Reduce, reuse and recycle your waste over Christmas

Residents in South Derbyshire are being encouraged to reduce, reuse and recycle their waste during the festive period and beyond.

Recycling calendars have dropped onto doormats to detail bin collection dates, including Christmas and New Year, for the next 12 months.

Residents originally scheduled to have their black bins emptied on Christmas Day will instead have them collected on Thursday, December 27. Boxing Day black bin collections have moved to Friday, December 28, while New Year’s Day black bin collections are taking place on Monday, December 31.

Green bins normally emptied on the above dates will not receive their usual collection. However, extra recycling is being taken on the next scheduled collection date, providing it is left neatly at the side of the bin in a clear plastic bag or container. Cardboard must be flattened and stacked.

Extra paper and card banks are being installed at recycling centres in Midway, Melbourne, Ticknall and Willington between Christmas Eve and Sunday, January 6.

Brown garden waste bins will not be collected during Christmas week. All other collections and dates remain as normal.

All bins should be left out by 6am on the day of the collection because collection times may change over the holiday period.

Cllr Andy MacPherson, Chairman of Environmental and Development Services at South Derbyshire District Council, said:

"We know that the festive period brings about lots of additional waste, such as cardboard, wrapping paper, Christmas cards, leftover food, empty sweet tubs and more.

“To help get ahead of the game, we would encourage residents to refer to their newly received recycling calendars and/or visit our website to find out what can and cannot be recycled, along with where recycling centres are located in South Derbyshire.

“We would like to thank all of our residents for being conscientious recyclers and helping to make our District a cleaner and greener place.”

Seasonal recycling tips and useful advice will be provided through the Council’s @southderbyshiredc Facebook page and @SDDC Twitter account.

Popular items such as glass bottles, plastic bottles, cans, tins, food, paper and cardboard should be recycled as much as possible.

Old toys, Christmas decorations, wrapping paper, plastic sweet tubs, egg boxes, any black plastics, hard plastics, plastic bags and plastic film should be put in black bin.

Small electrical items can be taken to the Derbyshire County Council run Newhall Tip or Melbourne Recycling Centre, while real Christmas trees can be cut up and left in the brown bin.

Further information can be found at www.southderbyshire.gov.uk/collections

18 December 2018