, is aiming to improve recycling rates with all 52,506 households in the district being contacted to reduce bin contamination and ensure the right refuse is placed in the correct bin.
With such a large volume and variety of materials being disposed, see its list below of what can, and cannot, be recycled.
For further enquiries please email customerservices@nsdc.info
Not in the silver (recycling) bin:
Metallic/foil wrapping paper (if you can scrunch it into a ball and it stays it’s probably made of paper so is ok); metallic/lots of glitter greetings cards; disposable plastic plates; paper plates — usually have a plastic coating on them, or contaminated with food; paper towels/kitchen roll (the cardboard tube can go in the silver bin though); plastic Christmas trees; children’s toys/games; tinsel; kitchen foil/ foil trays/mince pie cases; food; Christmas lights/fairy lights; plastic inserts that come with toys; polystyrene and Bubblewrap; Christmas baubles; plastic/tin Christmas chocolate/biscuit boxes, Christmas jumpers — no clothing/textiles can be put in the silver bin.
In the silver (recycling) bin:
Cardboard boxes — fold them up if cannot fit in the bin and put next to the silver bin and we will collect them, or put your extra recycling in them and they will take that as well; drinks cans/food tins — squash them and you can fit more in your bin; wrapping paper — remove ribbons, bows, and ones with lots of glitter on; envelopes; greetings cards; Christmas television guides, other paper and magazines.
Other tips:
Wine bottles/beer bottles/glass jars — take them to the nearest bottle bank; batteries — put them a plastic bag on top of the green bin and they will be recycled; natural Christmas trees — in the brown garden bin if you have one, or take to the recycling centre. Or pay £5 and the council will collect from you; broken/unwanted Christmas lights — don’t bin them, they can be recycled at the recycling centres; keep Christmas cards and re-use them next year as gift tags; natural Christmas wreaths can be put in garden bin if not held together with any wire/metal/glue.
To avoid excess food waste, visit the Love Food Hate Waste website for ideas for using up leftovers, tips on food storage and preparing correct portion sizes.
