Why we must look to change our waste collection services:

• Recycling is more cost-effective when income from the sale of material to reprocessors is used to help off-set collection costs. Unlike refuse collections, which is money down the drain.
• If we continue to invest in extending our recycling services so residents can recycle more, it will mean that very little material will need to be collected and sent to landfill. Collection systems need to be changed from time to time to achieve this increase.
• Landfilling rubbish is bad for the environment. Large amounts of methane are released from rotting rubbish which contributes to climate change, and also toxic liquids that pollute our water.
• Many items we throw away each day are a valuable resource and should not be viewed as rubbish.
• Gloucester City Council aims to recycle 50% of your rubbish by 2009. We need your help to achieve this!
• If we collect a much wider range of materials for recycling, this will reduce the amount of material that will need to go in the bin - this could be a little as 10% of the entire waste you produce. If you are behind recycling in the City, then why not register your support for increased recycling. Please click here to sign-up and show your support for more recycling

We currently collect the following materials from the kerbside:

Glass bottles and jars Paper (not yellow pages) Food and drinks cans Plastic milk bottles Textiles and shoes

But what about other materials?

Cardboard - all types of cardboard can be deposited at the recycling banks at supermarkets across the City.  Alternatively, you can book our kerbside collection for large cardboard boxes by calling 01452 396396 Plastic bottles - all types of plastic bottles can be deposited at the recycling banks at supermarkets across the city Yellow pages - can be taken to Hempsted Waste site for recycling Other materials, such as foil, batteries and aerosols can be taken to the Hempsted Waste site for recycling

If we collected a much wider range of materials for recycling, then only a very small amount of material would actually need to go in the bin - this could be a little as 10% of the entire waste you produce. If you are behind recycling in the City, then why not register your support for increased recycling. Please click here to sign-up

Last Updated: 02/09/2008