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Waste Management

Kerbside Collection

What goes into what?

What happens to your recyclables?

When are the bins collected?

Kerbie Calendar 2011/12

Blue Bin Calendar 2011/12

For further information on your kerbie box collections please see Bryson Recyclings Website Bryson News Letter

What goes into what?

Black 'Kerbie' Box (Mixed Dry Recyclables)

		Food & Drink Cans e.g. Soup Cans Baked Bean Cans Pet Food Cans Fizzy Drink Cans Biscuit Tins Please rinse and squash
		Aluminium Foil e.g. Kitchen Foil Foil Trays Foil Cartons Please rinse and tie in a separate bag

		Paper Products e.g. Newspapers Magazines Brochures Junk Mail (no envelopes)
		Plastic Bottles e.g. Drink bottles Detergents Toiletries Washing up liquid Milk containers (not cartons) Please rinse & attach lids and tops.
		Aerosols Please ensure aerosols are empty DO NOT PIERCE OR CRUSH

Red 'Kerbie' Box (Mixed Dry Recyclables)


		Glass bottles & Jars e.g. Beverage Bottles Jam Jars Sauce Jars Please rinse & remove lids
		Textiles e.g. Clothes Shoes Bedding Material Please tie in a separate bag
		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.

Blue Bin (Mixed Dry Recyclables)

		Food & Drink Cans e.g. Soup Cans Baked Bean Cans Pet Food Cans Fizzy Drink Cans Biscuit Tins Please rinse and squash
		Paper Products e.g. Newspapers Magazines Brochures Junk Mail (no envelopes)
		Plastic Bottles e.g. Drink bottles Detergents Toiletries Washing up liquid Milk containers (not cartons) Please rinse & attach lids and tops.
		Light Card e.g. Cereal boxes Toothpaste Soap powder Shoe boxes Egg boxes
		Cardboard e.g. Packaging Boxes Please flatten
		Aluminium Foil e.g. Kitchen Foil Aluminium Trays and Packaging All foil should be rinsed and flattened
		Aerosols Please ensure aerosols are empty DO NOT PIERCE OR CRUSH

Brown Bin (Compostable waste only)

		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
		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.


Grey/Black Bin (Residual Waste)

		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

Castlereagh Borough Council, Civic and Administrative Offices, 1 Bradford Court, Upper Galwally, Belfast BT8 6RB
Tel: 028 90 494500 Fax: 028 90 494515 Email: council@castlereagh.gov.uk
This page was last updated on Friday, 20 January, 2012 12:33 PM

Waste Management

Kerbside Collection

Black 'Kerbie' Box (Mixed Dry Recyclables)

Food & Drink Cans

Please rinse and squash

Aluminium Foil

Please rinse and tie in a separate bag

Paper Products

Plastic Bottles

Please rinse & attach lids and tops.

Aerosols

DO NOT PIERCE OR CRUSH

Red 'Kerbie' Box (Mixed Dry Recyclables)

Glass bottles & Jars

Please rinse & remove lids

Textiles

Please tie in a separate bag

Card & Cardboard

All items should be flattened and be no bigger than the kerbie box lid.

Blue Bin (Mixed Dry Recyclables)

Food & Drink Cans

Please rinse and squash

Paper Products

Plastic Bottles

Please rinse & attach lids and tops.

Light Card

Cardboard

Please flatten

Aluminium Foil

All foil should be rinsed and flattened

Aerosols

DO NOT PIERCE OR CRUSH

Brown Bin (Compostable waste only)

Garden Waste

Only the above will be accepted and should be placed loose in your bin. Please prune twigs and branches into short lengths

Ashes

From coal, peat or wood fires. These should be placed loose in your bin. (Small amounts only - do not overfill)

Food waste

Grey/Black Bin (Residual Waste)

IMPORTANT

Bryson House Kerbie Boxes

Blue Bin

Bryson House Recycling

Brown Bin

You can now search for box collection day by entering your street name or postcode, simply click on the link below