Recycling

Following the introduction of Sort It Plus in March 2010, recycling has become a lot easier. This page attempts to clarify recycling for parishioners who are still confused about any aspect of the subject.   

Sort It Plus started on March 10th and every householder should have received a delivery of their new bins and an information pack describing how to use them and details of the collection days. If anyone has a query about this service then please telephone Sedgemoor customer services on 0845 408 2543 or e-mail customer.services@sedgemoor.gov.uk

All households have been issued with 

• a green recycling box
• a black recycling box
• a brown lockable food waste box, plus brown kitchen caddy
• a black wheeled bin

Weekly Green Box 1

Paper - includes newspapers, magazines, leaflets, printed paper, white envelopes and telephone directories.

Glass bottles and jars - please rinse.

Aluminium foil - clean (not paper or plastic backed)

Clothes - bagged to keep dry 

Shoes - tied in pairs and bagged

Please do not put clothes or shoes out on a wet day.

Weekly Black Box 2

Plastic bottles only - no tops

Cardboard - (flattened) including corrugated, cereal packets and cards

Brown envelopes

The following items cannot be put out for recycling:

Drinks cartons or Tetra Pak, broken glass, Pyrex, window glass, tableware, light bulbs, plastic pots, tubs or film, plastic bottles used for engine oil and garden or DIY chemicals. Household batteries - see below about these.

Weekly Food Waste

Small food waste caddy  Keep the caddy in your kitchen. Newspaper can be used to wrap food waste or to line kitchen caddies. Special starch-based compostable liners can also be purchased from retailers throughout Somerset. Click here for further information about liners and retailers.

You can put the following in: Any raw & cooked food. Meat, fish, fruit, vegetables, bread, pasta, cereal, tea bags, coffee grounds, cheese and egg shells.

Large food waste bin  The large food waste bin locks when the handle is fully forward. This prevents spills if the bin is knocked over and protects the contents of the bins from animals. You can line the large bin if you wish with newspapers or approved compostable liners.

Fortnightly refuse

Black wheeled bin  Household waste that cannot be collected for recycling or composting should go in this bin. No garden waste or bulky, heavy or hazardous items.

Refuse and Recycling Collection Calendar

Dates in Blue: Black refuse bin, Recycling Box 1 and 2, Food Waste

Dates in Red:  Recycling Box 1 and 2, Food Waste, Garden Waste (if subscribed)

Dates with asterisk (*) are Thursdays following a Bank Holiday 

Dates with double asterisks (**) are subject to change over Christmas & New Year

Batteries

Car batteries can be left for kerbside recycling. From 1st February 2010 all large retailers of household batteries are required to provide a drop-off point for used batteries. This should include supermarkets and large newsagents. Batteries can also be left at  Household Waste Recycling Centres - nearest one in Cheddar off Wedmore Road.

Further information about recycling can be obtained by accessing the Somerset Waste Partnership website - please click here.