Questions about the green box recycling collections
1. What can i put into my green
kerbside recycling box?
- newspaper, magazines, paper,
junk mail, envelopes (not the jiffy type) and
catalogues
- yellow telephone directories
- light card (cereal packets, tissue boxes etc)
- glass bottles and jars (please rinse)
- food and drink cans made from
aluminium and steel (please rinse and squash)
- aerosols (do not squash)
- textiles (including clothes, curtains, towels, sheets,
blankets, handbags, belts and soft toys!)
- good quality shoes (please tie them together)
2. What can’t I put into my green kerbside recycling
box?
- plastic bottles (these can be placed in the banks at your local
bring site)
- plastic containers and wrapping (including margarine and
yoghurt pots)
- carrier bags
- foil (can be taken to the bulk
recycling Centres at :
- Upton
Oil, Blandford Road North, Upton,
-
Swanage
North Beach Car Park,
-
D'urberville Hall, Wool,
- Bere
Regis car park, Turberville Road,
-
Rempstone Centre Car Park, Wareham.
- light bulbs, batteries and all other electrical goods can be
recycled at the household recycling centres.
- drinking glasses
- glass cookware
- brown cardboard (can be taken to the Household
Recycling Centres at Panorama Road, Swanage and Westminster Road,
Wareham.
- Cartons - food and drink cartons can be placed in the banks
at:
- Upton
Oil, Blandford Road North, Upton,
- Swanage
North Beach Car Park, De Moulham Road, Swanage
-
D'urberville Hall, Colliers Lane, Wool,
- Bere
Regis car park, Turberville Court,
-
Streche
Road car park, (opposite the council offices at Westport House,
Worgret Road, Wareham).
3. What can I do if my recycling box isn’t big
enough for all my recyclables?
There is no limit on the amount of recyclable materials that
you can put out with your green box. You can use carrier bags
or boxes, for any extras, as long as the containers are no
bigger than the green box. It will be picked up as long
as the crew can see that it is recycling and it is left alongside
your kerbside box.
4. Why don’t you collect plastic
bottles?
Currently it is not viable to collect plastic bottles from the
kerbside as there are great difficulties in the collection and
handling of plastics mostly due to the amount of space they take up
on the vehicle. However, there are Mini and Bulk Bank
Recycling Centres throughout the District where you are able to
take your plastic bottles. To help reduce the amount of space
plastic bottles take up, please remove the cap from the empty
bottle and flatten it (by hand or stand on it).
Contacts:
Nearest plastic bank 01929
557 281
Recycling helpline: 01929 557 279
Links:
Map
of Recycling Centres in Purbeck