15th November 2024
Christmas ‘bin days’ subject to changes
HOUSEHOLD waste collections may be subject to change over the Christmas and New Year holiday period and Cornwall Council says it’s important that everyone checks the new arrangements (Published at the foot of this item).
This year’s new fortnightly collections (complete with new bins) meant that, if the County didn’t make these temporary alterations, some households could be waiting more than two weeks for a collection.
Said a Cornwall Council spokesman: “We want to avoid anyone having to wait more than a couple of extra days.”
Customers who have regular clinical waste collections will be told when their waste will be collected.
It will be the first Christmas/New Year period under the new food waste regime and Cornwall Council says that, in due course, it will be announcing extra messages about the things residents can recycle after Christmas, including turkey bones, potato and sprout peelings and any leftovers.
Added a spokeswoman: “We want to advise people only to buy what they need and to try to avoid too much food waste. But we will be prepared to collect extra food waste.”
If households have more food waste than will fit in their normal outdoor caddy, then they should put it out on collection day in a compostable liner, on top of their outdoor caddy.
Using their ORANGE bag residents can recycle cardboard boxes, Christmas cards, envelopes and wrapping paper
But ribbon, foil, glitter, plastic film, tinsel and bubble wrap can NOT be recycled.
If you have more cardboard than will fit in your bag, the advice is to flat-pack it and secure it near the rest of your recycling.
Again, if you have extra plastics or glass that do not fit in your bags or boxes, these can also be left these out for collection in a suitable container.
There is also a timely reminder that batteries cannot be left out for collection.
“Batteries in your rubbish or recycling can start fires, if crushed or damaged in the back of rubbish lorries or at waste facilities,” said the spokesman.
“You can take batteries (including button batteries and battery packs) to a supermarket or Household Waste Recycling Centres (HWRC) for recycling.”
Extra advice on where to recycle batteries locally is available athttps://www.recyclenow.com/recycle-an-item/batteries – just enter your Postcode on the relevant form.
Cornwall Council also says that it only collect Christmas trees from people who subscribe to the garden waste collection service.
Households with a subscription should put their tree out, beside their bin or bag, on their garden waste collection day.
Added the spokesman: “If you do not have a garden waste subscription we will not collect your tree if it’s left out.’
Some local charities collect trees or, again, you can take them to your HWRC.
CORNWALL Council is asking for views on how the County can reduce waste and recycle more over the next ten years.
The consultation, which closes on Sunday, November 24, includes questions about household waste collections; the household waste and recycling centres, and street cleansing.
Feedback will be used to update the Council’s Waste Strategy.
To comply with new legislation and meet national targets set by the Government, the County Council will need to make changes to its waste services in the coming years.
Weekly food waste and fortnightly rubbish and recycling collections have already been introduced across Cornwall, area by area.
However, to meet the Government’s target to reuse, recycle or compost 65 per cent of household waste by 2035, and to comply with planned changes in legislation, including what materials are collected, changes will be required in the longer term.
Take the recycling and litter survey here: https://cornwall.us10.list-manage.com/track/click?u=8b22106188babc3bc72a50b07&id=dee0bc4424&e=3420d0621c
