Kerbside Collection
What goes into what?
What happens to your recyclables?
When are the bins collected?
 Kerbie Calendar 2010/11
Blue Bin Calendar 2010/11
What goes into what?
Black 'Kerbie' Box (Mixed Dry Recyclables) |
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Food & Drink Cans
e.g.
Soup Cans
Baked Bean Cans
Pet Food Cans
Fizzy Drink Cans
Biscuit Tins
Please rinse and squash
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Aluminium Foil
e.g.
Kitchen Foil
Foil Trays
Foil Cartons
Please rinse and tie in a separate bag
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Paper Products
e.g.
Newspapers
Magazines
Brochures
Junk Mail (no envelopes)
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Plastic Bottles
e.g.
Drink bottles
Detergents
Toiletries
Washing up liquid
Milk containers (not cartons)
Please rinse & attach lids and tops.
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Red 'Kerbie' Box (Mixed Dry Recyclables) |
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Glass bottles & Jars
e.g.
Beverage Bottles
Jam Jars
Sauce Jars
Please rinse & remove lids
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Textiles
e.g.
Clothes
Shoes
Bedding Material
Please tie in a separate bag
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Card & Cardboard
e.g.
Cereal Boxes
Soap Powder Boxes
Egg Boxes
Shoe Boxes
All items should be flattened and be no bigger than the kerbie box lid.
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Blue Bin (Mixed Dry Recyclables) |
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Food & Drink Cans
e.g.
Soup Cans
Baked Bean Cans
Pet Food Cans
Fizzy Drink Cans
Biscuit Tins
Please rinse and squash
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Paper Products
e.g.
Newspapers
Magazines
Brochures
Junk Mail (no envelopes)
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Plastic Bottles
e.g.
Drink bottles
Detergents
Toiletries
Washing up liquid
Milk containers (not cartons)
Please rinse & attach lids and tops.
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Light Card
e.g.
Cereal boxes
Toothpaste
Soap powder
Shoe boxes
Egg boxes
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Cardboard
e.g.
Packaging
Boxes
Please flatten
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Brown Bin (Compostable waste only) |
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Garden Waste
e.g.
Grass
Hedge cuttings
Leaves
Plants and shrubs
Twigs and branches
Flowers
Only the above will be accepted and should be placed loose in your bin. Please prune twigs and branches into short lengths
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Ashes
Cold Ashes
From coal, peat or wood fires. These should be placed loose in your bin. (Small amounts only - do not overfill)
Food waste
All food waste is accepted into the brown bin this includes cooked and raw food. Place all food
waste into the bin loose or lightly wrap in a single sheet of newspaper.
Only the above will be accepted and should be placed loose in your bin. Please prune twigs and branches into short lengths.
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Grey/Black Bin (Residual Waste) |
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The Grey or Black bin is used for any wastes that are not collected through the Tri-Cycle Scheme or cannot be recycled at a Council HRC.
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IMPORTANT
If your Blue Bin or Brown Bin is found to be contaminated, that is it includes unacceptable wastes, it will not be emptied. It will be the householder’s responsibility to ensure that any contaminants are removed before it is presented for the next scheduled collection day.
Contamination can result in a complete lorry load being rejected by the Materials Recovery Facility or Composting Facility!
What happens to your recyclables?
Bryson House Kerbie Boxes
All correct materials in the Kerbie box are separated at kerbside into a Stillage Vehicle. This vehicle has compartments for specific recyclable material, e.g. one for paper, one for glass, etc. All sorted materials are taken in this vehicle to the Materials Recovery Facility (MRF), baled and sent for recycling to reprocessors. The MRF is a specialised plant that separates, processes, and stores recyclables that have been collected. Over 99.5% of materials collected for recycling through the Kerbie are recycled.
Blue Bin
All material collected in the Blue bin is taken in a Council Refuse Collection Vehicle (RCV) to a clean Materials Recovery Facility (MRF). The MRF is a specialised plant that separates, processes, and stores recyclables that have been collected.
A clean MRF accepts recyclable materials that have been separated from refuse. Recyclable materials are then sent on to reprocessors and any residual material that is not suitable for processing goes for disposal.
96% of co-mingled material delivered to the MRF is recycled, the 4% being made up largely of items that should not have been put in the Blue bins in the first place.
Materials from Bryson House are recycled through established reprocessors, with around 80% staying within the UK. Bryson House Recycling has a clear audit system in place for all goods it recycles which identify both the reprocessor and what happens to the materials.
Brown Bin
The material in your brown bin is brought to a composting facility where it undergoes Windrow composting. The organic material is left to decompose outdoors, aided only by watering and mechanical turning for aeration. This method is simple and non-intensive. It is the slowest large-scale method used to produce compost.
You can now search for box collection day by entering your street name or postcode, simply click on the link below
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