Your Waste and Recycling Calendar 2018

Your collection day for 2018 is TUESDAY

Please use this calendar from the dates shown below and recycle your previous calendar.

Please note recycling bins issued before April 2013 are grey.

December

Tuesday 5thRecycling Bin and Box and Batteries

Tuesday 12thRubbish Bin

Tuesday 19thRecycling Bin and Box and Batteries

Thursday 28thRubbish Bin

January

Thursday 4thRecycling Bin and Box and Batteries

Wednesday 10thRubbish Bin

Tuesday 16thRecycling Bin and Box and Batteries

Tuesday 23rd Rubbish Bin

Tuesday 30th Recycling Bin and Box and Batteries

February

Tuesday 6thRubbish Bin

Tuesday 13th Recycling Bin and Box and Batteries

Tuesday 20thRubbish Bin

Tuesday 27thRecycling Bin and Box and Batteries

March

Tuesday 6thRubbish Bin

Tuesday 13thRecycling Bin and Box and Batteries

Tuesday 20th Rubbish Bin

Tuesday 27thRecycling Bin and Box and Batteries

April

Tuesday 3rd Rubbish Bin

Tuesday 10th Recycling Bin and Box and Batteries

Tuesday 17th Rubbish Bin

Tuesday 24th Recycling Bin and Box and Batteries

May

Tuesday 1st Rubbish Bin

Tuesday 8thRecycling Bin and Box and Batteries

Tuesday 15th Rubbish Bin

Tuesday 22nd Recycling Bin and Box and Batteries

Tuesday 29thRubbish Bin

June

Tuesday 5thRecycling Bin and Box and Batteries

Tuesday 12th Rubbish Bin

Tuesday 19th Recycling Bin and Box and Batteries

Tuesday 26th Rubbish Bin

July

Tuesday 3rd Recycling Bin and Box and Batteries

Tuesday 10thRubbish Bin

Tuesday 17th Recycling Bin and Box and Batteries

Tuesday 24th Rubbish Bin

Tuesday 31st Recycling Bin and Box and Batteries

August

Tuesday 7th Rubbish Bin

Tuesday 14th Recycling Bin and Box and Batteries

Tuesday 21stRubbish Bin

Tuesday 28th Recycling Bin and Box and Batteries

September

Tuesday 4th Rubbish Bin

Tuesday 11th Recycling Bin and Box and Batteries

Tuesday 18th Rubbish Bin

Tuesday 25thRecycling Bin and Box and Batteries

October

Tuesday 2ndRubbish Bin

Tuesday 9th Recycling Bin and Box and Batteries

Tuesday 16th Rubbish Bin

Tuesday 23rd Recycling Bin and Box and Batteries

Tuesday 30th Rubbish Bin

November

Tuesday 6th Recycling Bin and Box and Batteries

Tuesday 13th Rubbish Bin

Tuesday 20th Recycling Bin and Box and Batteries

Tuesday 27th Rubbish Bin

December

Tuesday 4th Recycling Bin and Box and Batteries

Tuesday 11th Rubbish Bin

Tuesday 18thRecycling Bin and Box and Batteries

You will be sent a new collection calendar in December2018.

Bank Holidays

Please note collections will take place as usual on all bank holidays, except for Christmas and New Year, see details below.

Christmas and New Year Collections 2017-2018

If your normal collection day is:Your collection day will be:

Tuesday 26thDecember 2017Thursday 28thDecember 2017

Tuesday 2ndJanuary 2018Thursday 4th January 2018

Tuesday 9th January 2018Wednesday 10th January 2018

Tuesday 16th January 2018Normal collection

Christmas Recycling

All your festive wrapping paper and cards(except foil/glitter) can be placed in your recycling bin.

Christmas Tree Recycling

If you do not have a garden waste collection service, you can recycle your real tree at your local Household Waste Recycling Site – please look on our website for more details.

What goes into each container?

Recycling Bin

Yes Please
  • Cardboard
  • Paper
  • Shredded paper (in bags)
  • Food tins
  • Drink cans
  • Aluminium foil
  • Aerosol cans (empty)
  • Food and drinks cartons
  • Plastic bottles (remove lids and include for recycling)
  • Plastic pots, tubs and trays
  • Plastic bags and film
  • Blister packs
No Thanks
  • Food waste
  • Garden waste
  • Polystyrene/bubble wrap
  • Hard plastics e.g. toys and plant pots
  • Foil-lined plastic pouches and bags e.g. crisp packets
  • Black plastic bags
  • Refuse

Glass Recycling Box

Yes Please
  • Glass bottles
  • Glass jars
No Thanks
  • Pyrex/ovenproof glassware
  • Drinking glasses and crockery
  • Window panes
  • Mirrors
  • Lids
  • Light bulbs

Batteries

Place in a separate carrier bag next to your recycling bin but not in it. Don’t use black bin liners.

Textiles & small electrical items

These can be recycled at your local Household Waste Recycling Site and at some Neighbourhood Recycling Points

Rubbish Bin

Non-recyclable items: food waste, cat litter, dog waste and disposable nappies. No builder’s rubble, soil, hot ashes or garden waste in this bin please.

Recycling - clean, empty and unbagged

Please help us with our recycling by giving your plastics, cans, foil, glass bottles and jars a quick rinse before placing them loose in your recycling containers.

Please remember to remove plastic film from around magazines/junk mail, liners from cereal boxes.

Collection information

  • Please ensure that your containers are put out at the edge of your property by 7am on the day of collection. Please take bins in as soon as possible after collection.
  • Please report any missed bin/box collections by 5pm the following working day. Unfortunately, we are unable to return for missed collections reported later than this.
  • Please ensure that your rubbish is contained within the rubbish bin. Extra rubbish will not be collected.
  • However, extra recycling can be placed out in a suitable box or carrier bags (no black sacks) next to your recycling bin and will be collected.
  • If the collection crews are unable to gain access due to road works, parked cars or adverse weather, they will try to return as soon as possible. Please leave your containers out until they are emptied.

During periods of extreme weather, please see our website for updates on your collections.

  • Flats/properties with communal bins - Please continue to use your bins as labelled.

Contact Us

Please see our website for further information on recycling or to use our online reporting services.

Website:

Telephone: 01323 443322

Address: Wealden District Council, Waste Management, Vicarage Lane, Hailsham, East Sussex BN27 2AX