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RECYCLE WEEKLY - WE DO IN TENDRING
Recycling Collection Arrangements
Tendring operates a weekly collection of
recyclables from domestic properties. Recycling is collected on the
same day as your household refuse but by a separate vehicle. All
properties in Tendring have been supplied with a 55 litre green box
to store recyclables. Please leave your recycling and refuse just
inside your front boundary - but make two separate piles to prevent
confusion when the collections take place.
If you are elderly or disabled and cannot put
your recycling on your boundary, we can arrange an assisted
collection for you where your recycling will be picked up from a
location that is convenient for you, please email
wcrusader@tendringdc.gov.uk
or telephone the contact number shown at the bottom of the page to
arrange this. N.B. an assisted collection service
is also available for your household waste.
Alternative collection arrangements are available
for certain properties such as blocks of flats and farms. For more
details or to arrange a collection, email
wcrusader@tendringdc.gov.uk
or telephone the contact number at the bottom of this
page.
Tendring District Council has signed up to
The Waste Collection Commitment.
What can I put out for recycling?

Yes please:
Paper (including junk mail,
paper bags, envelopes, old catalogues and telephone
directories) Card
(including cardboard and greetings
cards) Cans (including
lager cans and soft drinks
cans) Tins (of all
varieties including pet food tins and sardine tins)
Plastic Bottles (plastic drink and milk bottles,
cleaning product bottles and shampoo bottles).
There is no need to separate materials but please
ensure tins, cans and plastic bottles are rinsed out.
Remove lids from plastic bottles and squash the
bottles - you will then get more in your box.
No thanks:
Shredded
paper/books Glass
- please deposit glass bottles at a bring bank in the
district
Textiles - please deposit these at a bring bank in
the district
Aluminium Foil - please wash, squash and place in
a can bring bank
Polystyrene - please put this in your domestic
refuse or reuse it to aid drainage in the bottom of pot
plants.
Other Plastics (plastic bags, yoghurt pots, margarine tubs,
film, flower pots).
As a result of the current economic
climate recycling companies are tightening up on what they will
accept and may refuse a load if it is found to contain
contamination. Contamination is anything that you have included in
your recycling that is not on the 'Yes please' list above. The
recycling collectors will not collect any recycling that
includes contaminates. If you receive a card
through your door to say that contamination was found in your
recycling, please remove the contamination and put your recycling
out for collection again the following week.
See here for details of the locations of the
Recycling Points in Tendring pdf.
When is my recycling collected?
Please see our
refuse and recycling collection days page for
details.
What if my green box is not big enough to hold all my
recyclables?
Extra recycling boxes are available to be
collected from various locations in the district
-
Recycling Box Collection Points
pdf.
What if my recycling is not collected?
Check that you have only placed materials
that we collect out for recycling and that they have not been put
in black sacks, which will be treated as rubbish. All missed
recycling collections should be reported directly to Veolia
Environmental Services on 01255 431620 after
3.30pm on the day of collection. These will then be picked up the
following working day. You should also ring this number to report
missed refuse collections.

What happens to the materials I put out for recycling?
Veolia takes your recycling to a Materials
Recovery Facility where the different materials are sorted and sent
for recycling. The various plastics are sorted into types and made
into a wide range of products including bins, compost bins, patio
furniture and even fleece clothing. Paper is pulped and reprocessed
to make more paper. Cans are melted down to make more cans, saving
energy and raw materials.
Recycling - What else can I do?
- Check to see where your nearest recycling collection point is
and what materials it takes -
Recycling Points in Tendring
- Choose longer life, energy-efficient, refillable and
rechargeable products.
- Start Home Composting
- Practice saying 'no thank you' when offered a bag or product
you don't need.
- Buy, and use refills wherever and whenever you can.
- Buy recycled products wherever you can (check the labels).
- Local schools often use old catalogues, magazines etc. Call the
head teacher and enquire.
- If you think something you have bought is over packaged, write
to the manufacturer and ask why!
- How much waste do you produce, weekly? Set a target to reduce
it.
- If you have to throw something away, squash it as small as you
can. Remember, if it takes up less space in your bin, it will take
up less space in the landfill site.
- See our Reduce, Reuse or Recycle page for more
ideas.
Contact Details:
E-mail:
wcrusader@tendringdc.gov.uk
Address: Environmental Services, Council Offices,
Thorpe Road, Weeley,
Essex, CO16 9AJ
Telephone: 01255 686788
Some advice will vary from
authority to authority so, if you do not live in the Tendring
district, it is advisable to contact your own local authority. To
find out who your local authority is, you can check your Council
Tax bill or enter your postcode on the DirectGov - the Government
information website
www.direct.gov.uk |