If you live in the area of Antrim, or anywhere else in the world, then you should pay close attention to the waste that you put in the landfill. You may not realize it, but it takes forever for that waste to decompose in the landfill. If you are really looking to save the earth, then recycling daily is the way to start. The truth is that recycling is not a hard thing to do. In fact, recycling is pretty easy, and it can be fun as well. If you live in the area of Antrim, then paying attention to the recycling programs that Antrim Borough Council has to offer will help you.
Antrim Borough Council is providing curbside recycling to you, just like they provide you curbside trash pick up. When it comes to curbside recycling, it is good to pay close attention to the rules. Plastic bags are not allowed to be put in the blue or brown bins that are used for recycling. In fact, if you ignore this and put a plastic bag in the recycling bin anyway, then the whole load could be rejected and sent to the landfill. Do you know who would have to pay for this? Antrim Borough Council and you, the ratepayers, are the ones that will pay for it.
We would like to tell you that you do not have to separate the waste that will be going into those recycling bins. Many individuals have been separating their recyclable waste and putting it into different plastic bags in order to make it easier to sort. This is not needed, because Antrim Borough Council has recycling facilities that use machines to sort this stuff out. Putting plastic bags into your recycling could throw this off.
With all this talk about plastic bags, are you wondering just where to put your plastic bags? Antrim Borough Council ask you to put those plastic bags in the black bin that is provided to you. You will only be putting plastic bags, food waste, polystyrene, tin foil, nappies, and other materials into this black bin. As you can see, everything that is not able to be recycled will be going into this black bin. All of the materials that are put in this black bin are taken to the landfill site where they will be disposed of.
Contact Point
Antrim Borough Council
Address
Antrim Civic Centre
50 Stiles Way
Antrim
BT41 2UB
Phone Number
028 9446 3113
Website
http://www.antrim.gov.uk
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