for East Lothian Changes to your waste and recycling services Garden waste Non recyclable waste Recycling Food waste From April 2015 New food waste collection - containers delivered in April Fortnightly collection of non recyclable waste Change the bin you put it in 1
Your collection services are changing in April A new weekly collection for food waste will start The fortnightly garden waste collection will expand to cover every property Non recyclable waste in your green bin will be collected once a fortnight Your containers what goes where? Almost 0 different materials are accepted at your local Recycling Centre, and textile banks are located at most Recycling Points, more details can be found on page 1. Bulky household items can also be collected, please see page 16. Food waste caddies Recycling boxes Garden waste bin Non recyclable waste bin See pages 6 & 7 See pages to 11 See page 12 See page 13 For cooked and uncooked food waste: Fruit & vegetables Meat & fish Cheese & eggs Bread & pasta For: Cardboard Paper Plastic bottles, pots, tubs & trays Food & drink cans Glass bottles & jars For: Grass cuttings Leaves Twigs & branches Plants & flowers Hedge clippings For: Plastic film & packing Polystyrene Nappies Crockery & drinking glasses Animal faeces & bedding Collected weekly Collected every 2 weeks Collected every 2 weeks Collected every 2 weeks 2 3
Your collection service is changing Why? The Waste (Scotland) Regulations 2012 mean that Councils have to offer a food waste collection to all non-rural households by 2016 and the Scottish Government have set a target of recycling 60% of household waste by 2020. In East Lothian we currently recycle %, we need to increase our recycling rate and reduce the amount of waste we send to landfill. By collecting your food waste separately we are able to send it for treatment. When? All your collection dates can be found on your calendar. - From Monday 13th April the new food waste caddies and liners will be delivered, you can start to take part as soon as they arrive. - Non recyclable waste collections are changing from the 27th April. Please check your calendar for your new collection dates. Versions of this leaflet and your calendar can be supplied in Braille, large print, audio tape or in your own language. Please call 01620 27 199 to request these. Your containers Extra recycling boxes, box covers and outdoor food caddies are available free of charge, please contact us with your request or collect them from a local Recycling Centre. All containers can be ordered by calling 0175 2 305. Please note there is a limit of one green bin and one brown bin per property. Please make sure that each box has a cover tied to the handle of the box, bin lids should be closed and bins presented with the handle facing the road. Containers should be presented on the kerbside by 7am on your day of collection. Assisted collections If you are unable to present your containers due to disability, ill health or old age you can request an assisted collection by contacting us or completing a form available on the web site. More information can be found in this guide and on our website, where you can also find details of road shows being held throughout East Lothian. : www.eastlothian.gov.uk/recycling *: wasteservices@eastlothian.gov.uk (: 0175 2 305 5
Outdoor caddy Kitchen caddy Compostable Collected every liners Food waste collection For all cooked and uncooked food waste From Monday 13th April the new food waste caddies and liners will be delivered. Do not use plastic bags, only use the compostable liners provided. week your kitchen Place any cooked 1 Line 2 caddy with one of or uncooked food the compostable liners provided waste into the liner it is full 3 When tie the liner and remove it from the caddy Breads, cakes and pastries Eggs - including shells Fish - cooked and raw, including bones, skin and shells Fruit and vegetables cooked and raw, including cores and peelings 6 Put the tied liner into your outdoor caddy, ensuring the lid locks shut NO Pet food - wet and dry Rice, pasta and beans Tea bags and coffee grounds Hard fats and lard Meat - cooked and raw, including fat, skin and bones your outdoor 5 Place caddy at the kerbside by 7am on your collection day Need more liners? Oils Plastic packaging Plastic bags Animal faeces or bedding The second last liner in the roll includes a tag. Secure this to the handle of the outdoor caddy when you present it for collection and a new roll will be left for you. Change the bin you put it in 7
Collected every two weeks your 1Collect materials for recycling your 2 Flatten cardboard your 3 Place cardboard and paper in your blue box or blue-lidded bin Cardboard boxes Cardboard packaging Ready meal sleeves Toilet and kitchen roll tubes Cereal boxes Egg cartons Brochures and leaflets Catalogues and books Recycle cardboard and paper large Flatten cardboard boxes, tie in a bundle, or place inside another cardboard box You can request additional recycling boxes and covers by calling 0175 2 305 or by collecting at your local Recycling Centre. and The sorted 5 Cardboard 6 paper will be cardboard and collected from the kerbside and taken to a sorting facility paper is pulped and made into new paper products NO Envelopes (inc. window envelopes) Greetings cards and giftwrap Newspapers and magazines Unwanted Mail Yellow Pages and telephone directories All types and colours of paper Plastic bags or wrappers Padded envelopes Polystyrene Food and drinks cartons Please make sure you present your recycling box with a cover tied to the box, especially during wet or windy weather. 9
Recycle plastics, cans and glass You can request additional recycling boxes and covers by calling 0175 2 305 or by collecting at your local Recycling Centre. Collected every two weeks 1 Collect your materials for recycling 2 Please rinse food and drinks containers, there is no need to remove labels 3 Please squash plastic containers; remove and recycle lids, caps, tops and straws Plastic bottles Yoghurt, dessert and snack pots Margarine, ice cream and soft cheese tubs Fruit and vegetable punnets Ready meal and confectionery trays 10 Place the materials into your green box or red-lidded bin and present it at the kerbside 5.Materials will be collected from the kerbside and taken to a sorting facility 6.Once sorted the materials are then sent for recycling NO Glass bottles and jars Food and drinks cans Empty aerosols Clean aluminium foil Sweet and biscuit tins Plastic bags, liners or film Plastic pouches, wrappers or packets Food and drinks cartons Polystyrene containers Crisp bags Bubble wrap Please make sure you present your recycling box with a cover tied to the handle of the box, especially during wet or windy weather. 11
Collected every two weeks Recycle garden waste Will be collected every two weeks Non recyclable waste Last year East Lothian Council collected nearly 26,000 tonnes of mixed waste from households. Disposing of this cost 2million in Landfill tax alone. Over half of these materials could have been recycled. 1 Collect your garden waste for recycling and put it in your brown bin 2 Flowers and plants Twigs and small branches Grass cuttings Hedge clippings Leaves Shrub prunings Weeds Materials will be collected from the kerbside and taken to an outdoor composting facility 3 These materials are then shredded and laid out in windrows; after 1 weeks compost is produced NO Plastic bags or liners Kitchen waste or food scraps Soil, turf or timber Plant pots or polystyrene Stones, bricks or rubble Animal faeces or bedding General waste Don t forget you can also compost real Christmas trees. Simply put them beside your brown bin on your collection day in January or take them to a Recycling Centre. 12 This included 7,000 tonnes of food waste, which will now be separately collected. By putting the right materials in the right containers 12,000 tonnes of that mixed waste can now be recycled at the kerbside simply by changing the bin you put it in. Check your collection calendar carefully for your new collection dates. An average green bin contains Food waste Cardboard & paper Plastic, glass & metal Garden waste Wood, soil & rubble Textiles Non recyclable waste All waste must be contained within your green bin with the lid closed; any excess waste will not be collected. Bins must be presented at the kerbside by 7am. Label your bin with your house name or number. There is a limit of one non recyclable waste bin per household. All households will have their non recyclable waste collected every two weeks, including those on sacks and households sharing communal bins. 13
Recycling Centres Recycling Centres accept: East Lothian has four Recycling Centres where you can recycle a wide range of items: Kinwegar Recycling Centre - A199 Haddington Road, near Wallyford, EH21 JU Macmerry Recycling Centre - Macmerry Industrial Estate, Macmerry, EH33 1RD North Berwick Recycling Centre The Heugh, North Berwick, EH39 5PS Dunbar Recycling Centre Spott Road Industrial Estate, Dunbar, EH2 1RS Opening times The Recycling Centres are open 7 days a week: October to March :30am :15pm April to September :30am 6:30pm Scrap metal Garden waste Cardboard Solid wood Laminates Rubble Soil and turf Televisions and monitors Fridges and freezers Small electrical equipment e.g kettles, irons, games consoles Fluorescent tubes and energy saving bulbs Large electrical appliances e.g washing machines, cookers Textiles and shoes Cooking and engine oil Car batteries Gas cylinders Glass bottles and jars Paper Food and drinks cans Clean aluminium foil & aerosols Plastic bottles, pots, tubs & trays Food and drinks cartons Bicycles Household chemicals (Macmerry and Kinwegar) Household batteries DVDs, CDs, videos, tapes and books We do not accept food waste, tyres or asbestos at the Recycling Centres. Recycling Points 1 The Recycling Centres are closed 25th and 26th December and 1st and 2nd January. Commercial waste is chargable at all sites. All vans and trailers must bring proof of address. For more information on commercial waste visit: www.eastlothian.gov.uk There are over 70 Recycling Points across East Lothian where you can recycle glass, cans, paper and textiles. To find out what you can recycle and where visit: www.recycleforscotland.com/bank-locator 15
Bulky waste Every year in Scotland many potentially re-usable items are sent to landfill. To donate your unwanted bulky household items to community based re-use organisations call the National re-use phone line. Items accepted include: furniture in a re-useable condition soft furnishings such as sofas, mattresses and armchairs that have fire regulation labels attached electrical items such as washing machines, fridges and cookers in good working order. Bulky waste collections Bulky waste collections are available for household items that are too large to dispose of using your regular collections, for example: White goods Sofas, tables and chairs Wardrobes, beds and mattresses Bulky garden waste These collections are free of charge but must be booked in advance. A collection can be booked by visiting a Local Area Office or by calling: 0175 2 305. Please have a list of items ready when you arrange the collection. Your items should be presented at the kerbside by 7am on the day of collection. Please help to keep collection crews safe by wrapping sharp items and making sure there are no nails sticking out. Please note excess black bag waste will not be collected. 16