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== notes ==
== notes ==
* http://www.towerhamlets.gov.uk/lgsl/501-550/517_recycling_and_waste_at_wor.aspx
* http://www.towerhamlets.gov.uk/lgsl/501-550/517_recycling_and_waste_at_wor/tips_on_business_waste.aspx
* http://www.towerhamlets.gov.uk/lgsl/501-550/517_recycling_and_waste_at_wor/recycling_information__quotes.aspx


All of the following materials can be recycled:
All of the following materials can be recycled:
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The materials can all be mixed together as they are sorted out after collection at a materials recovery facility.
The materials can all be mixed together as they are sorted out after collection at a materials recovery facility.
Pic of [https://pointless.net/photos/id/1363377509/ existing bin].

Revision as of 11:45, 29 April 2013

Recycling

We have a 660L bin from Tower Hamlets, pickup is 7am ish on Tuesday mornings, we can recycle:

  • Glass bottles and jars
  • food and drink cans
  • plastic containers
  • mixed card
  • mixed paper
  • food and drink cartons
  • aerosol cans
  • telephone directories (!)
  • Do Not* use black bin bags for recycling!

todo

  • distribute the blue recycling bins
  • CLEARLY label them
  • mount the can crusher

Please use the blue recycling bins.

General Waste

  • 1st collection 07/05/2013
  • Collection day - Tuesday
  • the big Blue bin with a Yellow lid in the yard is for general waste
  • Don't use the cream coloured bin for anything.

notes

All of the following materials can be recycled:

  • Glass bottles and jars (all colours)
  • Food and drink cans
  • Plastic tubs, pots and bottles (e.g. drink bottles, shampoo bottles, yoghurt pots and fruit punnets)
  • Cardboard (e.g. brown boxes, greeting cards and cereal boxes)
  • Paper (e.g. newspapers and magazines, printer paper, envelopes, and telephone directories)
  • Cartons (e.g. fruit juice, dairy and soup cartons)
  • Empty aerosol canisters

The materials can all be mixed together as they are sorted out after collection at a materials recovery facility.