Your recuc1in uide Orecycle for Windsor & Maidenhead. Please keep for reference

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1 Your recuc1in uide Orecycle for Windsor & Maidenhead Please keep for reference

2 Orecycle for Windsor & Maidenhead ' 'Yes please All glass bottles &jars No 'thanks Mirrors Sheet glass Drinking glasses Pyrex Light bulbs../ Yes please Food & drinks cans Aerosols Aluminium food trays & containers Biscuit & cake tins Clean sheet cooking foil Metal lids, tops & caps No thanks Paint tins Oil cans Shiny foil gift wrap Dirty foil Foil lined food packets y' Yes, please Plastic bottles Shampoo bottles All plastic food trays Yoghurt pots Margarine tubs Ice cream tubs Fruit punnets Detergent bottles No 'thanks Plastic bags Plastic film Polystyrene 'Yes please Newspapers Magazines Office paper Directories Cereal packets Envelopes Junk mail & cards Catalogues Cardboard egg boxes Brochures Drinks cartons Giv:'e your pots, tubs, tray"s, bottles and jars a r inse to remove any excess food waste. We can only recycle toi\ that doesn't have any cooked-on food bits. Plastic film including the cover on meat and fish trays cannot be recycled. Remember to recycle all your plastic food trays such as biscuit, meat and vegetable trays.

3 food waste Using your food recycling collection What food can I? recycle in my caddy Q You can include food in your recycling bin that you can't compost at home, including raw and cooked meat and fish. All uneaten food & plate scrapings... _.,ves V pleas.e Meat - raw & cooked Fish - raw & cooked Bones & Shellfish Please use your FREE caddy liners which should make recycling your food waste easier and cheaper. Add itional liners are available from your local library. Line your indoor food caddy with the free liners supplied and put your food waste in it. Tea & coffee grounds Dairy Tea bags Coffee grounds All dairy products Cheese Eggs & egg shells Whenever you need to ep1pty your caddy, tie the top and "put the bag.in your outdoor food recycling bin. Remember not to let you r caddy get too full before emptying it. Rice, pasta & beans Bread & pastries Rice Pasta Beans Bread Cakes Pastries Please put your food recycling out for collection by 7am every week on your normal recycling day. Don't forget your food recycling bin comes with a lockable handle. You can still use compostable bin liners although they're no longer essential. Or you can s imply put your food waste directly into yo ur outdoor food bin either loose or wrapped in newspaper. Fruit & vegetables All fruit & vegetables - raw & cooked All fruit & vegetable peelings We can only resupply an outdoor food bin and not an indoor caddy

4 What canlput 1nmy fll rubbish bin? clothes Whatcanldo with unwanted clothes? If you have any unwanted textiles, clothes or shoes, please don't put them in any of your bins. Most charity shops take good quality clothing although make sure it is not torn or stained. Some charities also org: nise door.. to door collections ot unwanted clothing and textiles. Remember to check these collections are being [liade for reputable charities. Most of the recycli ng sites a round the borough have textile and shoe banks which ta ke cloth ing a nd texti Les in any condition ami s hoes in pa irs. Fo f!'oturther info rmati on and details of the recycling sites, g online at I Home. omposting We have_.. teamed up with Get Composting to provide reduc:'d priced compost bins. Green garden wgste and vegetable and fruit peelings can be turned into a rich compost to keep your garden blooming year after year. Anything you can't compost can be put in your food waste bin for recycling. If you would li e to order a discounted home composter pbease 2all or order online at

5 L. VE FOOD hate waste The best thing that can happen to food is that it makes it to our plates and we enj oy it. However almost one third of our rubbish in t his borough is food waste and half of all this food was once ed ible. There are two main reaso ns why we throw away good food : we cook or prepare too much or we don't use it in time. The Love Food Hate Waste campaign offers tips and ideas on how we can save money and reduce food waste. Where does my recycling go?.. "'. 100% of all food waste you recycle is turned into fertiliser for local farms and biogas which is converted to electricity and fed to the National Grid. - Wasting food costs the average family 60 a month Lf>VE FOOD hate waste For further information on reducing food waste, go online at

6 Recycling & rubbish collection holiday schedules Christmas 2015 and New Year 2016 a; z a === - Spring Bank Holidays 2016 Normal Collection Day May Bank Holiday Monday 2 May Tuesday 3 May Wednesday 4 May - - Thursday 5 May Frida}'_6}-1ay Spring Bank Holiday Monday 30 May Tuesday 31 May - Wednesday 1 June T hursday 2 June Friday 3 June Revised Colle1 Juesifay-3 Ma) -Wednesday 4 1 Thursday 51 -.Jrl!i:lY - Saturday 7_! y _:_::;,.. _ Tuesday 31 M< Wednesday 1. Thursday 2June Friday 3 June-, Saturday 4 Jtii 1'1 - Summer Bank Holiday 2016 Normal Collection Day Summer Bank Holiday Monday 29 August Tuesday 30 August Wednesday 31 August Thursday 1 September Friday 2 September 1,..._..:...:" Please remember To put your recycling and rubbish out by 7am on collection day and no earlier than the night before. If you have whee lie bins, we can only collect rubbish inside the bin and cannot collect any excess rubbish except for folded cardboard. You can take any excess waste to the Stafferton Way Household Waste and Recycling Centre, Maidenhead. Normal collection days resume from Monday 18 January Eater 20 '?1':11'1i:ll!!l- _i:l_y j f!!-1! Cl:)llect_il!_i:lY. - Good Friday 25 March Saturday 26 March Easter Monday 28 March 1 Tuesday 29 March Q - Wednesday30 March Thursday 31 March Thursday31 March _ Fnctay 1 April ="',.._ Friday 1 April Saturday 2 April Normal collection days resume from Monday 4 April [ gree n-e!![! To Jind out more, register onlifle at download the free app or telephone

7 November ==== garden waste Green garden waste If you want to avoid the hassle of putting garden waste in your car and taking it to the recycling site, then why not subscribe to the green garden waste service? You get a sizeable wheelie bin which is easy to use, saves you time and e'nergy and can be stored neatly in a corner of your garden. All you need to do is put your bin out once a fortnight for collection. This will leave you time to sit back and enjoy your garden. We collect flowers, plants, grass cuttings, leaves, hedge trimmings, most weeds, small branches and we recycle all green waste into environmentally friendly fertiliser. How to get your Green garden waste bin To find out more and subscribe, you can either go online at or phone Customer Services on and they can complete the form and take payment. Please remember green garden waste cannot be put into your black rubbish bin. ' CL ro CL "0 u > u c 0 "0 c -" :J 8 ai C) "' cry >.D "0 c 0> u; 0 Windsor & Maidenhead For further information go online at e: customer.serviceslarbwm.gov.uk t : Orecycle for Windsor & Maidenhead