Rubbish Bins!

 As promised by our local council here in Hertfordshire, UK,  we all received two beauts of  rubbish bins today to add to our existing brown one.  Quite a collection!

So there we have it:  three rubbish bins plus kitchen caddy:

1. The black wheelie bin with the blue lid and internal recycling box.
2. The brown wheelie bin for compost.
3. The black wheelie bin (for landfill and non-recyclables)
4. Kitchen Caddies for food waste (which can be collected for free)

So then... 

1)  Recycling bin

Black wheelie bin with blue lid and internal recycling box - quite nifty!

 

In the bin you can recycle:

Tins, cans, aerosols, foil, glass bottles and jars
All food waste including:

• Tea bags
• Egg shells
• Meat, fish and bones
• Plate scrapings 

Plastic food packaging and drinks bottles

• Bottles and loose lids
• Yoghurt pots
• Ready meal trays
• Fruit, vegetable, meat trays
• Flower pots and seed trays
• Plastic wrapping
• Carrier bags
In the inner recycling box you can recycle paper only

• Newspapers and magazines
• Junk mail
• Catalogues and directories including yellow pages
• White office paper and envelopes (including ones with windows)

Next...

2)  Compost bin

Brown wheelie bin (Excess waste will only be accepted if it is garden waste only and contained in Welwyn )Hatfield Borough Council compostable sacks. Compostable waste only
All food waste including:
 

• Tea bags 
• Egg shells 
• Meat, fish and bones 
• Plate scrapings

Simple, natural cardboard

• Cereal packets
• Kitchen roll tubes
• Cardboard egg boxes
• Shredded paper
• Corrugated cardboard boxes (tear up to fit)
• Brown envelopes (no windows) 

Garden waste:

• Grass cuttings
•  Leaves
• Hedge cuttings and prunings 
• Flowers and plants
• Small branches (cut up to fit)
• Hay and straw

1. Make your bin available on the boundary of your property by 8am on collection day. Do not put your bin out earlier than 5pm on the evening before. Ensure it is clearly visible and can be reached easily from, but does not obstruct, the road or pavement. (Other bins from 5 am)
2. To avoid your bin being misplaced or stolen, we advise you mark it with your house number and street name. Please help to keep our streets tidy by returning your bin onto your property by the morning after collection.

3)     Black wheelie bin This is for your rubbish that cannot be recycled and will go to landfill. Non recyclables
• Polystyrene (foam) packaging
• Tetra Pak (juice) cartons
• Crisp packets
It is best to bag your rubbish before putting it in your bin. Please do not include:
• Paint
• Oil
• Bulky items
• Building materials
• Many of these items can be taken to the Household Waste Recycling Centres

4)   Kitchen Caddy food waste for recycling – to be wrapped up in paper and put in the BROWN bin.

Collection Weeks:  follow your diary card for dates.
The black recycling bin (with blue lid) and the brown compost bin are collected on week 1.
The black rubbish bin (with black lid) are collected on week 2.

There are further instructions about bulky, clinical, nappies and batteries waste – collecting times and recycle centres.  I see several road shows were offfered on how everything works have been on offer – too late now - the dates have come and gone.

  4 quick observations:

1. We better get our heads around these instructions and get it right!
2. We are thankful that rubbish is collected.
3. We are thankful that God gave us only 10 summarised rules for life.
4. It’s much easier to keep the Recycling instructions than to keep God’s laws!

I’m off to STUDY the latest recycling instructions – rules are rules, you know!
Our wheelie-bin and recycling rules.