There are many different recyclable items that can be placed in this box to be collected.  Paper products are one of them, which include magazines and newspapers, white envelopes and office paper, brown envelopes and paper bags, brochures and catalogues, yellow pages and telephone directories, as well as glossy paper inserts and leaflets.  Metal products can be placed in this box too, which include food and drink tins/cans, pet food tins/cans, and aerosols with the nozzles and lids removed.  Additionally, glass jars and bottles that have been stripped of their labels, caps, and have been rinsed are to be put into the box as well.

Garden waste is also collected by Tewkesbury Borough Council, which was a scheme introduced in March 2006.  The service has prevented more than 10,000 tonnes of compostable waste from being sent to the landfill.  The scheme, however, is available by subscription only, which costs £30 per year, where you will be given a brown wheeled bin to put the garden waste in.

Contact Point
Tewkesbury Borough Council

Address
Council Offices
Gloucester Road
Tewkesbury
Gloucestershire
GL20 5TT

Phone Number
01684 295 010

Fax
01684 272 039

Email Address
enquiries@tewkesbury.gov.uk

Website
http://www.tewkesburybc.gov.uk

Opening Hours
Monday to Thursday 8.30am to 5.00pm
Friday 8.30am to 4.00pm

Teignbridge District Council has and will provide green and black boxes, as well as green bins, for residents to recycle.  Batteries, printer cartridges, and mobile phones are to be placed in the green box, as well as clean glass jars and bottles and cloudy plastic bottles.  Dry cell batteries that are to be recycled need to be put in a plastic bag and left on top of the green box.

Cans that contained drinks and food are to be put into the black box after they have been rinsed.  Newspapers, empty aerosols, magazines, and other dry, clean, white paper can be put in this box as well.  If it is raining on your collection day, then the paper items need to be placed into a carrier bag that is only folded over in order to keep the paper dry.

Items that can go in the green bin are uncooked and cooked food waste that has been wrapped in newspaper and garden waste, which includes weeds, grass cuttings, hedge clippings, and small branches.  Thin cardboard can be placed in this bin also, such as toilet roll tubes, cereal boxes, yellow pages, and shredded paper.  Wet paper is to be placed here as well.

All of the collected recyclables from the boxes are taken to Newton Abbot, the bulking station, where they are gathered and sorted before being transported.  All of the items collected from the bins, which are compostable, are taken to their composting facility to be processed.

Contact Point
Teignbridge District Council

Address
Forde House
Brunel Road
Newton Abbot
Devon
TQ12 4XX

Phone Number
01626 361 101

Text Phone

Minicom
01626 363 690

Fax
01626 215 182

Email Address
info@teignbridge.gov.uk
Website
http://www.teignbridge.gov.uk

Opening Hours
Monday to Thursday 8.30am to 5.00pm
Friday 8.30am to 4.30pm (main office/customer services)

In the green bin Teesdale District Council asks that you place any paper and cardboard items to be recycled.  This includes brochures, leaflets, magazines, newspapers, telephone directories, envelopes, and catalogues.  The cardboard that is placed in this bin must be flattened and folded to fit.

In the black bin you will need to put any glass jars and bottles that are empty and clean.  Please note that these glass items cannot be broken.  Then in the blue sack you can put any aerosol, drink, and food cans that have been emptied and cleaned.  Plastic bottles are also to be put in here, and they must be emptied and cleaned as well.

However, there are certain items that Teesdale District Council is unable to collect.  These include wallpaper, carpets, fruit juice cartons, wrapping paper, paint tins, books, toys, baking trays, electrical items, plastics such as food trays, crockery, saucepans, yoghurt pots, plant pots, margarine tubs, plastic packaging, light bulbs, and pyrex dishes.

The collections are scheduled for once every two weeks and is usually collected on the same day as the rubbish, unless told otherwise.  To find out when your collection day and time is, you can call the council or go to their website.

Contact Point
Teesdale District Council

Address
Teesdale House
Galgate
Barnard Castle
Co Durham
DL12 8EL

Phone Number
01833 690 000

Fax
01833 637 269

Email Address
enquiries@teesdale.gov.uk

Website
http://www.teesdale.gov.uk

The green box or bin is to be placed at the edge of your property as close to the road as it can be so that the collectors can clearly see it.  The recyclables that can be put in the green box include: papers like magazines, junk mail, newspapers, and telephone directories; drink and food cans that have been washed out; aluminum foil that has been cleaned and put into a separate bag; glass jars and bottles; clothes that have been placed in a separate bag to keep dry and are marked ‘textiles; shoes that are tied together in pairs and kept in a separate bag; and engine oil/car batteries, where they should be placed beside the recycling box and in a sealed container sitting upright.

Garden waste is collected as well, except on alternate weeks and in a green wheeled bin or sack.  You can get your sack or bin for the garden waste by ordering it from Taunton Deane District Council for a fee.  Plastic bags are not to be placed in the bins or bags, as they are not decomposable.

Contact point
Taunton Deane Borough Council

Address
The Deane House
Belvedere Road
Taunton
Somerset
TA1 1HE

Phone Number

Customer Services
01823 356 356

Emergency Helpline (24 hours)
01823 351 411

Fax
01823 356 329

Email Address
enquiries@tauntondeane.gov.uk

Website
http://www.tauntondeane.gov.uk

Opening Hours
Monday to Thursday 8.30am to 5.00pm
Friday 9.30am to 4.30pm

Also since the year 2003/04, the recycling rate for the area of Tamworth increased from 9.6% to 38.3% in the 2006/07 year.  Plus, there was a reduction in the amount of waste that is produced by households by 3% during this same period of time.  However, Tamworth Borough Council is hoping to achieve a 40% recycling rate for 2008/09, and by 2011/12 they hope to reach 50%.

Every week collectors pick up the blue boxes with your recyclable waste in them.  To have your box of recyclables collected, make sure the bin is placed at the edge of your property by 7am.  The bin should not be overfilled or have any additional waste inside or beside it, such as garden waste, as this is  not permitted.  Products like rubble, timber, and bricks are not to be put in the bin either.  Any excess waste is to be taken to the Household Waste Site.

Businesses are also able to use the recycling services provided by Tamworth Borough Council.  No matter how big or small your business is, you have a legal responsibility to safely dispose of waste.  Disposing of the waste is not hard at all, as there is plenty of information on the council’s website (below) that can help you with that.

Contact Point
Tamworth Borough Council

Address
Marmion House
Lichfield Street
Tamworth
Staffordshire
B79 7BZ

Phone Number
01827 709 709

Email Address
enquiries@tamworth.gov.uk

Website
http://www.tamworth.gov.uk

It is a fact that about 45% of household waste can be recycled with ease.  As a resident in Lambeth, you can have all of your drink and food cartons, plastic bottles, tins, glass, cardboard, and catalogues recycled for free with the orange recycling bag that they provide to you.  The bag can be placed outside of your home to be collected on your specific day, which can be found out by going to the council’s website or by calling them.  Housing estate tenants are also provided a recycling service, by which they can place their recyclable materials into green bins, which are usually located where they put their household trash.

London Borough of Lambeth Council delivers 30 orange sacks in bundles to the residents in their area each 4 months.  The green box and orange sack needs to be placed by the inside edge of your property on collection day by 6:30am so that they can be clearly seen for the collectors.  If there isn’t a frontage to your property, then the box or sack can be left on the pavement, but don’t put them out there before 6pm on the night before they are collected.

Contact Point
London Borough of Lambeth Council

Address
Town Hall
Brixton Hill
London
SW2 1RW

Phone Number

Switchboard and Out of Hours Emergency
020 7926 1000

Email Address
infoservice@lambeth.gov.uk

Website
http://www.lambeth.gov.uk

Opening Hours
Monday to Friday 8.30 am to 8.00 pm (phone)

The Fenland District Council uses the three Rs when they talk about their program.  You have probably heard of these, which stand for Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle.  The council advises that before you throw out waste or recycle it, think about ways to REDUCE the amount of products that you are getting rid of.  There are many ways to do this, as well as REUSE products, such as plastic containers.  To RECYCLE is how everyone will be able to help save the environment.

The recycling program that Fenland District Council provides is very common: the bin system.  There are three different bins that you will be given (blue, brown, and green), and they are used for different items.  The blue bin is used for paper (not shredded), clean cardboard, aerosols, clean drink and food cans, aluminum foil, clean plastic bottles without the lids, and ‘tetrapak’ cartons.  These are actually the most common recyclables that are found in household waste.

The brown bin is used for garden waste, uncooked and cooked food waste (should be wrapped in caddy sack or newspaper), paper or cardboard with food on it, shredded paper, and paper or sawdust bedding from vegetarian pets.  The green bin is used for all of the waste that cannot be recycled, which include other plastics, sanitary products, nappies, and bottle tops.

Contact Point
Fenland District Council

Address
Fenland Hall
County Road
March
Cambridgeshire
PE15 8NQ

Phone Number

Contact Centre
01354 654 321

Text Phone

Minicom
01354 622 213

Email Address
info@fenland.gov.uk

Website
http://www.fenland.gov.uk

Opening Hours
Monday to Friday 8.30am to 5.30pm
Saturday 9.00am to 12.00pm

During the 2007/08 year, Devon County Council recycled just over 49% of household waste in the area, and if even more people help the environment by recycling, Devon County Council will achieved a composting and recycling rate of 53% by 2010.  Plus, by 2015 they could recycle 60% of household waste and 65% by 2025.

The Recycling Centres that are provided by Devon County Council are for disposing of bulky household waste only.  However, cardboard and garden waste is excepted but for a fee.  The council does provide a special collection service for bulky items, which will need to be arranged if you aren’t able to access one of the centres.

Households aren’t the only ones who are provided services for recycling, as Devon County Council also provides these services to small businesses as well.  Certain Recycling Centres will accept cardboard and green waste from businesses, which will save them the cost and time for transporting the materials to a landfill that is further away.  Recycling these items will help protect the environment, instead of just throwing them out, and it also reduces pollution and saves energy.

Contact Point
Devon County Council

Address
County Hall
Topsham Road
Exeter
Devon
EX2 4QD

Phone Number
0845 155 1015

Email Address
customer@devon.gov.uk

Website
http://www.devon.gov.uk

The recyclable products that are coming out everyday are helping the world each day. The products are reusable when they come out with these materials. The recycling that is gathered at certain times of the week go to recycling facilities. The recycling facilities that are provided to collect the recyclables ship the recyclables later to places that turn them into new materials again.

The kerbside program provides services for garden waste too, making this a very good service for recycling. The garden waste is taken to a recycling facility that later ships off the waste as well. The collections for the household waste are taken to the landfill later, and the collections for the household recycling are taken to the recycling facilities. Recycling is meant for everyone to do and will help the environment by producing less pollution.

The information provided below will help you with the contacts and website to get more information. The information that is provided by the York City Council website will help you with the collection times and other questions that you need answered.

Contact Point
York City Council

Address
Library Square
York
YO1 7DU

Phone Number

General Enquiries
01904 551 550

Text Phone

Minicom
01904 553 562

Fax
01904 553 560

Email Address
ycc@york.gov.uk

Website
http://www.york.gov.uk

Opening Hours
Monday to Friday 8.30am to 5.00pm

The services that Vale Royal Borough Council provide for the people include services for the elderly. The elderly has a service that they can request for collecting the bins from their house, and this helps. The service they provide for the household recyclable materials are the bins they provide. The bins are collected every week at the kerbside, and that’s what makes it easier on people to recycle.

The bins tend to get full and overflow, however. Well, there is a solution to that, and that’s to take them to the recycling centers that are located in the city. The recycling centers are well known for their great help, and they welcome you. There are many different recyclables that you should collect, and these include materials like plastics, drinking cans, and cardboard. There are more that are collected, and that’s what is good about the services they provide. The garden waste that is collected is collected in a different bin to keep them separate. Recycling will save the world some day, so this is a good program to be involved with.

Contact Point
Vale Royal Borough Council

Address
The Drumber
Winsford
Cheshire
CW7 1AH

Phone Number
01606 862 862

Text Phone

Minicom
01606 862 862

Fax
01606 862 100

Email Address
webmaster@valeroyal.gov.uk

Website
http://www.valeroyal.gov.uk